Software Engineer, Front End

About Us:

Short Story is an award winning, technology-powered retailer dedicated to petite women 5'4" and under. Our mission is to create a seamless shopping experience for millions of petite women so they can dress with effortless confidence. As a fast-growing startup, we're revolutionizing retail with a data-driven learning system that leverages customer feedback to create exceptional, tailored products. We've been recognized by top publications like Forbes, Fortune and are backed by top institutional investors who share our vision of building the world's next great consumer brand.

At Short Story, we celebrate petiteness, boldness, and modern womanhood. Our culture combines an insatiable hunger for data, an unwavering commitment to creating superior products, and a hustle startup mentality. We have a strong sense of urgency. Since 2019, we've cultivated a team of dedicated problem solvers and fashion enthusiasts. We're excited for you to join us on this exhilarating journey.

At Short Story, you will be a part of a high-velocity engineering team that creates new user experiences, optimizes warehouse and logistics operations, and improves data insights to better serve our customers. We are looking for self-motivated individuals who enjoy tackling ambiguity and can solve complex problems end-to-end.

The role:

As an early Senior Frontend Engineer, you will build internal and customer-facing applications for order handling and styling. You will establish key design patterns/guidelines for all frontend applications.

Must Haves

• 5+ years experience in professional front-end development (eg. HTML, CSS, JS)

• 4+ years of experience working with Javascript/Typescript and React

• Understanding of web technologies, programming concepts, and web architecture

• Previous experience working closely with designers, building flexible, composable libraries and components

• Familiar with front-end testing automation (eg. Cypress/Jest)

• Thorough understanding of ReactJS and its core principles

• Experience with frontend development tools (eg. WebPack, Babel, Yarn)

• Familiar with ReactJS workflows (eg. redux)

• Focus on communication and documentation

Nice to Haves

• Worked in a fully remote environment with colleagues from around the world

• Managed an engineering team of 3+ people; ideally have established a frontend engineering team before

• Worked in sprint-based environments with an OKR framework

• Understanding of UI/UX best practices and design principles

Benefits and compensation:

• 4 weeks of vacation (20 days)

• Medical and dental benefits

• Fully remote work; SF and Toronto offices available