Senior Full-Stack Engineer

Who we are
Hi! We’re Looking Glass — a company based out of Brooklyn &
Hong Kong — and we makeholograms.
We are a small (and growing!) passionate team of artists, inventors, and engineers building a completely new interface paradigm - one that is three-dimensional, shared, and magical. To help us expand and improve our online services, from our main website to, we’re seeking a talented senior full-stack engineer to support the development effort.
Why we need you
We are working to build a future that is more Star Trek and less Ready Player One. To accomplish this mission, we’re building a diverse team of people from different backgrounds and experiences. As such, we encourage women, people of color, and others from historically marginalized groups to apply.
Lastly, given that we are iterating on products using custom hardware, we prefer candidates local to New York, but a fully remote position is an option for highly qualified candidates.
The ideal candidate...
Can delegate tasks to team members and review their PRs
Will work closely with our marketers, designers, and customer support staff to iterate on our web platform
Has a track record of building products end-to-end in environments of high ambiguity. You're known as someone who owns problems and outcomes
Prioritizes product over process — shipping beautiful products is more important than checking all the boxes
Shows bias for action. We like learning as quickly as possible, so we embrace failing fast to refine our code, systems, and processes rapidly
Is pragmatic and can see the bigger picture;
you're able to reason about prioritization and scope
Has experience building great quality user experiences for customers
Our stack:
Is a modern serverless stack:
Next.Js + Vercel, Postgres + Prisma, React + GraphQL, Bull, Modal, and AWS S3.
We're using Auth0 for authentication, Sentry for log aggregation, and Axiom for real-time log analysis
Our marketing sites use Webflow and Shopify
Requirements
You’ll need these qualifications:
Experience delivering web development projects from start to finish
Experience with serverless frameworks and infrastructure (e.G. Next.Js, Vercel, TypeScript, React)
Experience managing production databases and ORMs
Experience with building and maintaining user authentication systems and security
Experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend systems and APIs
Experience working with stakeholders to understand, document, develop, and explain systems and APIs that meet their requirements
Experience deploying custom, containerized systems to cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Experience writing stable, testable, and scalable code to ensure high-quality services to our users
As a small, ambitious team, we're looking for someone flexible and multidisciplinary. Here are some other skills that are nice to have, but not required:
Experience managing a web product, or experience managing a full-stack web development team
Experience with three.Js/react-three-fiber or similar WebGL frameworks and WebXR
Experience with Electron.Js
Experience with Webflow or Shopify
Some knowledge of graphics rendering principles and concepts
Experience with other backend languages like PHP, Python, Ruby, Java, .NET, etc.
Benefits
Salary Range:
$130k-$165k
Health care stipend
Stock options
401(k) plan with employer matching benefit
Three weeks of paid vacation per year
Paid sick leave days