Lead Software Engineer - Aura

Founded in 2017, Aura is the leading Amazon repricing and analytics platform, helping Amazon third-party sellers maintain competitive pricing around the clock. We’ve built a recognizable brand in our space, bootstrapping to over 2,000 paying users and $2.5MM in annual recurring revenue.

Now that we’ve found traction, we’re ready to scale our impact with a mission to give 10,000 Amazon sellers a competitive advantage.

About the role

As the company’s lead engineer, you will be responsible for driving product and engineering efforts to take the platform to the next level. We are looking for a results-driven fullstack engineer that will be able to have a high degree of ownership over the entire platform.

From the start, you’ll work directly with our founders and product designer to own the next phase of our product. With a sleek new user interface and modernized tech stack, we’re expecting Aura to serve as the foundation of the company’s core growth engine for years to come.

To excel in this role, you will lead both frontend and backend engineering, while influencing the product direction and roadmap. We are looking for someone who can increase the pace of execution company-wide.

This is a great opportunity to join a lean, design-lead team of diverse-thinking individuals, and lead the company in a high impact role. You will be a valued addition to a rapidly-growing startup and will be exposed to a unique, fast-paced, and rewarding culture.

We recommend that you read through our core values — goaura.com/careers ‍

What you’ll do

• Own Aura’s backend architecture (AWS, Go) and codebase.
• Work with our product designer to continuously improve our design system and UI library (TypeScript, Tailwind).
• Become an expert of Amazon’s Selling Partner API.
• Work with our customer success team to build internal tooling for support efforts.
• Manage Aura’s product roadmap and engineering efforts post-launch.
• Work directly with founders to identify high-ROI engineering projects to drive revenue.
• Build out the company’s engineering and product team as we scale.

Culture

We’re big on work-life balance, and optimizing for happiness. We have diverse backgrounds and interests, but we all share a desire to come together, share stories, keep the mood light, and achieve our goals. We understand the demands of family life and personal circumstances and meet those circumstances with compassion.

Requirements

• Willing to relocate to Boston, MA and work in our Downtown Boston office 4 days a week. We strongly believe that in-person collaboration and time spent together as a team allows us to deliver high impact work, but the flexibility to also work remotely supports our diverse team.
• 2+ years experience owning fullstack engineering projects end-to-end.
• Can quickly become proficient in Typescript (React) and Go.
• Experience designing and implementing scalable cloud architecture (AWS).
• Be able to glue things together - whether it be integrating billing through Stripe or instrumenting product analytics through Segment, etc.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with changing requirements.

Don’t meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right person for this role.

Tech stack

• Github
• AWS
• Terraform
• Docker
• Go
• Temporal
• Next.js
• Vercel
• Typescript
• Tailwind
• Segment
• Stripe
• Retool

Bonus Points

• Startup experience — you’ve done this before
• Experience in SaaS
• Knowledge in the Amazon Seller space
• Bachelor’s degree

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health - Health, dental and vision insurance is offered through BCBS and Guardian. Aura covers 80%.
• Bright & Sunny Office - We're centrally located in Downtown Crossing by South Station, with an easy commute from anywhere in Boston.
• New Equipment - You'll receive new equipment including a laptop, two monitors, and any other accessories you need to do your best work.
• Competitive Salary & Equity - We value the importance of having skin in the game with option grants, while also offering competitive Boston-area salaries.
• Take-What-You-Need PTO - Work hard, then take the time you need to reset and recharge. We value deliverables over the time spent creating them.
• Team Retreats - We get together as a team annually to share, learn, and cut loose.
• 401k with match.

Compensation

• Salary: $155,000-$175,000
• Equity: 0.25%-2.00%