Mid-level Full-Stack Software Engineer

Heptabase is a visual note-taking tools that helps you learn complex topics. Our primary users are professional knowledge workers, such as project owners, researchers, engineers, and many others.

Our mission in Heptabase is to create a world where anyone can effectively establish a deep understanding of anything. We are building tools and platforms that can help people extract, understand, integrate, and apply the knowledge they have learned.

We are looking for a mid-level full-stack software engineer who is confident in productively building and owning customer-facing features from the frontend to the backend on our tech stack.

About the Role

• Compensation: 1.7-2.1m TWD/year + 0.5-1% stock options.
• Tech Stack: React, Redux, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, SQLite, MySQL, Node.js, AWS, React Native, Electron, ProseMirror. We're solving interesting problems in the areas of local-first collaboration.
• Location: Fully remote in Taiwan with a flexible schedule.
• You will spend the majority of the time either shipping end-user features or talking to users to solve their problems.

About Heptabase

• Funding: We have raised a $1.7m seed round in 2022 from Y Combinator, Kleiner Perkins, HOF Capital, and other top-tier silicon valley VCs & founders.
• Revenue: We have grown our revenue 20 times in 2 years after the seed round, with global customers in over 100 countries, while remaining profitable.
• Product: Heptabase has won the Product Hunt’s 2023 Annual Golden Kitty Award in the Personal Productivity category. Its usage and customer retention rate are above the industry benchmark.
• Team: We are a fully remote team of 6 people based in Taipei and London. We build the product we love and use it every day.
• Culture: We have clear long-term visions that we want to achieve, and we believe in the compound effect of small, fast-paced iterations with clear top-level goals.

What impact will you have in the first 6 months?

• Month 1-3: Implement smaller-scope features using our tech stack from end to end and ship them to our users. Communicate with users and customer support to resolve technical issues. Familiarize yourself with our development environment, PR review, and release process.
• Month 4-6: Design and implement the architecture of larger-scope features that require more in-depth backend and frontend knowledge. Clearly communicate your problem analysis with the team and discuss the trade-offs you've made.

What level of skills and experience do you need?

• You need to be familiar with React, have confidence in implementing high-maintenance features on our tech stack, and be able to choose the appropriate technical solution according to the needs of the problem.
• 2 years of industry experience is great, but not necessary if you have made significant contributions to software projects that tackle challenging problems.

All interviews will be conducted online.

Resume

• We will focus on your contribution to the most challenging technical project you have built or are building.
• You will receive the result through an email. While we aim to deliver results within a week, please note that there could be delays.

Stage 1

• Video call with the CEO. (1hr)

Stage 2

• Frontend Coding Interview. (1hr)

Stage 3

• Backend Coding Interview. (1hr)
• System Design Interview. (1hr)
• Behavioral & Cultural-fit Interview. (1hr)