Senior Backend Engineer (Freelance)

Job Description

• Collaborate with our core team working on our backend systems across various technology products, including the app, POS, and internal tools • Work on a wide scope of critical initiatives to work on, from core product functionality, to experimentation frameworks, to machine learning, to launching whole new products like our Regulars program. • Collaborate closely with our product and design teams, with exposure to company leadership • Contribute to the product roadmap and strategy, and be expected to contribute your ideas, push back as needed, and advocate for quality engineering.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree or above in relevant field • Have worked on production consumer products. • Experience in NodeJS/Javascript programming framework. • An entrepreneurial mindset. Ideally you’ll have built your own products in the past. • Capable of taking on a challenge. No task is beneath you, no task is above you • Ability to be a cross-disciplinary team member. You’re excited to learn a new skill and are able to communicate with colleagues in completely different disciplines. • You're a team player. You are implicitly collaborative and energized by teamwork. • You're passionate about Blank Street and coffee. Loving what you do makes the job even sweeter.

Benefits

• Competitive $80—$120 USD per hour rate based on experience and project scope • This is a freelance position with a defined scope and timeline • This position could be hybrid with 2-3 days in our Brooklyn or London office, or fully remote if in EST or BST time zones • Availability for regular virtual meetings and collaboration is required • This is a full-time/40-hour a week freelance position. Please provide a link to your GitHub and any relevant projects that you have contributed to