Senior Software Engineer - Remote (backend, node.js)

WHO WE ARE

We are a modern, embedded payroll provider that helps empower companies to build their own unique payroll service. On top of our easy-to-use payroll API we are pioneering an all inclusive tax engine to democratize a broken and cumbersome process providing accessibility to small, medium and large businesses and helping Americans get paid.

Backed by over $14 million in funding by top investors such as Y Combinator, Spark Capital (Marqeta, Coinbase, Affirm) and Robinhood's Founder; Vlad Tenev we are projected to be a forerunner in embedded payroll with an industry amassing billions of dollars in untapped revenue.

Our mission is to empower companies to become their own fin-tech company using our simple, seamless and forward thinking payroll technology and we'd love to learn more about you and how you could be a fit for our growing team here in San Francisco!

ABOUT THE ROLE

All our engineers here at Zeal are full-stack engineers, but we take concerted efforts on aligning with your background, qualifications, and interests, at this time we have a position available on the back-end leaning side of things (70/30) where you'd be working on our tax engine and API. We are expanding our product and features and therefore there are lots of opportunities to grow how you want.

‼️ Salary for this role is between $145-175k with equity from a series-A company and is remote with 4x company-sponsored trips to San Francisco a year.

SOME THINGS YOU MAY BE WORKING ON

Current projects you could jump into and work on:

• Our engineering team is super into Typescript and we're built on React/Redux, Node, MongoDB, and AWS and all split up into microservices. Locally we use yarn 3, esbuild.
• This role focuses 80-90% on building and coding in our codebase, but there will be opportunities to mentor and give input to other aspects of the business since we are a small and flat organization
• You will get to work directly with our founders and other heads of departments from Stripe, Square, Microsoft, Apple, Brex, and others... which will only increase your business acumen and provide lots of opportunities to get closer to our product vision and strengthen our team's cross-department collaboration
• Work with a team of 10-15 engineers from Microsoft, Apple, Intuit, Namely, Blend, and other cool start-ups who will advocate and champion your success in a collaborative environment

YOU HAVE

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• You're comfortable coding in full-stack Javascript (React, Typescript, Node.js)
• You've built products end-to-end, working closely with product and design teams
• You are a commiserative developer and value working in a diverse and collaborative environment

OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS Step 1: ✋ Chat with our recruiter - Grace - 30 mins

Step 2: 💬 Chat with our CTO - Pranab - 30 mins

Step 3: 💵 Paid Take-Home Assignment - 3-4 hours

Step 4: 💻 Final Interview - 2.5 hours

Final Interview Details: Review assignment with CTO and another Engineer, have a coffee chat with someone, and a final call with someone from leadership to learn more about the vision and mission of Zeal

ZEAL CULTURE

Zeal is located in the SoMa district of San Francisco and we value in-person collaboration and communication as we grow and scale our business. We are a tight-knit, inclusive community that is into music 🎵, cocktails 🍹, pets 🐈🐕, ping-pong 🏓 and above all else ~ high quality espresso ☕ but more importantly we value championing for our employees to bring their authentic true selves to work and aim to provide a fun and collaborative work environment for everyone!

OUR BENEFITS

• 100% health coverage premium paid by the company; vision, dental
• Generous salary and equity for all staff
• 401k option; helping you save for the future
• up to $4k reimbursement for female employees to get access to safe and legal abortion care
• Monthly benefits stipend to use for lunch, commuting, and other essentials
• Free professional headshot for your LinkedIn
• Free snacks and drinks and Friday happy hours
• Awesome Swag

Zeal is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.