Software Engineer

Solo is the operating system for the 75m+ app-based gig workers to manage their business and maximize their earnings potential. Solo tracks data across multiple platforms to provide city-level pay and performance benchmarks, including hour-by-hour earnings predictions that Solo guarantees, making up the difference if pay is less.

Solo has raised from top tier investors such as Slow Ventures, Fuse, Expa, Red Sea, Intuit and Ascend as well as angels such as Jeff Wilke, former Amazon Consumer CEO, Dan Lewis, CEO of Convoy; Rob Hayes, First Round Capital; and Salle Yoo, the former General Counsel of Uber.

What you will do

We are looking for a senior engineer who can help us scale the product to millions of users while adding compelling features. You will be working on analyzing income/location data from a growing fleet of Gig workers and using that data to build a rich feature set, including integrating with other services. You need to work independently, as you collaborate with other engineers and the business team on breaking down business requirements, and develop features in an iterative fashion.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge programming in interpreted languages such as: Ruby on Rails, Javascript/Typescript, Python
• Passionate to solve technical challenges and the ability to work independently
• Ability to analyze data, form hypothesis and validate them
• Working knowledge of SQL
• A solid understanding of distributed systems
• Experience building mobile applications
• Strong communication skills - you will work with both engineers and business teams where succinctly expressing ideas/plans becomes quite important

You may be a fit for this role if you

• Have proven experience building high-quality products
• Enjoy tackling tough, ambiguous problems
• Thrive in a collaborative environment and bias toward action, taking pride in simply getting things done
• Enjoy seeing projects to successful completion involving a wide variety of technologies and systems
• Can put yourself in the shoes of your users and be a steward of crafting great experiences
• Are a learner. You take the time to learn about new technologies and their possible applications constantly looking at how best to approach problems using technology
• Have a low ego, but are quick to engage in candid discussion about the company and it's direction

What We Offer

• Ground floor opportunity with a substantial equity stake
• Medical, dental, & vision insurance, 401k, office gym
• Flexible, hybrid work schedule with the opportunity to to build in person relationships, while also accommodating personal priorities
• Unlimited paid time off
• Opportunity to improve the lives of millions of workers in your community