engineering
Posted May 21, 2025Software Engineer
at Middesk
San Francisco, United StatesHybrid
Requirements
- Middesk came out of Y Combinator, is backed by Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners, and was recently named to Forbes Fintech 50 List.
- WHAT YOU'LL DO: - Work in React, Redux, Ruby, Rails, Postgres, and potentially Scala, Python, and Go to solve problems for our customers. - Dive into all layers of the stack; frontend, backend, API, data processors, etc. - Jam with Product Managers, Designers, Ops, and other Engineers every day to shape the direction of our products. - Share your knowledge with others in Engineering; people should get better at their craft because they work with you.
- experience with a couple of the languages in our stack (see the first point above). We’ve found that Engineers with prior stack
- Or, you've founded a company and are looking to get back into it. - You’ve been working as a professional Software Engineer for at least three or more years. - You understand SaaS business fundamentals (e.g. annual contract value, customer acquisition cost, and annual-recurring revenue) and can demonstrate how the work you’ve done influences these metrics.
Contact
- How can I communicate this exception to our customers in a manner that helps them understand what's happened and unblock themselves? Middesk Engineering is customer-first engineering. (check out our blog post on the topic https://www.middesk.com/blog/re-thinking-engineering-velocity).
Additional details
- ABOUT MIDDESK: Middesk makes it easier for businesses to work together.
- Since 2018, we’ve been transforming business identity verification, replacing slow, manual processes with seamless access to complete, up-to-date data.
- Our platform helps companies across industries confidently verify business identities, onboard customers faster, and reduce risk at every stage of the customer lifecycle.
- ABOUT MIDDESK ENGINEERING: We believe "velocity" is the rate at which we effect realized value for our customers, not the rate at which we ship code.
- And this pushes us to center our work around customers; how will this change I'm about to make help our customers get jobs done? When we’re coding, we're making hundreds of micro-decisions about user experience that add up.