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Paperpile - 2yr ago
Senior Full Stack Engineer
$40,000 — 80,000

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[Paperpile](https:/paperpile.com/) helps researchers to find, organize, read, and write academic papers.

In addition to the Paperpile app, we have recently introduced a new product [BibGuru](https://bibguru.com) for students. We are signing up thousands of new students every day.

**WHY WORK FOR PAPERPILE?**

- **As part of a small team, everything you do matters**. You only work on stuff that has a direct big impact on the product and our customers.
- **Work from anywhere on your own schedule**. As a remote-first company, we communicate with tools like Slack, Figma, and Notion to move our product forward fast.
- Work with an **interesting and diverse community of academics**. Our customers use Paperpile to study climate change, cancer, or medieval history. You interact with them directly to understand how we can make their work more productive.

**YOUR ROLE**

**You will take responsibility for substantial parts of our codebase and develop and ship new features and products**.
We use Typescript/JavaScript across all our product lines: web-apps, browser extensions, Google Docs and Microsoft Word plugins, server-side scripts, iOS and Android apps (React Native) and desktop app (Electron).

**REQUIREMENTS**

- You can work independently and write **clean, reusable and testable code**.
- You can work and communicate within a **Scrum** team and produce production-ready code efficiently and on time.
- You have a deep understanding of core web technologies (**REST APIs, CSS3, HTML5,**)
- You understand **TypeScript/JavaScript** inside-out and are up-to-date with modern developments of the language.
- You have experience with **Node.js** and the ecosystem around it (Express, Babel, Webpack, Jest, Yarn)
- You have experience with **React** and have worked on large React-based web apps before.

More useful experience (optional):
- React Native
- Electron
- Browser extensions (Chrome/Chromium, Safari, Firefox, ...)
- Native iOS and Android development
- AWS, ElasticSearch, MongoDB, Linux
- Background in research or academia

**BENEFITS**

- Bonus/equity program.
- 4 weeks paid vacation + local holidays.
- We sponsor co-working spaces in your city.
- Learn and grow. Try out new things. We sponsor relevant courses, seminars, and conferences.




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