Backend Typescript Engineer

MANUAL is a digital personal development and mental wellness platform designed to inspire young men to become the best versions of themselves. Today, male students are far less likely to be enrolled, retained, and graduate from higher education institutions, and this is especially true for young men of color. Their mental health outcomes are rapidly worsening, with young men dying by suicide and overdose at alarming rates.

MANUAL works with high schools, universities, and fraternities across the country – including the University of Mississippi, Morgan State University, and MSU-Denver – to solve this challenge, bringing high-quality men's success and mental health programming to tens of thousands of students. MANUAL has raised capital from Expanse Venture Partners, 12-48, the Inner Foundation, and angel investors from companies like Maven Clinic, McKinsey & Company, Eleanor Health, and more. MANUAL’s evidence-based approach has been proven to enroll young men who are not currently being reached by existing services, and users report significant levels of trust towards the service.

Who We're Looking For:

• Typescript Enthusiasts: You have a solid understanding of Typescript and the JS ecosystem. You've built or contributed to web applications and APIs using these technologies and are excited about crafting beautiful, efficient, and scalable web applications. You've written production backend code.
• Problem Solvers: Complex challenges excite you, and you excel at finding innovative solutions. You understand that in a startup environment, delivering a functional solution that meets users' needs is better than crafting a perfect solution that never launches.
• Team Players: Our small but growing team values collaboration and open communication. Your input will significantly impact our projects, and we value engineers who are humble and willing to assist their peers.
• Lifelong Learners: Your willingness to learn and grow is vital. We appreciate those open to new ideas and experiences, understanding that everyone has something to teach.

What You Won't Need:

• A specific number of years of experience. Your ability to apply what you've learned to new challenges is what truly matters to us. We're not in a position to provide the support and mentorship a junior developer needs (ex. fresh out of college or dev bootcamp), so you should have experience shipping production code.
• A formal education in computer science. We recognize the value of diverse educational backgrounds and learning paths. Our head of engineering, for example, doesn't have a computer science degree.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the development of our RedwoodJS backend, which provides APIs for our NextJS and React Native apps. Most of your time will be spent working on our APIs - adding new features, improving tests, optimizing performance, etc.
• Assist in the management of our Postgres database and backend infrastructure.
• Engage in user feedback sessions to directly learn from our users and adapt our solutions to better meet their needs.
• Be involved in the hiring process for future engineering team members, helping us grow our team with talented individuals.
• Play a pivotal role in defining our engineering processes and culture.
• Collaborate closely with our head of engineering and other team members on a variety of backend and frontend projects, contributing your unique skills and perspectives.

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