What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer position at AngelList?
About AngelList:
We exist to accelerate innovation. We do this by giving more people the opportunity to participate in the venture economy by building the financial infrastructure that makes it possible for more people to invest in world-changing startups. We also build tools for startup founders that help them run their operations, so they can focus on building their company.
AngelList is the nexus of venture capital and the startup community. We support over $171B assets on our platform, and we’ve driven capital to over 13,000 startups. 57% of top-tier U.S. VC deals involve investors on AngelList.
While our scale is large, our ambitions are even larger – we’re innovating on the infrastructure for venture and individual investors and the startups they invest in. Come build with us!
About the Role:
AngelList is seeking Senior Software Engineers to join one of our core engineering teams. At AngelList, we pride ourselves on having an outsized impact on the industry. Teams are explicitly small and built on mutual respect, high trust, and low management. It's not a fit for everyone, but when there's a fit, it’s one of the most rewarding places to work!
We have other engineering opportunities posted for specific teams, so please just apply to one. Not all roles are posted individually. The team will consider you for all open roles that could be a fit.
\n- Help build the world's easiest-to-use financial platform for private markets
- Connect startups and investors around the world who would never have had a chance to meet without AngelList
- Learn the venture financing business inside and out - from the ground up
- Have more ownership and responsibility for shipping large features and improving our codebase
- Accelerate innovation in the world!
- A full-stack generalist (or backend specialist able to work the full stack) with 4 years of experience building large-scale web applications
- Writing clean, scalable code with significant experience in at least one of the primary programming languages we use here (Ruby and TypeScript)
- Excited to move fast, prioritize, and constantly make critical product decisions
- Comfortable with and curious about working outside of a traditional, narrow engineering role
- A self-starter: you have started something meaningful on your own–a startup, an open-source project, something else
- Deeply passionate about startups (https://venturehacks.com/save-the-world)
- Consistently delivers high-quality, well-tested code that meets the team’s goals and timelines.
- Actively contributes to team discussions and decisions, bringing thoughtful technical perspectives.
- Mentors and supports other engineers, helping to elevate the overall team performance.
If you don’t tick every box above, we’d still encourage you to apply. We’re building a diverse team whose skills balance and complement one another.
AngelList has offices in a few cities, and our engineering hub in San Francisco. We’re focused on hiring from this hub office so engineers and product teams can collaborate in the office at least twice per week (Tuesdays and choice between Wednesday or Thursday).
Compensation: The compensation for this role consists of a competitive base salary, benefits, and equity package. The base salary for this role is $200,000 annually but actual will vary based on a number of factors including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Additional details about our Total Rewards package will be provided during the recruitment process.
Benefits: We support our employees in their lives both inside and outside of work.
*See additional detail on our benefits here: https://angell.ist/venture-benefits
*Learn about our Funders & Founders Program here: https://join.angellist.com/
Working at AngelList: At AngelList, we are united in our purpose to accelerate innovation and build the future of private markets. Our beliefs and values shape how we work, collaborate, and create impact. If the below resonate, we’d love to have you with us.
*Beliefs: https://angell.ist/beliefs
*Values & Leadership Expectations: https://angell.ist/values
AngelList is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.