⁉️ Who Are We
Commit is a VC-backed remote-first community and accelerator program for Senior Software Engineers (located in Canada) looking to join some of North America’s most innovative startups as one of the first engineers.
We exclusively work with financially stable startups with great salaries and exciting tech stacks who prioritize engineers’ growth and have exceptional team culture. We provide you with the information you need to make the best decision for yourself and continue cultivating your craft.
🚀 Program Benefits
No technical interviews!
Work with over 70 pre-vetted impactful startups in North America
Gain access to transparent salary bands AND mentorship to grow your career
Collaborate with like-minded tech junkies
Build new tools with JavaScript, React, Node and much more!
📋 How It Works
Apply to be an Engineering Partner
Go through a short 3-step interview process with Commit. Learn more here.
If you’re accepted into the program, you’ll be paid a full salary while we work together to match you to an aligned startup.
Once matched, you pilot with a startup for 3 months. If you love it, you stay with them; if not, we’ll work together to find a better match.
Throughout our program, you will gain access to our extensive network of software developers. Interested in learning what it’s like to work as a first engineer at startups? Seeking the best course on Rust? Running into issues with Terraform that you need support with? Someone in our community has been in your shoes and can help. We’re run by engineers for engineers.
🌟 What You’ll Get
Full-time paid employment as an Engineering Partner
Base salary of $115K to $140K CAD depending on experience
Extended health and dental plan for you and your family
The right equipment to do your best work
Access to your own career coach and a mentor for your job search
We provide 15 vacation days on top of statutory holidays while you're part of the Engineering Partner program. There is no limit on Sick Days or Personal Days
Invitation-only events with technical leaders
We’ve been lucky to have guests like Katie Wilde (VP Engineering @ Buffer), Armon Dadgar (CTO @ Hashicorp), Gokul Rajaram (board member at DoorDash, Coinbase, Pinterest and The Trade Desk) and many others join us for private learning sessions.
We are a fully distributed, remote-first community, launched in Vancouver, with posts in Toronto, San Francisco, Mexico City, and more. We raised $6M from Accomplice, Inovia Capital, Kensington Capital Partners and Garage Capital.
📝 About You
4+ years of experience in software engineering (non-internship)
Experience working on SaaS, marketplace, consumer or infrastructure
Entrepreneurial mindset and growth-oriented attitude
Ambitions of excellence in your craft. Some of our past EPs have grown into CTOs, principal engineers, and/or joined companies as the first engineer
⚙️ Our Preferred Tech Stack
FE: One/some of: Vue.js, React, Redux, Next
BE: One/some of: Node.js, Go/Golang, Python/Django/Flask, Ruby/Rails, Java/Scala, Rust
🧰 Nice to Haves
Understanding of DevOps: MongoDB, AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes/Terraform, CI/CD
Understanding of RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL
Understanding of cloud-native distributed systems and microservices
Experience with relational databases, NoSQL databases, cloud infrastructure, product design
We believe that language is a tool. It’s more important that you have experience with one or more modern coding languages than that you have experience with any particular language itself.
💡 Learn More About Us
💛 Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
As an early-stage startup, we know it’s critical to build inclusive processes as a part of our foundation. We are committed to building and fostering an environment where our employees feel included, valued, and heard. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities.
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Salary and compensation
$110,000 — $140,000/year
Location
Canada
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