Staff Software Engineer

Ghost is a private, b2b marketplace that helps scale distribution for the best brands in the world. Ghost works with leading brands in streetwear, apparel, footwear, beauty, and home to find alternative distribution channels for surplus inventory. By providing transparency, data, and a network of vetted buyers, the Ghost platform serves as the backbone for sellers to diversify and optimize their inventory lifecycle. Backed by top VC funds (Cathay, USV, Equal, Eniac), Ghost is one of the fastest growing startups in LA.

About the Role: 

We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer who loves solving complex problems. You will help us build our platform from the ground up to serve our growing customer ecosystem. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, you’ll be tasked to deliver outcomes by understanding the business needs and producing quality code to scale our existing business. We will need you to collaborate and communicate effectively with engineering and product to meet milestones to build and ship systems to serve our customers. We are an early-stage startup with amazing traction, and we’re moving with velocity! Our team has abundant growth potential as well as a direct impact on shaping the future of Ghost. 

This role is remote-friendly only for these following states: CA, NY, WA, NJ, AL, IL, AK, TX, NV, PA, OR, VA. 

About You:

• 7- 10 years as a software engineer at a high-growth startup. 
• Be a technical thought leader with proficiency in Ghost’s current tech stack: NestJS, Next.js, Typescript, postgreSQL, Redis, AWS
• Create a knowledge-sharing environment where code reviews and design discussions are the norm.
• Speak up and contribute to collaborative technical discussions with leadership.
• Deliver scalable technical solutions to solve business needs.
• Solve complex technical problems and build scalable solutions for business/customer needs.
• Lead and evangelize engineering best practices.
• Produce high-quality code, perform code reviews, help with architecture and design, and introduce technical best practices (testing, monitoring, etc.).
• Influence and alignment - Ability to communicate technical ideas across teams.
• Coach/mentor engineers as our team grows to pay it forward and align the team in a growth mindset.
• Ability to listen: Shows genuine interest in understanding customers' needs, asks questions, and thinks answers through.
• Effective communication: Brings you along for the ride, and you can follow a coherent message. Writes and speaks efficiently; doesn’t sugarcoat a message; you don’t feel like you have to interrupt to go to the next question.
• Growth mindset: Eagerness to embrace unknown scenarios; bias towards learning.
• Scrappiness: Enjoys taking initiative; doesn’t need to gather a team around them to get things done. Embrace a “done is better than perfect” mindset, knowing things can improve over multiple iterations.
• An individual contributor: Hands on, collaborative, and proficient in their craft.
• Data-driven: outcomes to validate their work.
• Passion: Genuine interest in the problems we are solving.

What you will love: 

• We believe if we aren’t first, we’re last! We need to be the best at what we do. We must set the highest standards in our winner-take-all market. We fight for every dollar and never settle. We are all owners, hustlers, and streetfighters - working together to achieve a unified goal.
• Anything we can do tomorrow, we can do today. We drive a culture of high velocity, leaving no room for analysis paralysis. We promote efficiency and progress in every step we take. If it will help the business, just do it. It’s better to get a speeding ticket than a parking ticket.
• We are a customer-obsessed company and believe in making it magical: Our members are at the center of our universe. We continuously strive to create experiences that are 10x better at every touchpoint. We anticipate their needs and go above and beyond, delivering experiences that surpass expectations.
• We believe that problems are opportunities and we work together as a team to solve them. Every roadblock is an opportunity for innovation. We tackle problems as a team, welcoming open discourse to deeply understand operational and customer problems to create solutions. No task is too big or too small, and we take on challenges beyond our core responsibilities, spreading optimism and confidence.
• We embrace radical candor. We embrace difficult questions and uncomfortable answers. Our decisions are grounded in data and facts, leading to meaningful and sustainable outcomes. We value giving and receiving open, honest feedback. We critique ideas, not individuals. We embrace radical transparency and rigorous thinking, avoiding decisions driven by ego or self-interest. 

Our total compensation for this position can range from $180,000 - $220,000. The actual amounts may vary based on factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities related to the position.