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BackerKit helps creators bring projects to life. For over a decade, we’ve powered some of the world’s most successful crowdfunding campaigns. We’re always building the next generation of our platform, innovating, and driving the industry forward.We’re a remote-first team of ~40 people with a diverse, close-knit team that prizes creativity, enthusiasm, and a willingness to learn. We move quickly, think deeply about our users, and care about building software that lasts.We’re looking for a Staff-level engineer who is deeply motivated by user experience, interaction design, and frontend craftsmanship and excited to bring that to life within a Ruby on Rails monolith. Perhaps this is you!The roleThis is a frontend and UX leadership role. You’ll work directly in Rails views using Hotwire, Turbo, Stimulus, and Tailwind to simplify complex workflows and create intuitive user experiences.You’ll help shape frontend patterns across the product, and turn our powerful, interconnected systems into intuitive experiences that are fast, clear, and approachable.This role is high-context, high-collaboration, and high-impact. You’ll define patterns, raise the quality bar across the product, and influence how the entire Engineering, Product & Design team thinks about user experience. Everyone at BackerKit is customer-facing, and we expect everyone to get to know the creators and backers that we serve (plus, they are awesome, just like you!).How we buildWe iterate quickly, ship small experiments, and learn from customers. We are a pairing shop who uses Claude Code, practices TDD, works in one-week iterations, and ships multiple times a day.We are small-a agile, which means no component of our process is sacrosanct. Weekly retrospectives (among other things) help make sure that our processes evolve as we do. We value communication and shared ownership over rigid roles. As one of our most senior folks, we hope you’ll contribute thoughtfully to those discussions and experiments, bringing your unique experience to bear.BackerKit is a Ruby on Rails “majestic monolith” deployed on Heroku. The codebase has been around since 2012. Despite that, it is relatively well-factored and well-tested -- we’ve been tending this garden for over a decade!We value simplicity, maintainability, communication, and shared ownership.We’re a remote-first team working primarily 9-5 Pacific.What you’ll doPartner with our Director of Engineering and Staff Engineer to shape technical directionLead the evolution of frontend architecture (components, rendering strategies, etc)Translate product and design intent into elegant, maintainable UISimplify complex workflows and improve usability, responsiveness, and performancePartner closely with Engineering, Product, and Design on solution developmentMentor engineers and raise the bar for frontend and UX craftsmanshipTake actual breaks and vacations - no off-hours or weekend work except when the app experiences unforeseen issues (which does not happen often)What we’re looking forTechnical & craftDeep experience building high-quality user interfaces, and recent hands-on codingStrong fundamentals in HTML, CSS, JS, and browser behaviorComfort working directly in Rails views, helpers, and partialsExperience with or strong interest in Hotwire / Turbo / StimulusPreference for simple, maintainable systems over unnecessary abstractionProduct & UX thinkingStrong product and interaction design instinctsExperience simplifying complex workflowsAbility to work effectively with ambiguityStaff-level impactExperience shaping engineering patterns and conventionsStrong communication and cross-functional collaboration skillsAct as a go-to partner for complex or ambiguous frontend and UX challengesAbility to zoom out to systems (architecture and business-level) thinking while remaining comfortable bushwhacking in the weedsMost successful candidates for this role have 10+ years of software development experience working on multiple complex software projects over time, though we do not have a strict years-of-experience requirement.This role is a great fit if youHave deep knowledge of Ruby, Rails, and JavaScriptCare deeply about how software feels to useEnjoy working across product, design, and backend concernsPrefer cohesive Rails applications over fragmented frontend stacks or SPAsTreat constraints as a creative toolThis role is likely not a fit if youPrefer working in React, Vue, or SPA-heavy environmentsPrefer fully decoupled frontend/backend architecturesPrefer long periods of solo or heads-down workCompensation & benefitsRemote-first position on a distributed teamCompetitive salary and stock option planMedical, dental, vision, and 401k benefits (with employer match!)Stipends for supporting creators of your choosingAnnual Learning and Development stipend to support your professional growthFamily-friendly and focused on maintaining a healthy work/life balanceAwesome work environment at a company with a huge opportunityThe base salary for this role is targeted at $184,000-$204,000/year for Denver and most remote locations, and $211,000-$235,000/year for San Francisco, Seattle, and New York City. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed above and are determined by various factors including but not limited to skill set, level of relevant experience, and geographic location.Research shows that while men apply for jobs when they meet ~60% of the criteria, women and other underrepresented groups tend to only apply when they check every box. If this role excites you – even if you don’t meet every requirement – we’d love to hear from you.
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