Short Story is a modern ecommerce tech company. We’re a fast-growing startup on a mission to reinvent apparel retail, with a focus on helping petite women finding the perfect fit. We've built a data-powered, vertically integrated retail machine that uses customer data captured upfront to create winning products. Our goal is to build the most efficiently run retailer in the world and in particular one that delivers a magical perfect fit experience to women of all shapes and sizes.
The role:
The Software Engineer will be responsible for working within the engineering lead to deliver polished front end designs for use by both internal and external consumers, creating trustworthy user experiences, and turning the company vision into an executable roadmap in partnership with senior leadership.
Day to day:
Quickly and efficiently iterate on designs to drive company success
Engineer reusable components and libraries for regular use
Translate designs and wireframes into fully realized, high quality code
Troubleshoot user experience issues and designs
Collaborate with internal stakeholders on core company tools and designs
Document and manage changes as well as roadmap future changes
Participate fully in weekly sprints with knowledge and positivity
Set direction for software design internally and externally
Take ownership of the user experience and continuously improve user’s experiences
About you:
You’re interested in early stage startup experience and growing a company culture
Building a company from the ground up is an exciting challenge
You’re able to balance design, planning, and coding and manage your calendar
You have an eye for detail and quality in product and people
Your focus is on doing the right thing for your people, clients, and the world
You’re excited about roadmapping for rapid growth and user count
You’re happy working in an unstructured environment and excited to build future structure
You flourish working independently and collaboratively in a startup environment
You’re familiar with product life cycles and eager to build new designs
Your toolkit:
Grounding in CS fundamentals - you have a broad based knowledge of all things front end
3+ years React experience
2+ years Typescript experience
Python experience preferred
PostgreSQL experience preferred
Strong communication skills conversationally and via Slack
Experience in a startup environment a plus
Why Short Story:
The opportunity to be involved in an early stage start-up and build the culture
The opportunity to build a unique business from the ground up
The opportunity to work on interesting problems around personalization
You’re interested in supporting petite women better than ever before
You relish the chance to own the development of internal tooling
The opportunity to take a start-up from the starting line to success
Benefits and compensation:
Attractive early stage compensation and equity package
Medical and Dental Benefits
Unlimited vacation
Competitive startup compensation
Opportunity to work with a dedicated and experienced founding team
Opportunity to work at a Y-Combinator backed start-up
About Short Story
Short Story is a style discovery platform to help petite women find clothes that fit. The average American woman is 5'4" and petite, yet this remains an enormously underserved segment. We’re a team of curators passionate about finding style, quality, and fit for petite women. Our mission is to remove the “ugh” from the shopping equation and support petite women in telling their stories, stylishly and confidently.
