Software Engineer (Full-stack)

🟣 About Airgoods

[Airgoods](https://airgoods.com/) is a fast-growing wholesale marketplace for the specialty food and beverage industry. We help specialty stores (like [Happier Grocery](https://www.happiergrocery.com/), [Tiny Grocer](https://tinygrocer.com/#), [Eastern District](https://www.instagram.com/eastrict/), [Soberish,](https://www.instagram.com/besoberish/) and [Union Market](https://www.instagram.com/unionmarket/)) centralize their wholesale supply chain by making it easy for them to order all of their inventory in one place.

Our mission is to modernize the legacy grocery wholesale industry to be ready for the next 100 years.

We started in January 2023, and have raised $3.4M from top investors like [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/) (S23) and [Initialized Capital](https://initialized.com/).

👋 Who you’ll work with

[Paolo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paolo-antici-carroll-8b0241192/) (co-founder and CTO): Paolo studied Computer Science and Economics at Yale. Previously worked as a software engineer at his brother’s startup [Momence](http://momence.com) (YC S20). Grew up in Brazil before coming to the US for college. Played soccer at Yale and loves sports.

[Elian](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elianhaddock/) (co-founder and COO): Elian studied Economics at Yale, played on the soccer team alongside Paolo and captained the team for two years. He also worked with Aaron at an emerging VC fund for 1.5 years of his time at Yale. Grew up in Asia and Europe before moving to Milwaukee before college.

[Aaron](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-farr/) (co-founder and CEO): Aaron studied Economics at Yale, where he met Elian and Paolo. After Yale, he worked at an emerging VC fund in New York with Elian; that fund would later write the first check into Airgoods. He grew up helping his dad run the wholesale side of a brick-and-mortar retail store in Portland, Maine.

You’ll also be working alongside our two fantastic engineers, [Emilio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilio-deleon/) and [Sergio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergionahas/), and [Andrés](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andr%C3%A9s-quevedo-8b0551173/), who’s on the Growth & Ops team!

🏗️ About the role

Airgoods is seeking a driven full-stack engineer. We are on a high-growth trajectory and we're looking for someone who wants to join us on the journey to building a billion-dollar company.

This position will involve:

• Engaging deeply from concept to launch in the development of our product. From ideation, through design and implementation, to the final stages of release and iteration.
• Being obsessed with building beautiful products that create value for our users.
• Being scrappy and ready to jump in wherever needed to provide the best experience for our users.
• Full-stack development of our web app.

🚀 Who you are

We are a young company of highly driven and passionate individuals building a billion-dollar business. To thrive in this environment, you’ll have the following characteristics:

• You are driven with a strong work ethic - our team is committed to going the extra mile, even if it means working long nights and weekends to achieve our goals.
• You prioritize speed and have a bias for action.
• You strive for excellence in every aspect of your work - you take ownership of your outcomes and overdeliver on your goals.
• You’re humble and eager to learn whatever it takes to help our team and our customers succeed.
• You [play for the front of the jersey](https://www.rkg.blog/play.php).

🛠️ What you bring

Must-haves

• Production-level experience building full-stack applications.
• Proficient in Typescript to power our frontend React app, and NodeJS and Express backend.
• Expertise in relational databases; preferably PostgreSQL.
• Attention to detail and passion for building beautiful software.
• Previous experience shipping production-level code using our tech stack or similar technologies.

Bonus points

• Experience at a start-up or building products from scratch and bringing them to market.
• Experience with advanced front-end technologies such as Redux for state management, or modern CSS frameworks like Tailwind CSS.
• Experience in mobile app development _(on the roadmap)_ , either through native development (iOS/Android) or cross-platform frameworks like React Native.
• Expertise in NextJS ****or other server-side JS frameworks.
• Experience building scalable backend systems to support high-growth products.

🎁 What we offer

• $100k - $200k • 0.05% - 0.4%
• Competitive salary and stock options, determined based on qualifications and experience.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Dedicated founders who are committed to building an amazing team and supporting you.