About the role
About Palmstreet: Palmstreet is the #1 live shopping platform for rare plants, handmade crafts, & unique goods. Founded in 2020 by Instagram and Apple veterans, Palmstreet began as a plant identification app and quickly evolved into a trailblazer in live shopping, beginning with plant sellers. Fueled by a passionate, plant-loving community, we rapidly expanded into new categories to better serve our fast-growing audience. Our vision is to become the “World’s Online Main Street,” bringing the charm of in-person shopping to engaging, social online experiences. Backed by top Silicon Valley VCs and powered by a nimble, empathetic team, we’ve grown our GMV by 500x in the last 18 months. As we continue shaping the future of social commerce, we’re looking for talented individuals who are excited to grow with us and join our mission. The Opportunity: Palmstreet is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join
the team. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead
the team on key architectural decisions, work on core user experiences like instant bidding and live interactions, develop scalable architecture to handle millions of users, innovate core features like live streaming and checkout processes, and maintain a reliable deployment pipeline.
Responsibilities: Build and maintain robust backend services and APIs that power both web and mobile applications using Node.js Work closely with PM and design to build scalable products and services Establish self as an owner of a particular component, feature, or system with expert end-to-end understanding Successfully complete projects at large scope while maintaining a consistently high level of productivity Take active ownership of DevOps
responsibilities including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure management, deployment automation, and system reliability Leverage AI coding tools (Cursor, Codex, Claude Code) to accelerate development velocity and improve code quality
