About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Software Development.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

Build and ship customer-facing and platform-level features that bridge modern cloud APIs with legacy on‑prem systems. You'll work across the stack — designing, implementing, and testing APIs, integrations, and front-end experiences that scale.

• Architect and build reliable API layers that unify many fragmented systems under a common data model.
• Design generic, scalable solutions for things like filtering, pagination and authentication that work across many integrations.
• Implement integrations for on‑prem systems (SQL, DLL, custom APIs) including real‑time connectors (webhooks, web‑sockets) when those primitives are absent.
• Optimize performance at scale: build caching layers, reduce latency, and improve throughput while handling millions of API requests per day.
• Create automated tests and scalable testing frameworks to validate behavior across hundreds or thousands of endpoints.
• Ship front-end applications that dog‑food your own APIs, improving API ergonomics and driving product improvements.
• Collaborate directly with customers to understand needs, iterate on specs, and deliver production-ready solutions quickly.

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Who You Are

A high-impact, early-career engineer ready to work in-person in San Francisco and learn quickly from a small, technical team.

• Exceptional new college graduate with strong internship or co‑op experience; top undergraduate program experience is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Self-motivated, high ownership, low ego; you enjoy working on fast-paced, intense teams.
• Comfortable working in-person in San Francisco 5 days/week (relocation support provided).
• Willingness to learn system integration, API design, and operational excellence — prior experience with the exact tech stack or B2B SaaS is not required.
• Work authorization: Confidential Client may sponsor visas (H‑1B, TN, etc.) for strong candidates.

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Compensation & Benefits

Compensation and benefits are designed for long-term upside and competitive market total rewards.

• Base salary range: $130,000 — $160,000 per year (San Francisco, CA).
• Equity: competitive equity package.
• Performance bonus: annual bonus (example: ~15% of base when company goals are met).
• 401(k): employer match 100% up to 4% of salary.
• Healthcare: employer covers a high portion of healthcare premiums (>90%) and dependent costs options.
• HSA: company contribution $100/month.
• Parental leave: up to 12 weeks paid leave for all new parents (including adoptive/foster).
• Relocation: sizable relocation bonus for moves to the Bay Area; additional bonus for candidates relocating within walking distance of the office.
• Commuter benefits including pre‑tax commuter accounts and full Muni pass coverage if you use public transit.
• Office perks: meal stipends, stocked kitchen, on‑site gym and wellness resources.

Office: Confidential Client maintains an in-person engineering culture in San Francisco; the office is located near central SF downtown amenities.

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Interview Process

Transparent and fast. Candidates are typically updated within 24 hours at each stage.

• Intro (15 min): informal conversation about background and past projects.
• Coding (50 min): 1–2 coding problems in your preferred language; focus on correctness, testing, and tradeoffs.
• Customer Needs Problem (50 min): a design exercise to translate ambiguous customer requirements into product/technical specs.
• On-site (in-person in SF, travel covered): a real-world coding exercise with check-ins, a team lunch, and a behavioral interview.

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Nice-to-Have / Work Areas You’ll Learn

These are responsibilities and problem domains you’ll encounter — prior mastery is not required, but interest is essential.

• API design and building scalable integration layers.
• Working with on‑prem systems and creating modern interfaces for legacy systems.
• Real‑time communication (webhooks, web‑sockets) and integration reliability.
• Performance and caching strategies for high‑traffic APIs.
• Building testing frameworks for broad integration coverage.
• Full‑stack development: both backend systems and user-facing apps.

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Location & Logistics

This role is based in San Francisco, CA (Confidential Client’s office). The position requires regular in-person attendance; Confidential Client offers relocation support, commuter benefits, and will sponsor visas for eligible candidates.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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