Software Engineer, Full Stack Developer, Backend Developer

We're building Backstroke—AI-powered email marketing for ecommerce brands.

Right now, creating one email campaign takes brands many hours and involves many people. Strategy, design, copy, development, QA, approvals—it's slow, expensive, and leaves no time for the stuff that actually matters: testing, personalization, learning.

We're rebuilding this from the ground up. Our platform generates complete, on-brand campaigns in minutes, with experimentation and personalization built in by default.

We need a builder who ships production features fast using AI tools. You'll work alongside our small engineering team to deliver end-to-end features, iterate based on user feedback, and help us move at startup speed.

Build and deploy production features from backend to frontend. You'll own features from idea to production - writing code, testing, deploying, and iterating based on what you learn.

Use Cursor, Git Hub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar tools to write, refactor, and ship code faster. You know when AI helps and when to turn it off. You're comfortable learning new tools and adapting your workflow.

Take rough direction, ship working code quickly, get it in front of users, then improve it. You optimize for learning loops over perfect first releases.

You're responsible for what you ship - quality, performance, edge cases. You write tests when they matter, fix bugs quickly, and care about the user experience.

You've built real features that real people use. You're early in your career but you've shipped enough to know how software gets built - and you want to get better at it.

Our stack is Ruby on Rails (backend) and React + Type Script (frontend), with Postgre

SQL and AWS. You don't need to know all of this, but you should be comfortable learning and working across the stack.

You've used AI coding tools (Cursor, Copilot, Claude Code, etc.) to actually build things. You understand how to work with AI to move faster—and you're excited to keep pushing the boundaries of what's possible.

You're scrappy. You figure things out. You're comfortable with ambiguity. You don't need perfect specs to start building - you can take rough direction and turn it into something shippable.

You care about what you're building and why. You ask questions. You think about users. You make smart trade-offs between speed and quality based on context.

• Want to build and ship features fast, not spend weeks in planning
• Get excited by new AI tools and want to experiment with them in production
• Are comfortable getting your hands dirty across the full stack
• Think building software should be fun and creative
• Want to work on a small team where your contributions matter
• Are eager to learn from experienced engineers and level up quickly

You've built side projects, contributed to open source, or have a portfolio that shows you just love building stuff.

Accountability, Empathy, and Speed

$90,000-$120,000 annual salary based on experience

Backstroke is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. We don't discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.