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Senior Fullstack Engineer (Remote) at Zencastr

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Overview

Empower the voices of the If you want to push the world of podcasting into the future, come join a team who loves to live on the edge! We are a fully distributed team of smart people who are passionate about changing the world one voice at a time.

You should join us if you:
  • Have significant experience with Node.js and good knowledge of JS fundamentals
  • Have a good understanding of computer science fundamentals. You might not have gone to school for it, but you know the difference between heap and stack, different time complexities, and which patterns to use and when.
  • You are ambitious. You might want to build your own company one day or have tried to tackle the toughest tech problems just for fun.
  • You enjoy writing Javascript or Typescript
  • You have an eye for performance. Whether thinking about the latest client side bundling techniques, or the proper way to shard a mongo database, you want things to be fast.
  • You are just as comfortable working in a browser context or a node.js runtime
  • You are a team player
  • You have good communication skills
What sets you apart:
  • You have a passion for high performance applications
  • You have significant open source contributions
  • You want to work in a fast growing startup. Which comes with the blood, sweat and tears of working to disrupt an established industry
  • You have empathy for the end user. A spec is a conversation starter, as an advocate for the end user you always are thinking about how to best serve their needs
  • You have an eye for code quality and you strive to uphold best practices in engineering, security, and design
Why you should choose us:
  • You'll be working with world class engineers, Phd's, and designers in a fully distributed team
  • Work in an agile and fast changing environment
  • Equity commensurate to your contribution in a profitable company
  • Health insurance
  • Unique challenges and the support and talent to solve them
  • 4 weeks PTO
  • Freedom to work where you please
What we're looking for:
  • 5+ years of Typescript, React, Node.js development
  • Strong document / key-value store knowledge (Redis, MongoDB)
  • Strong SQL knowledge
  • Strong HTML / CSS / React knowledge
  • Demonstrable knowledge of building scaleable consumer based apps
  • Strong experience with unit, integration, and load testing
  • Experience building APIs
  • Experience with cloud APIs (Google Cloud, Digital Ocean)
Bonus points if you have:
  • Experiencing working in high traffic, low latency applications
  • Good dev ops experience
  • Digital Signal Processing experience
  • Strong SQL knowledge
How to apply:

Apply on our jobs site at

We are flexible! For the right candidate we ask: What do you need to do your best work?

Typical senior pay: $139k for Database and Network Administrators and Architects nationally

National salary averages
Expected senior-level
$139k
Entry
Mid
Senior
Expected
$64k Market range (10th-90th percentile) $172k

Senior roles pay 71% more than entry—experience is well rewarded.

Slight candidate advantage

Many alternative paths available. Don't feel locked into any single offer.

Hiring leverage
Balanced
Wage leverage
Balanced
Mobility
Good mobility

Where to negotiate

Base salary
Sign-on bonus
Title / level
Remote flexibility
Scope & responsibility
Start date / PTO

Likely Possible Unlikely

Use competing offers and timing to your advantage.

Does this path compound?

Job Growth →
High churn
Growth, flat pay
🚀 Compound
Growth + pay upside
⚠️ Plateau
Limited growth
Specialize
Experts earn more
Pay Upside →
Expertise pays off

Limited new roles, but specialists earn significantly more.

+2%
10yr growth
Most openings come from retirements and turnover, not new positions.

Openings come from turnover, not new growth. Differentiate to advance.

Labor data: BLS 2024