Why Searchlight?
Searchlight is revolutionizing a new category of data-driven hiring, focused on data infrastructure that closes the loop between recruiting and post-hire outcomes.
Fresh funding from top-tier investors like YC, Accel, and Founders Fund
Fast-growing team tackling an initial $140B market opportunity with a category-defining product
50 NPS with customers like Zapier, Udemy, NASDAQ and Upstart
Women-led and mission-driven company, founders are Forbes 30U30 with backgrounds from Stanford, Uber, Google, and McKinsey
Opportunity for meaningful ownership, leadership, and autonomy
We are looking for a teammate we can count on to:
Given an initial design and technical plan, consistently deliver an end-to-end new product feature
Collaborate with other engineers to scope product requirements and write technical specifications
Be shockingly efficient and results-driven to deliver software improvements to our users
Produce high-quality, production-ready, readable, maintainable code
Relevant Experience:
4+ years of experience software engineering, preferably at a seed, Series A, or Series B company
Well-versed in at least one modern engineering framework, and has showed aptitude to pick up new frameworks quickly
Our stack is React, Apollo GraphQL, Postgres, Node, JavaScript / TypeScript
Success Profile:
Self-starter and fast learner
Sharp at problem solving, critical thinking, and systems thinking
Proactive communicator, both verbal and written, around technical decisions and project deadlines
Primarily motivated to deliver high impact solutions to users rather than by using the latest coolest technologies
Biased towards action and speed of delivery rather than quality
Hungry to accelerate professional and personal growth
How we'll take care of you:
Remote or Hybrid, you choose! Our hybrid team in SF enjoys the office 3x/week with catered lunches, game nights, team dinners, and community events. Remote team members work synchronously with our SF team 10 AM - 5 PM Pacific
$135K-190K annual base salary with significant equity offered
401(k), Unlimited PTO, Health & Wellness stipend, Remote Office stipend
Health Insurance (100% paid premiums), Spring Health sessions, Origin financial planning
Diverse and Inclusive Employer
We’re committed to providing equal treatment and opportunity to all applicants at every stage of the hiring cycle and throughout their life at the company. We don’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected status.
Note: Research says men tend to apply even if they only meet ~60% of the job qualifications, whereas women and other marginalized groups are hesitant to do so. If you don’t match 100% of the job qualifications but think you’d be a great fit, we encourage you to apply!
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