Lead Engineer, Web Apps

Lead a team of kind, creative engineers in building web apps while deeply collaborating with Product, Design, and the business at large.

Three reasons you should apply to Clyde Engineering

1. The People: A kind, thoughtful, brilliant crew. Be supported as both an engineer and a human being. Build your skills, ship code with pride, and work with earnest people.
2. The Product: We love to build design-detailed, best-in-class experiences. Clyde has discovered something good in ecommerce with more to come. We just raised $41M (series B), so it’s a good time to jump in and help us build a company we’ll be proud of.
3. Our Character: Humility. Thoughtfulness. Support. Healthy hours. A clear career ladder. Personal and professional growth. And the pride of shipping delightful code with nice people while learning and growing every day. Also, we’ll pay you.

Requirements

Our Tech Stack, and where it meets your skills

You don’t have to know all these things, but what you don’t know you should be excited to learn.

The web is our platform, so we’re looking for…

• Semantic markup and the CSS that makes it a joy to experience
• Javascript expertise
• React ecosystem skills
• Cross-browser support: Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge
• Responsive Design – devices come in all shapes and sizes
• Accessibility and Inclusive Design – equal access for everyone
• Healthy API creation and optimization

Our web apps are backed by healthy platforms…

• Node.js + Koa, but experience with other node-adjacent frameworks is also cool
• PostgreSQL, but other SQL-like DB work is transferable
• Elasticsearch. Have a better way to do spin up search indexes? We’d love to hear it
• Redis. Because it’s fast
• Shopify, BigCommerce, Magento, SFCC. We integrate with them and others
• Kubernetes, Docker, AWS. DevOps skills are appreciated

As a Lead Engineer, a team will look to you to…

• Encourage and model healthy team dynamics and psychological safety
• Support team members without micromanaging the completion of work
• Partner with a Product Manager to define and scope work, breaking down into iterable milestones and parallel tracks where appropriate
• Anticipate projects that may require impactful technical decisions and coordinates discussion, understanding, and consensus on an approach
• Have a high-level understanding of all work undertaken by the team and can represent it at a departmental level
• Balance the distribution of work amongst team members, being mindful of both individual capacity, capability, and knowledge sharing
• Cultivate a culture of quality on the team, ensuring that engineers check their own work and that code reviews are of a high standard
• Ensure the team is considering accessibility, performance, code readability, responsive design, and usability in all projects

And you’ll do it with a team, so…

• Be supportive of those around you
• Be open to help from others
• Be able to write clearly: in code, documentation, and Slack conversations
• Be comfortable leading stand ups, retros, and other lightweight versions of agile practices
• Be comfortable saying “I don’t know know” so that you and your crew can learn something new together

Additional Requirements

• NYC-based
• US Citizen/Greencard required

This position reports to Clyde's VP, Engineering, who is a delight.

Benefits

Who are we?

Clyde is a distributed community of innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who celebrate individual differences and recognize that unique perspectives make us stronger, smarter, and more successful. We seek applicants who bring a variety of experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds, and together create wonderful product experiences that help brands sweep customers off their feet. Clyde provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable law - we do our best work when we create space for different voices and perspectives. Whatever unique experiences or skill sets you bring, we look forward to learning from each other. We will ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in any part of the employment process. Please contact us at [email protected], and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information, which we will respond to in a timely manner.
If you’re looking for an opportunity to put your heart into your work at a company that values growth, learning, wellness, and success – we’d love to meet you!

Why should you join us?

Clyde is building an incredibly thoughtful suite of products with enormous potential. We are a highly resourceful, motivated, and collaborative team, and we value diversity of all kinds. We hold ourselves to the highest standards. Clyde does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.

All members of our team will have ample opportunities for professional growth, plus, we offer competitive salaries and equity packages, health insurance, unlimited time off with a mandatory 10 days, and a creative culture. We are building a really exciting company and can’t wait for you to join us.

COVID-19 Vaccination Policy Version 1: Please note that, at this time, to be in-person at a Clyde office or Clyde-sponsored event, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

COVID-19 Vaccination Policy Version 2: As part of our commitment to health and safety, Clyde -- like a growing number of employers -- is requiring all U.S. employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of employment, absent a legal exception for reasonable accommodation. We provide unvaccinated new hires a 45-day grace period after their start date to get fully vaccinated or, if eligible, obtain a reasonable accommodation. If you believe that a legal exception may apply to you, please still apply for any role(s) you are interested in and, if you are hired, you will receive instructions on how to request a reasonable accommodation after your start date.