Software Engineer - Standards & Enforcement

Hiring Company

Substack

One-liner

Substack is building a new economic engine for culture, seeking a Systems Engineer to partner with their Standards & Enforcement team.

Salary

$140K/yr - $260K/yr

Why Join Us

• Work cross-functionally to build robust trust & safety features into the Substack product
• Build systems that balance user experience with platform safety, and own projects end-to-end

Role Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally to build robust trust & safety features into the Substack product
• Build systems that balance user experience with platform safety, and own projects end-to-end

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Can contribute across the full web stack, with strong backend experience
• Strong candidates will have experience building and maintaining abuse detection systems at scale
• Independent and autonomous. We're too small to micromanage, and expect that every person at the company owns their work and can be a leader
• Hold yourself and others to a high standard when working on production systems
• Take pride in building elegant and delightful product experiences. Substack works best when it gets out of the way so writers can focus on writing and connecting with their readers
• Enjoy collaboration with a diverse group of thinkers while bringing our own unique experience and background to the team
• Believe in Substack's mission to build a better business model for writing

Preferred

• Familiarity with Typescript, Node/Express, React, Postgres, Redis, and DynamoDB

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