engineering
Posted Jul 31, 2025Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (US, Canada, SF)
at Short Story
United StatesRemote
Requirements
- experience for millions of petite women so they can dress with effortless confidence.
- As a fast-growing startup, we're revolutionizing retail with a data driven learning system that leverages customer feedback to create tailored products.
- The Role: As an early Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will build internal and customer-facing services for processing customer orders and establish key design patterns/guidelines for all backend workloads. (Enjoy playing Factorio? Let’s chat!) Must Haves: - 5+ years of software development experience, 2+ Years of Python
- experience - Familiar with infrastructure, CI/CD practices - Familiar with the following technologies: - A Python web framework - A testing framework (PyTest preferred) - A cloud provider (AWS preferred) - Containerized workloads (Kubernetes preferred) - Relational database (Postgres preferred) and SQL - Focus on communication and documentation - Familiar with common API and backend testing patterns Nice to Haves: - Worked in a fully remote environment with colleagues from around the world - Test
Benefits
- We've been recognized by top publications like Forbes, Fortune and are backed by leading investors who share our vision of building the world's next great consumer brand.
- Experience with queue / event-driven systems - Worked in sprint-based environments with an OKR framework Compensation &
- Benefits: - Generous Paid Time Off - Comprehensive health, vision, and dental care - 401k with company match (US) - Either SF, or remote in US or Canada - Employee discount on merchandise - Opportunity to work at a Y-Combinator backed startup alongside a dedicated and experienced founding team Short Story is committed to providing equal employment opportunity and a work environment free of discrimination and harassment for all employees and applicants.
Additional details
- Our Story: Short Story is an award winning, technology powered retailer dedicated to petite women 5'4" and under. Our mission is to create a seamless shopping
- Our Values: We're building a company with intention and purpose.
- Our culture thrives on data insights, exceptional commitment to fit, and the urgency to move quickly on what matters. - ✨ Transform Lives.