Backend Engineer (Go)

Company:  Rundoo Inc.
Location: Redwood City
Closing Date: 05/11/2024
Salary: £150 - £200 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

General

What we do

Our mission is to empower building materials suppliers with great technology. There are over $1,000,000,000,000 of building materials bought in the US every year, and many of these transactions happen in on-prem point-of-sale systems. We want to bring these transactions online, enabling better experiences for contractors and homeowners alike.

This Role

What you'll achieve with us

  • You'll make significant individual contributions that get used instantly & heavily by our clients who depend on our software to run their businesses.

  • You'll leverage your orthogonal expertise to introduce abstractions and systems that improve the team's velocity.

  • You'll raise the bar for engineering quality by setting and enforcing standards.

  • You'll mentor teammates to help them grow as architects & engineers.

  • You'll work closely with product & design teammates and our clients to collectively define what we're building.

Requirements

  • You collaborate well with engineering teammates and cross-functionally—especially working through natural tension with designers and product managers.

  • You give positive & constructive in-the-moment feedback to your teammates and enjoy receiving the same.

  • You're excited to work at least a couple days a week in-person at our office in Redwood City.

  • You have worked as a software engineer for 5+ years.

  • You have written production backend software using Go.

Icing on the cake

  • You have worked in a fast-paced startup environment.

  • You have written frontend software using React and TypeScript.

  • You have familiarity with construction or building materials.

Interview process

  • Intro Call (15 min) : Getting to know each other and aligning on expectations for the role with Nick.

  • Technical Screen (1 hour) : Working through debugging and coding challenges with Andrew.

  • Onsite @ Redwood City HQ (~5 hours) :

    • Walk (45 min): Diving into the business with Nick.

    • System Design (1 hour) : Designing a system to address an abstract problem with George.

    • Lunch (45 min) : Breaking bread with the team.

    • Product Collaboration (1 hour) : Going back & forth on a PRD with Vidhan.

    • Culture (30 min) : Reflecting on past experiences with Emmie.

    • Q&A (30 min) : Answering your questions with Andrew.

Who we are

In alphabetical order:

  1. Adam (Territory Account Executive): studied Communications at UConn and worked as an AE at a large cloud software company; a frequent at concerts around the greater NYC area.

  2. Amanda (Recruiting & Operations): studied marketing at De La Salle University; worked in recruiting at a few startups.

  3. Andrew (CTO): studied computer science & humanities at Stanford; worked as a software engineer and head of engineering at Apple & Anova.

  4. Brian (Engineering): studied computer science & applied math at NJIT and UC Davis; worked as an engineer at Google, Snap, and Common Networks.

  5. Claire (Client Success Lead): studied History at Dartmouth College; worked in Account Management and Customer Success at Yahoo, Outlier AI, and Persona.

  6. Clara (Territory Account Executive): studied Literature at University College London; worked in GTM strategy for a feminine health tech startup in Paris.

  7. Emmie (Engineering): studied math & computer science at Stanford; worked as a software engineer at Flexport.

  8. George (Engineering): studied computer science at Stanford; worked as a software engineer at Facebook.

  9. Joe (Director of Growth): studied math & computer science at Stanford; worked as a consultant at Bain & Company.

  10. Jonathan (Implementation): studied Linguistics at Cedarville University; worked in SaaS implementation for startup Tekion.

  11. Jordan (Engineering intern): studying computer engineering at the University of Waterloo; worked at Rivian, IBM, and elsewhere.

  12. Kyle (Territory Account Executive): studied Anthropology and History at UNCW; has been a seller for companies big and small, mostly in the Software space.

  13. Lej (Implementation): working directly in the field of software for the last three years helping entrepreneurs and start-ups alike.

  14. Matt (Territory Account Executive): studied history at Northwestern; taught middle school in Chicago, more recently worked in sales and general management at a fishing tackle company.

  15. Max (Product Manager): studied neuroscience at Dartmouth; worked as a consultant at Bain & Company and as a PM for RabbitHole.

  16. Nick (CEO): studied math & computer science at Stanford; worked as a trader at Bridgewater & Citadel and as a PM at Google & Enigma.

  17. Rae (Territory Account Executive): studied Business Management at University of Colorado; worked as an account executive at Sumup.

  18. Santiago (Engineering): studied computer engineering at University of Waterloo; worked as SWE intern at The Cooperators, Inflight, BitBakery, Replicant.

  19. Tyler (Client Success): studied general education and tech at Cabrillo College; worked as a system administrator for a short time and at a paint store for eight years.

  20. Umer (Engineering): studied computer science at National University of Singapore; worked as a SWE intern at Visa and an NLP chatbot startup.

  21. Zach (Design): studied product design at Stanford; worked in design at a few startups.

What we stand for

The values we hold most dear are learning through feedback and experimentation, enjoying our time together, truly empathizing with clients, building a diverse team, and driving to achieve as fast as we can.

How we've fundraised

We've raised $18m across three rounds:

  1. A $2m pre-seed led by Kent Bennett at Bessemer .

  2. A $5m seed led by Caitlin Bolnick Rellas at CRV .

  3. An $11m series A led again by Bessemer and CRV.

Benefits

  • Medical, vision, and dental insurance with 100% premiums covered for you, 50% for dependents.

  • Daily lunch.

  • Learning materials and Coursera courses.

  • Unlimited audiobooks via our team subscription to Libro.

  • Gym membership!

  • Unlimited PTO.

  • Betterment 401k.

  • Dog-friendly office.

  • And more! If you have ideas, let us know.

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