\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

What We’re Looking For:\n\nWe are looking for a collaborative and results-driven software engineer with experience in agile techniques like breaking down tasks into like-sized parts and pair programming.\n\nAbove all, you care about delivering quality software in a sustainable and timely manner and about software craftsmanship. You have experience in, and passion for, high-quality, maintainable code that confers low operating costs, high change velocity and is a point of professional pride for you and the team.\nResponsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To:\n\n\n* Architecting modular frameworks for managing websites at scale \n\n* Vetting content management tools on the market \n\n* Writing maintainable high-performance code\n\n* Refactoring to keep code maintainable\n\n* Conducting exploratory and automated testing\n\n* Debugging complex problems under time constraints\n\n* Leading technical design of applications and participating in larger system design efforts\n\n* Providing technical guidance and feedback to other team-members \n\n* Owning/Contributing to the release pipeline / delivery schedule for a given team / swim lane and ability to effectively communicate dependencies and blockers to Engineering Leadership and Product Management. \n\n\n\nThings That Should Be In Your Background:\n\n\n* Expert Knowledge of frameworks & languages like Node JS, Vanilla Javascript ES5/ES6, React, GO, GraphQL, Semantic UI, Material UI, Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap, Non-Framework CSS best practices. \n\n* Solid understanding of Best Practice for ADA Standards \n\n* CI/CD tools like Docker, Kubernetes and Buildkite, HELM\n\n* Expert Experience unit testing code and providing guidance to other developers for best practices\n\n* Databases like Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB\n\n* AWS products like Lambda, RDS, Kinesis, Cloudfront, SNS, and SQS\n\n* Leading Small to Medium Sized teams of JR and Mid level Engineers by providing technical guidance and mentorship\n\n* Ability to work outside the engineering space and participate in scoping discussions with stakeholders to evaluate business needs alongside product management. \n\n* Comfortable writing technical documentation and architectural analysis (ATAM, Decision Matrix)\n\n* Bonus if you have SalesForce Development experience / Understanding of APEX code. \n\n* Experience with CANVAS, Moodle, IMS Standards and LTI development experience is a plus\n\n* A Passion for learning new technologies!\n\n\n\nOther Attributes That Will Help You In This Role:\n\n\n* Participating in application and system level technical design\n\n* Conducting technical interviews\n\n* Participating in planning staffing needs on your team\n\n* Using metrics to drive software development decisions\n\n* Collaborating with Product Management & Stakeholders\n\n\n\nAbout 2U Inc. (NASDAQ: TWOU)\n2U is comprised of 3 lines of business: Graduate Degree Programs, Short Course, and Boot Camps. Going beyond traditional learning management systems, we use tech, people, and data to help top universities and enterprise organizations transform in the digital era—and eliminate the back row in higher ed. We support lifelong learning which means thinking beyond a single degree. It means finding ways for students to gain the skills they need to change careers, evolve their expertise, and meet the challenges of the changing world head-on. We help our partners fill those needs—developing new digital education technologies and offerings capable of supporting students at different points in their lives. Whether they need a simple refresher, to learn something new, or to change their career trajectories completely, our partners are there to help them succeed. Together with our partners, 2U has positively transformed the lives of more than 275,000 students and lifelong learners. \n2U Diversity and Inclusion Statement\nAt 2U, we are committed to creating and sustaining a culture that embodies diverse walks of life, ideas, genders, ages, races, cultures, sexual orientations, abilities and other unique qualities of our employees. We strive to offer a workplace where every employee feels empowered by the ways in which we are different, as well as the ways in which we are the same. \nBenefits & Culture\nWorking at 2U means working with individuals that are passionate and mission driven. We collaborate on tough problems to deliver the best outcomes for our partners, students, and each other. You will find team members working together in our open office spaces, gathered in the kitchen grabbing a snack, or taking a break in our game rooms.\n2U offers a comprehensive benefits package:\n\n\nMedical, dental, and vision coverage\n\nLife insurance, disability and 401(k)\n\nUnlimited snacks and drinks\n\nGenerous paid leave policies including unlimited PTO\n\n* Additional time off benefits include: volunteer days, parental leave, and a company-wide winter break\n\n\n\nIn Colorado, the anticipated base salary for this role is $120,000.00 with potential bonus and equity eligibility. Note: The final compensation for this position may consider factors including the geographic location where the work is performed (candidate’s assigned office) and prior work experience of the candidate.\n\nTo learn more, visit 2U.com. #NoBackRow\nNote: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.\n\n2U is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against applicants or employees and ensures equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship, military or veterans’ status, or any other classifications protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. 2U’s equal opportunity policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, job benefits and pay.  \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Salesforce, Testing, JavaScript, Education, CSS, Node, Engineer and Digital Nomad jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $120,000/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\nLanham, Maryland, United States