BOLD PRINT - Full Stack Software Engineer

Job Description

About IN BOLD PRINT:

Our software platform helps small to midsize companies in the consumer goods space measure their carbon emissions to meet regulatory requirements and drive revenue growth. Think of IN BOLD PRINT as the ‘Turbo Tax’ of carbon accounting.

IN BOLD PRINT is a female-founded, venture-backed startup based in Chicago. We just completed another successful capital fundraise and are looking to grow our team as we launch into this next phase of rapid growth! With a round full of both institutional investors and strategic, corporate partners, we are set to move quickly and take the industry by storm.

About the Role:

IN BOLD PRINT is seeking a driven Full-Stack Software Engineer to own the next generation of our software platform’s development.

Our platform helps small to midsize companies in the consumer goods space measure their carbon emissions to meet regulatory requirements and drive revenue growth. Think of IN BOLD PRINT as the ‘Turbo Tax’ of carbon accounting. Our platform offers
1) a simple, guided interface that allows users to quickly and easily enter the right information about their business,
2) a powerful carbon emissions calculation engine that delivers accurate, share‑able results, and
3) intelligent insights that give businesses the information they need to report and reduce their emissions.

• Work directly with our CTO to architect, design, and develop the next version of our software platform, focusing first on our customer portal, from the ground up
• Manage the entire software development lifecycle for new features, including service ownership, testing, CI/CD, troubleshooting, and support
• Create user-friendly software that allows users to easily interpret and provide necessary information
• Design front-end software with back-end data architecture in mind to facilitate auditable carbon emissions calculations and insights
• Initially, spend 90% of your time on front-end development, gradually increasing back‑end work and determining your preferred balance as the team and roadmap evolve
• Apply best practices and modern technologies to develop a reusable code base that supports high modularity, extensibility, configurability, and maintainability
• Build a robust technical foundation within a cloud PaaS architecture, including CI/CD practices like automated testing and version control, for team use as we grow
• Provide technical direction and estimates for new features to guide the product roadmap
• Develop well‑designed test cases and adhere to testing guidelines and best practices
• Identify and resolve technical debt and performance bottlenecks, improve code, and deploy enhancements to production
• Document your code‑base with requirements, decisions made, future improvements, and any other necessary information to ensure others can easily pick up where you left off, maintaining flexibility for the entire team
• Continuously evaluate new technologies and innovations to enhance platform capabilities and functionality, integrating third‑party services where necessary

• Proven experience in developing full‑stack software solutions with a strong track record of delivering high‑quality code independently and at scale
• Experienced as both an architect and hands‑on developer for end‑to‑end solutions currently in production
• Comfortable being the primary technical resource and owner of an end‑to‑end solution
• Skilled at inferring technical requirements from product‑focused requirements
• Passionate about writing high‑quality, maintainable, and well‑tested code
• Skilled with JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and React
• Proficient with languages like Python and SQL
• Strong understanding of relational database systems such as Snowflake or PostgreSQL
• Experience with CI/CD and Git
• Comfortable working with third‑party APIs
• Familiar with cloud platforms such as GCP, Azure, or AWS

• Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced startup environment
• Desire to plan for future growth opportunities that allow us to innovate and differentiate, while also maintaining a focus on practical and immediate needs
• Eagerness to mentor colleagues and promote knowledge‑sharing by…