Software Engineer - Full Stack

About Whalesync

Whalesync makes data syncing easy. Our automation platform syncs data between key business tools like HubSpot and Airtable. We give developers and ops teams two-way, real-time sync, so they can build production-ready workflows.

Whalesync launched during Y Combinator’s S21 cohort. Since then we’ve raised $4M from some of the world’s top investors. We’re now trusted by hundreds of companies like Ramp, Webflow, and Alchemy, and process millions of transactions every day. Many of our customers enjoy the product so much they tell all their friends.

What we value

• We’re always shipping - fast, scrappy people thrive here.
• We’re obsessed with goals - we’re here to turn a small startup into a long-lasting company.
• We start with the customer - we all talk to users and work backward from their problems.
• We have an outlier output bar - we’re an intentionally small, highly effective team.

What we’re looking for

Real-time, bi-directional data syncing across an infinite number of tools is a hard technical problem. Offering this in a way that’s simple and accessible is an equally hard design problem.

We’re looking for someone who is excited by this challenge and the potential impact we can make if we do this right. You’re a product-minded engineer who thrives in a highly autonomous environment. Shipping fast and building awesome things brings you joy.

What you’ll be doing

Startups have 70+ SaaS tools on average… data integration is a problem that isn’t going away. While there are many simple automation and ETL pipeline tools out there, Whalesync is the only data syncing product that is developer-grade, but no-code simple.

Here you’ll have the opportunity to work on complex data challenges alongside a small team of seasoned and smart engineers. You’ll have full ownership of projects and work closely with our customers. More specifically, you will:

• Build many core functionalities that make Whalesync the most powerful data automation tool (e.g. data merging, record pairing, scaling to millions of records, etc.)
• Build many core features that make Whalesync simple and accessible for both developers and non-developers (e.g. sync previews, auto-schema creation, data visualization, etc.)
• Work directly with our customers to help solve their problems
• Ship a bunch of code!

Outcomes we’ll achieve

We’re obsessed with goals. We make ambitious plans and then get creative in order to achieve them. These are some of the goals we’re focused on right now that we’re excited to reach together.

• Go from hundreds to thousands of happy customers
• Cut the time it takes to onboard in half
• Raise the ceiling of the product by making it more flexible
• Scale our backend from tens of millions to billions of rows of data
• Add even more large, fast-growing customers (like Ramp, Webflow, Anrok, Alchemy, etc.)
• Continue to grow MRR rapidly and raise a series A

Our stack

• AWS Fargate
• NestJS backend
• Next.js frontend
• Postgres and Redis data stores

Requirements

• High ownership and autonomy
• Strong product sense
• Clear verbal and written communicator
• Proven ability to drive big projects to completion
• Strong technical grasp and excellent judgment on task prioritizations

Nice-to-have

• Previously a founder
• You’ve worked in an early-stage, high-growth SaaS company
• TypeScript experience
• Infrastructure and/or data pipeline experience

Benefits

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity
• 100% remote
• Meeting-light culture
• Three weeks PTO in addition to holidays and sick days
• Top-tier health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k contributions
• Latest productivity software such as Notion, Linear, and Superhuman

Full Process here

1) Phone Screen Informal 25-min call with one of our co-founders to discuss background, experience, career goals, and answer questions.

2) Technical Interview 60 min discussion with a senior engineer about architecture, trade-offs, and product to understand how you might think about some of the technical questions we face.

3) Super Day Spend a compensated day in our virtual office working with the team to get a sense for what it's like to work together.

4) References We'll chat with a few people who have worked with you in the past.

5) Offer If everyone’s happy, we’ll make you an offer to join us - woo hoo!