**Who this is for** This role is ideal for a senior-leaning "full-stack" engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment. You should be co
Work type: remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $170,000/yr
Type: Full-time
**Who this is for** This role is ideal for a senior-leaning "full-stack" engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment. You should be comfortable working across the entire stack—from React/Next.js on the frontend to Node.js and Postgres on the backend—and feel confident leading large-scope projects from ideation to deployment. **Key highlights** The position offers a flat salary of $170,000 plus equity. While the work is fully remote, the focus is on "founding-level" impact, where you’ll help shape the company culture and engineering standards. The benefits package is exceptionally strong for a startup, featuring 14 weeks of paid parental leave and unique "compassionate leave" policies. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have professional experience building complex products end-to-end using TypeScript and Node.js. * Enjoy wearing multiple hats and collaborating on design, legal, and product strategy. * Value high craftsmanship and can balance "moving fast" with building robust, scalable infrastructure. * Want to solve a high-empathy problem: simplifying the stressful process of employee leave.
## 🚀 Build the future of employee leave
We’re bringing much needed simplicity to the complex world of employee leave. Today, the process is needlessly complex: going on leave (be it parental, medical, bereavement, or for any other reason) means talking to reps and wading through a mountain of government and insurance claims just to get your time off and income in moments when you're the most stressed and busy. We talked to hundreds of employees and employers who had nightmare stories to tell, so we decided to fix it.
Our mission is to empower every working person to take care of the important things in life when it matters most — removing all of the friction that exists today for both employees and employers — and be the #1 advocate for folks going through the process. It's a really exciting space, and we're moving incredibly fast on both product and user momentum.
Excited about taking the most frustrating processes companies and employees face and making it surprisingly delightful? We'd love to work with you.
## 💪🏽 What will you do?
We're a small but mighty team looking to build out the rest of our engineering org.
As a software engineer, you'll end up working on everything up and down the stack. You'll spend a lot of time talking to customers, figuring out what the product should be, and jamming with the rest of the team on building and iterating. We'll all be wearing many different hats, so you'll work on and learn a ton about areas adjacent to engineering — design, sales, legal, partnerships, and whatever else you're interested in.
And, most importantly, you'll be building this company with us. There's a lot to figure out. We want to work with folks who care deeply about the process of building the right company: from what operating values we should have, building out the rest of the team, decisions about how we should scale, and everything in between.
Our tech stack is Typescript, React and Next.js on the client, GraphQL API, Node.js + Express on the server, Postgres, and AWS.
## ⚡️ You'd be a great fit if you…
At Cocoon, we believe that diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) serve as the foundation for a successful team, product, and community. We’re committed to building a company where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and be set up for success. Creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce requires ongoing effort and attention. We are committed to cultivating space for feedback and expanding our understanding of DEIB as our community grows.
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