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, Social Networking Platforms.

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

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About the Role

Confidential Client is hiring an Early Career Software Engineer to help build and improve core user experiences at scale. In this role you'll deliver production-quality features, iterate based on data and customer feedback, and contribute to platform and tooling improvements that help engineering teams move quickly and safely. This is a full-time position based in San Francisco, CA.

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What You’ll Achieve

• Plan, build, and ship product features from conception to launch and iterate using customer insights.
• Improve performance, reliability, and quality for experiences used by millions of users.
• Run experiments to drive activation, retention, collaboration, and revenue in partnership with design and data teams.
• Build internal tools and platform improvements that increase developer velocity and safety.
• Contribute to team norms, code quality, and a culture of learning and thoughtful tradeoffs.

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Areas You Might Work On

• Core product features (editor, databases, collaboration and sharing flows).
• AI and automation features that make the product more contextual and efficient.
• Growth & activation work to improve onboarding and user engagement.
• Platform and infrastructure: backend services, performance and scalability improvements.

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Skills You'll Need

• Less than two years of professional engineering experience with strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Thoughtful problem solving — you decompose complex problems, balance business impact, and navigate ambiguity.
• Impact-driven approach — you use technology pragmatically to deliver user value rather than for its own sake.
• High agency and proactive communication — you own work, surface progress and blockers, and drive tasks forward.

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Nice to Haves

• Experience with parts of the stack: React, TypeScript, Node.js, Postgres, Elasticsearch.
• Interest in how technology and society interact and a responsibility-driven approach to building features.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and workflows.

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Compensation & Benefits

• Estimated base salary range for San Francisco-based hires: $130,000 - $150,000 per year. Final pay is determined by factors including location, role scope, and candidate experience.
• Competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits (medical, dental, retirement options, paid time off, etc.). Specific benefits vary by location and will be shared during the hiring process.

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Location & Employment Type

• Job location: San Francisco, CA (on-site / hybrid expectations will be communicated during recruiting).
• Employment type: Full-time.
• Education: Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) expected per role requirements.

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Legal & Hiring Notes

• Offers may be contingent on verification checks consistent with applicable law (background, right-to-work verification, etc.).
• Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities; please notify the recruiter if you need one.
• This posting complies with US federal and applicable state employment laws. Where state pay-transparency laws require disclosure (e.g., CA, NY), the salary range above is provided when available.

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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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