Software Engineer

We’re a fast-moving startup looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer to build the products our business runs on. You’ll design, build, and ship applications end to end - frontend, backend, data, and deploy - keeping them fast, reliable, and genuinely useful as we grow. This is a hands-on role with real ownership: you’ll set the standards for how we build, work directly with our engineering team, and have meaningful input on the tools we adopt.

If you like shipping full-stack products end to end, building with AI tooling as a core part of how you work, and turning rough ideas into things that just work, we’d love to talk.

What You’ll Do

• Build features end to end: React/TypeScript on the front, Node/Express on the back, PostgreSQL underneath
• Ship to GCP - Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, and the rest of the stack - and keep an eye on what it costs
• Build and integrate AI features: Anthropic SDK, prompt engineering, multi-agent systems, RAG
• Craft frontends and UI that are clean, thoughtful, and genuinely nice to use - interfaces with taste, not just working components
• Use Claude Code daily to move fast without shipping garbage - agents, custom workflows, the works
• Partner with the team on application architecture, deployment workflows, and production reliability
• Push back on over-engineering. Keep things simple and shippable

Do you have experience in Web applications?, * Strong hands-on experience building and shipping full-stack web apps

• Solid React + TypeScript and Node/Express
• Real PostgreSQL - schema design, queries, the parts that matter
• Hands-on GCP experience (Cloud Run, Cloud SQL); other clouds fine if you’ll pick up GCP fast
• Experience building applications that scale - you think about performance and reliability as usage grows, not after it breaks
• Mobile development is a plus but not required - nice if you can extend products to mobile when it matters
• Fluent with Claude Code. You use it as a primary development tool, understand agent workflows, and can set it up for a team - not just autocomplete
• A real eye for design - you care about how things look and feel, and can turn a rough idea into a clean, interesting interface
• Good judgment about when AI output is right and when it’s confidently wrong
• Clear communication; you can explain technical tradeoffs to people who don’t live in the codebase
• Based in the Chicago area. We prefer working in-office - we’ve got a collaborative environment and the work moves faster in person - but we’re flexible on remote days when you need them

Nice to Have

• Production experience integrating LLM APIs (Anthropic SDK especially)
• Multi-agent or tool-use system design
• Familiarity with GCP infrastructure, CI/CD, and cost optimization
• Background in a startup or small team where you wore multiple hats
• Experience mentoring or leading small teams

216 West Ohio Street, Chicago, IL 60654 Hybrid work $75,000 - $100,000 a year - Full-time, Pulled from the full job description

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Health savings account
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule, * Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance