About VSCO

At VSCO, our mission is to nurture creativity so you can make it. We are a leading photo and video editor with a library of 200+ premium quality presets and tools, an easy-to-use video editor, and a curated collection of photography of all genres, styles and aesthetics from our global community of talented creators. We are looking for humble overachievers and self-starters who are naturally curious, highly organized, and thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. We foster a culture of collaboration, inclusion, ambition, and progress.

We’re looking for a Staff Fullstack Engineer to provide technical leadership, architect, design, write and release software end-to-end and across the stack within the VSCO Economy domain. In this role, you will be part of the team which owns the Fintech front-end and back-end for VSCO. As a Staff Fullstack engineer in the VSCO Economy team, you will define and help implement the foundational base to the frontend interface as well as part of the backend related to payments and creator monetization. Developing and launching VSCO Economy is a critical strategy for the future of the company’s success. 

The day-to-day

• In addition to designing and building highly-scaled backend services, you will also be leading the architecture and implementation of our web client code and development of any client SDKs
• Collaborate with other engineers on the team to solve difficult and exciting distributed system design and implementation problems
• Build clean, testable, maintainable, and idiomatic code, and drive the team forward in relation to code quality
• Identify and fix issues to improve scalability, performance, and simplicity of our systems
• Lead initiatives and collaborate with Product Management, Data Science, Design, Engineering, and Research teams

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience developing software as a Fullstack engineer (hands-on frontend and backend)
• Must have demonstrated a recent history of rich hands-on experience as a Fullstack engineer on various large complex systems, contributing to both the frontend and backend while holding senior roles within engineering
• Proficiency in React and knowledge of modern React stack
• Understanding of distributed systems
• Experience with Go/Golang and familiarity with Kafka/RabbitMQ (or any other asynchronous messaging mechanisms)
• Good understanding of modern design patterns
• Exposure to event-driven architectures and underlying distributed patterns
• Fundamental understanding of concurrency and multithreading patterns
• Experience with and great command of at least one of the following API interfaces (GraphQL, REST and/or gRPC)
• Experience with at least one type of NoSQL and one SQL-based database technology
• Strong software engineering best practices (e.g. coding, unit testing, code reviews, design documentation)
• Experience working on complex, high-impact projects
• Experience working on full stack teams, collaborating closely with iOS, Android, and web engineers
• Exposure to at least one mainstream cloud provider (AWS preferably, GCP, and/or Azure)
• Exposure to and experience with good CI/CD practices and tools (i.e use of GithubActions, CircleCI, Kubernetes, Docker etc…)
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and/or related field

Nice to haves

• Background in financial technology (fintech) or payments
• Background in user authentication and exposure to auth protocols 
• Guide migrations from monolithic architectures to microservice-based architectures and implement modern design patterns
• Ability to drive product requirements and architecture discussions 
• Interest in building something new and working cross-functionally and collaboratively to do so  
• Eagerness to learn and grow within VSCO
• MS or higher in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and/or related field

Job Perks

• A virtual first workplace with quarterly company-wide travel events to connect and play.
• Competitive Salary & Equity 
• Healthcare insurance, vision, dental insurance for employees and families
• Flexible vacation policy 
• Creative Fridays, VSCO Create weeks (our version of hack week), and so much more.

Why VSCO?

We value the creative process and our employees’ opinions — input is encouraged, regardless of your position or title. We want to work with people who are driven and demonstrate initiative in taking our mission to the next level.

We believe in building a safe place for creative expression and celebrating that which makes us human, welcoming unique and personal backgrounds and experiences. We’re proud to foster diverse perspectives within VSCO as we continue to build an inclusive culture.

Compensation

 The base salary for this position may vary based on several factors, including the approved job level. The base salary range for this role is $193,000 - $207,000. Salary is one component of our total compensation package. This position also qualifies for bonuses and equity (i.e. stock options). The benefits available for this position include flexible time off, a 401K retirement plan, insurance (medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D, short and long term disability), and 11 paid holidays. We also provide paid sick time as required by state and local law. Additional benefits and perks are also offered for this position.

Please note: At VSCO, we take the health and safety of our employees and their families seriously. Because this position will require regular travel for company events, it is required that the successful candidate of this role shows proof of vaccination against COVID-19. As an equal opportunity employer, VSCO will provide reasonable accommodation to those individuals who are unable to be vaccinated in accordance with applicable federal, state, provincial, and local law.