Senior Backend Engineer; Node.js​/TypeScript San Francisco London

Location

New York

Job Posted

Open

Cron's mission is nothing short of building the time layer for the workplace of the future. We're starting by building the next-generation calendar for professionals and teams, have great momentum , and recently got acquired by Notion . If you're into high-quality tools and next-level infrastructure at a large scale, read on!

We're hiring a senior backend engineer to join our small team of A+ people and build the foundations of Cron. Learn more about Careers at Notion and apply: there's one position in SF and one position in NYC . Indicate if you want to be in London. Under "Why do you want to work at Notion?", mention that you want to work on Cron/Calendar.

As a small team, we work in a highly collaborative environment and you'll have the opportunity to participate in every part of the business from idea to production.

Impact:
Build the foundation and shape engineering practices, team, and company culture.

Excellence:
Practice your craft with other ICs in a well-organized, fast-paced environment.

Ownership:
Influence the direction of product and strategy — we care about your opinions.

We're looking for an experienced individual contributor who enjoys working alongside other experienced engineers and designers to quickly build and iterate on backend/API/platform .

Build the time layer for the Internet. You'll build the infrastructure for Cron from the ground up, having a huge and direct impact by shipping your work to users on prod daily.

Create a robust and scalable backend. Build Postgre

SQL database models, performant REST API with Redis cache, delta sync, and offline support using Indexed

DB , 3rd party integrations, product analytics, transactional email, and service monitoring. We currently deploy to Heroku to keep Dev Ops simple and will be looking for you to establish viable long-term cloud infrastructure and operations.

Use modern web tech and influence the stack. The (still minimal) backend is Node / Express , the frontend is React , and we use Type Script across the full stack. As we build out our stack, you get to make critical choices and lay the foundations. While frontend doesn't have to be your forte, you may implementing basic UI components based on Figma mocks and our design system.

Self-direct your work and co-own the product. You're a technical founder type and will have autonomy and responsibility. You'll be involved in shaping the roadmap and will own Cron's exploding backend needs.

Solve interesting technical problems. Bring your full creativity to solve super-challenging technical problems: from complex backend architecture with 3rd party integrations, syncing app state, to real-time collaboration.

You're a senior IC that has built such systems before and this is not an area you have to ramp up on. We don't require formal qualifications but do value learning — especially from one another. We are looking for someone that feels a sense of duty to the users of their work.

Highly productive while producing quality code. You enjoy pushing out features in a pragmatic and maintainable way. You know when to use duct tape and when to lay a foundation.

Curious and quick learning. We don't expect you to have experience in every technology we use, but to learn and be productive quickly. Owning several repos and jumping into all of them doesn't scare you.

Design sensibility. While you'll co-craft the interface with top designers and frontend engineers, we expect you to have a knack for great UX, such that you feel if something is off and can flag it, or better yet, polish it.

Attention to detail while pragmatic. We strive for few slips in code, Git hygiene, and clear written communication — all while remaining low-ego and simply focusing on solutions.

Interested in productivity apps/systems. You might use your calendar to time block, try out Chrome extensions, configure custom app launchers, or self-optimize in other ways.

Good heart. We don't tolerate jerks and are generally just friendly people.

Interested in learning more about what it's like to build Cron with us? We'd love to talk!

Apply to one of the open positions linked above.

Send along links that best showcase the relevant things you've built and done.

Tell us briefly why you're interested in joining Cron/Calendar.

Diversity and inclusion are core to our culture. If you are a member of an underrepresented group in tech, we strongly encourage you to apply.

Is this role not the right fit? If you resonate with our mission and think your profile would be a great fit, send an email to  and pass along any information you believe is relevant.