Senior Backend Engineer, Collaboration

<h2><strong>The Pitch</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">Slate is where brand social teams create together. Our collaboration features — co-editing, commenting, approvals, and shared workspaces — are what make Slate a team tool, not just an editor. We need a Full Stack Engineer to own and extend the collaboration experience so teams can move faster without stepping on each other's work.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>What You'll Actually Do</strong></h2><h3><strong>Own the Collaboration feature area</strong></h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build and evolve real-time collaboration features: co-editing, presence indicators, commenting, and approval workflows</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Design and build the UI systems that make multi-user workflows feel seamless and intuitive</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Work closely with the design team to ship experiences that handle the complexity of teamwork without feeling complex</p></li></ul><h3><strong>Build across the stack</strong></h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build the APIs and services that power collaboration — real-time sync, permissions, notifications</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build the connective tissue between collaboration features and the editor, asset library, and publishing workflows</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Collaborate with the editor team on shared primitives and APIs</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Ensure collaboration features work reliably across different team sizes, permissions, and content types</p></li></ul><h3><strong>Raise the quality bar</strong></h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Write well-tested, maintainable code in a codebase that's actively growing</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Contribute to frontend architecture decisions across the team</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and design discussions</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>You'd Be a Great Fit If</strong></h2><h3><strong>You have the experience:</strong></h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">5+ years of engineering experience, with a track record of shipping product across the stack</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong TypeScript skills on both frontend and backend (Node.js)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Angular experience is a plus but not required</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience building collaboration features, real-time systems, or multi-user workflows is a strong plus</p></li></ul><h3><strong>You've done work like this before:</strong></h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Built complex, stateful UI features that handle concurrent users and real-time updates</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Worked on commenting systems, approval workflows, or shared workspace features</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Dealt with the UI challenges of presence, conflict resolution, and async communication</p></li></ul><h3><strong>You work the way we work:</strong></h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You take ownership of features end-to-end, from design to production</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You care about craft — both in the UI you ship and the code you write</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You use AI tools to move faster and take responsibility for the output</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Tech Stack</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">TypeScript, Angular, RxJS, NgRx, Node.js, CSS, Canvas API</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>The Details</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Location</strong>: Remote, anywhere from EST (UTC-5) to UTC+2</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Reporting to</strong>: Maciej Kucharek, Head of Engineering</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Our thoughts on AI</strong>: We believe that AI assisted software engineering is the future of our industry. We also believe humans will have a fundamental role in responsibly scaling the use of AI to move exponentially faster while keeping the quality bar high.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Compensation:</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">$80–185k USD base (flexible based on experience and location)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Equity options</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Unlimited PTO (we actually take it)</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">$200/month wellness stipend</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Health insurance stipend</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Home office budget</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>About Slate</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">Slate is the creative workspace for brand social teams. We help teams create and ship on-brand content fast with an all-in-one editor, built-in asset management, and seamless creative file workflows, backed by hands-on support from people who have done the job. Teams across top sports leagues and global brands like Amazon and Hoka use Slate every day to elevate their social presence.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Note: We do not sponsor work visas.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">Slate is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of background, identity, or experience.</p>

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