Contra: Senior Software Engineer; React, Node.js, GraphQL, PostgreSQL

What you’ll do:

• Architect and build end-to-end features in Node.js, React, Type Script, GraphQL, & PostgreSQL
• Participate in all parts of cross-functional product development, from ideation sessions to design critiques to user interviews, and everything in-between.
• Collaborate with other engineers via RFCs, code reviews, pair programming, and any other way that keeps the team moving smoothly.
• Proactively maintain and improve code quality and reliability, improve developer experience, eliminate technical debt, improve site performance, and address gaps that make the whole product better.

• Experience building performant, scalable systems with Node.js, React, Type Script, GraphQL, & PostgreSQL
• Excellence in independent problem-solving
• An eye for craft, polish, and attention-to-detail
• Obsession for responding quickly to user needs and delivering an excellent user experience
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, remote environment with strong communication skills
• Ability to be energized by a highly-synchronous environment — we’re remote, but we’re not async.
• We have a high bar for technical excellence at Contra, and that comes from one simple belief: a high density of capable and collaborative people creates maximum velocity, which is how we win. If you are looking for career-defining challenges and an environment that fosters personal growth and high agency ownership over your work, you will feel right at home at Contra.
• We care just as much about character — being positive, low-ego, and collaborative — as we do technical excellence. Your skillset is only half of the equation. We want teammates who elevate others, not just the codebase. We see Contra as a long‑term journey, and we want to work and grow alongside other good, grounded folks who take pride in building great things together.
• Everyone on our team has an “untraditional background” in some way. We celebrate this! While years of experience and educational background can be interesting discussion topics, we care most about technical fit and personal character over the typical resumé.

• Frontend:
  React, Relay, PandaCSS
• Testing:
  Playwright, Vitest

• Home Office Budget
• We will provide you with a company laptop on your start date