\nOUR MISSION\n\n\nAt Torch, we believe in the power of people. People are the heart of every success story. They collaborate to achieve ambitious things together. And they inspire others to build a better future. \n\n\nThat’s why our mission at Torch is to unlock the potential of people, teams, and organizations. We believe that trusted relationships are the key to helping people realize their full potential. When people experience transformational growth in the context of a trusted relationship, they achieve more, their teams excel, and their organizations thrive.\n\n\nBy combining a community of expert coaches, scalable technology, and the latest behavioral science, Torch helps our customers develop their people, create stronger leaders and managers, and drive business performance. \n\n\nBacked by top-tier investors, Torch is a fast-growing, mission-driven SaaS startup comprised of people who are passionate about helping leaders, their teams, and their organizations achieve more. If that sounds worthwhile to you, join us. Torch is a remote and distributed team with an office in San Francisco. The rest of the team is scattered around the U.S.\n\n\nOUR VALUES\n\n\nAll Torch employees are expected to reflect and enhance our company values, GROWS:\n\n\nGo Deep\nWe study the science, learn from the best practitioners, and dig in with customers to solve their unique needs.\n\n\nRelationships Matter\nWe lean into relationships with empathy to create more meaningful connections and more meaningful impact.\n\n\nOwn It\nWe take responsibility for our commitments, our contributions, our results and for the success of those around us.\n\n\nWin Together\nWe believe that happiness and fulfillment at work comes from shared success and value.\n\n\nSprint Forward\nWe prioritize, sprint, learn, adjust, and then sprint again.\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\nAt Torch, we are looking for a talented Engineering Manager who has experience developing web systems from the ground up and is passionate about doing work that matters. \n\n\nThe Engineering Manager works alongside technology and product leadership to ship a high quality, engaging digital coaching platform using  technologies and engineering processes.  This role is crucial in continuing to build and sustain a world class engineering culture - one which provides team members open and supportive leadership and a clear path for growth both personally and as a group.\n\n\nThis role requires a leader who can inspire and mentor a team of talented engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, precision, and collaboration. The ideal candidate will bring both technical expertise and strategic insight, driving the team to deliver results that align with Torch's overarching goals of growth and customer satisfaction. \n\n\nPlease note we are only accepting US based applicants at this time.\n\n\n\nYOUR POSITION\n* Collaborate with product teams to design and build creative solutions, enabling personal growth for our clients while empowering our coaches.\n* Guide discussions of architecture, technical debt, and long-term technical strategy.\n* Lead and mentor a team of onsite and offshore engineers, by establishing and maintaining high technical and professional standards.\n* Help to create scalable, high-performance web applications consumable on various device form factors.\n* Develop and implement strategic plans for frontend technology, in alignment with the company's overall goals.\n* Establish and maintain design systems and component libraries to promote consistency and efficiency across applications.\n* Collaborate with UX/UI designers to implement responsive and intuitive interfaces that meet user needs and business objectives.\n* Uphold high standards in code quality and system reliability through peer code reviews and advocating for best practices in software development.\n* Provide focus and direction by driving execution on some of our highest priority projects.\n* Willingness to be hands on and support your team whenever necessary whether coding, debugging, or testing new product features.\n\n\n\nYOUR EXPERIENCE - Basic Requirements\n* 10+ years of software engineering experience, plus a degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or other STEM area.\n* 3+ years leading an agile software development team.\n* 5+ years experience developing complex front-end applications using modern frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue.js.\n* Experience integrating and leveraging LLMs to enhance product functionality and user experiences, including natural language processing, recommendation systems, or other AI-driven functionalities.\n* Experience in responsive design and cross-browser compatibility issues, ensuring consistent user experiences across different devices and browsers.\n* Experience with component-driven development and proficiency in tools like Storybook for building and maintaining design systems.\n* Skilled in building and utilizing RESTful and GraphQL web services.\n* Proficiency with Git and cloud technologies in AWS.\n* Comprehensive understanding of various testing methodologies, ensuring thorough coverage and high-quality user experiences.\n* Understanding of distributed application design patterns and asynchronous programming models.\n* Familiar with both relational and non-relational databases.\n* Knowledge of security best practices and adherence to data protection regulations.\n\n\n\nINTERVIEW PROCESS - consists of the following\n* Technical Interview with the CTO (45 minutes) and a Principal Engineer (45 minutes).\n* Interview with an Engineering Team member (45 minutes) focusing on experience working with cross-functional teams, integration of product development processes, and managing engineering teams.\n* Design/Coding Session (60 minutes) to assess problem-solving skills and technical proficiency.\n\n\n* Leadership/Cultural Fit Interview with the CEO (45 minutes).\n\n\n\nBENEFITS\n* Health Insurance (medical, dental, and vision)\n* Unlimited PTO\n* 401k Retirement Plan\n* Life & Disability Insurance\n* Paid Parental Leave\n* Torch Coaching\n* UP Days\n* Remote Workstation Stipend\n\n\n\n\n\n$160,000 - $200,000 a year\n\nTorch ensures equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, SaaS, GraphQL, Cloud, Git and Engineer jobs that are similar:\n\n $45,000 — $87,500/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nRemote

\nThe opportunity\n\n\nWe’re looking for a Full-Stack Engineer to elevate Chord as the leader in customer data platforms. You’ll join a growing team that is building a platform to empower modern and omnichannel brands with smart technology, unique customer experiences, and insightful data.\n\n\nIn this role, you will be responsible for building Chord’s storefront data SDK, which captures customer behavior on merchant’s ecommerce stores and feeds it into our data warehouse. You will also have an opportunity to expand our data reporting and administration portal, where merchants view key performance metrics necessary to grow their revenue. \n\n\nThis is a perfect opportunity for engineers who thrive on big data problems; using data to generate insights that lead to actions. As an early-stage technology startup, you will have an opportunity to influence the culture and practices of the Engineering team. You will have an instrumental role in the design and implementation of our flagship products. If you’re curious, willing to learn, humble, and a good team player, you’ll be at home here at Chord. \n\n\nAs a Full-Stack Engineer, you will be a key member of the Engineering team and will report to the Engineering Manager. You will work in a group with senior and principal engineers responsible for the end-to-end development of Chord’s software products. You will also regularly collaborate with members of our Product and Customer Success teams to contribute to product design and support customers.\n\n\nChord offers advanced technology for modern brands that want amazing customer experiences and unified data without a large engineering team. We like to think of our product as the tech engine for high-velocity e-commerce growth. Backed by top investors, Chord is a SaaS company led by industry veterans, and we’re seeking smart, focused, creative talent to help us realize our vision. \n\n\nOur company is proudly remote-first, distributed across North America. \n\n\n\nAs a Full-Stack Engineer, you will:\n* Design, build, and grow our proprietary storefront data capture SDK.\n* Design, build, and grow our analytics and data management platform.\n* Support projects to launch customers onto Chord’s platforms.\n* Analyze and resolve technical issues that arise during production operations.\n* Contribute to technical design discussions and proposals that improve our team's culture, processes, or architecture.\n* Collaborate within a cross-functional project and operations team to execute product plans and achieve company goals.\n* Learn and practice Chord’s engineering principles through pairing sessions with developers.\n* Support the growth of engineers around you.\n* Contribute to tutorials and documentation that our customers will love using.\n\n\n\nTo be successful in this role, you’ll need: \n* A reputation for being inclusive, curious, entrepreneurial, and thoughtful.\n* Proficiency in Javascript and Typescript.\n* Experience working with Node and React/Redux-based frameworks.\n* Skill in authoring and maintaining GraphQL or RESTful-based APIs. \n* Expertise in writing tests with tools such as Jest, Cypress, and React Testing Library.\n* Experience publishing and maintaining JS libraries. \n* Experience with CI/CD and DevOps tools like Github, Sentry, and CircleCI.\n\n\n\nBonus points for:\n* Proficiency in Ruby on Rails and common frameworks/integrations such as Solidus, RSpec, FactoryBot.\n* DevOps experience with Heroku, AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, RDS).\n* Experience creating metrics and monitors in Datadog.\n* Experience with static website libraries such as Gatsby and NextJS.\n* Skill in building integrations using middleware platforms such as Segment.\n* Background working with payment processors such as Stripe and Braintree.\n* Familiarity with modern CMS systems like Contentful or Sanity. \n* Hands-on experience with complex ecommerce experience is a big plus. \n\n\n\nWorking at Chord, you can expect: \n* An investment in your physical and mental well-being; we offer 100% employee Medical Benefits coverage, with 69% dependant coverage. \n* Flexible PTO; we encourage you to take the time you need to be your best self at work. \n* An onboarding package and annual work from home stipend to ensure you have everything you need to be successful while working remote. \n* Generous Parental Leave with customizable transition back to work program.\n* To make an impact! We’re an early-stage company, which means there is space to champion ideas, and create and lead initiatives at any level in the Organization. \n* The benefits of working from home, with opportunities to spend quality time with the team at Chord in-person events throughout the year.\n\n\n\n\n$145,000 - $170,500 a yearThis is the expected salary range for US-based employment. \nThis is a full-time, salaried position that includes Equity. We set standard ranges for all roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies in our market. This salary range represents the full salary range for the position. The starting base pay offered may vary depending on factors including experience, expertise, market demands, and internal parity. \n\nAbout your application and the interview process\n\n\nChord is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you’re unsure about your qualifications for this position, we still encourage you to apply. \n\n\nOur interview process for the role begins with an exploratory conversation with the Hiring Manager. After that, we’ll invite you to a Zoom session with a range of stakeholders from across our organization. We aim to get to know you and allow you to learn more about our team and product while being respectful of your time. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, SaaS, React, GraphQL, Testing, DevOps, JavaScript, Node, Ruby, API, Senior, Engineer and Ecommerce jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $110,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nNew York, New York