Senior Software Engineer, Tracking

About us

Harmonic is the startup discovery engine. We believe in innovation, entrepreneurs, and efficient capital markets. It pains us to see great startup opportunities consistently go undiscovered. So, we dedicated ourselves to mapping out the startup landscape and building the index and tools that ensure the most promising founders get found and funded.

The world's largest and most prolific venture capital firms rely on us to find and invest in the next Google, AirBnB, Uber, Stripe, and Anduril. We play a crucial part in ensuring hundreds of billions of dollars get routed efficiently and that the innovations the world would most benefit from materialize.

We’ve been growing steadily and need passionate driven people to help us get to the next level. If you want to work in a high-growth environment with some of the most talented folks on the planet and resonate with our values, read on.

About the Tracking team

The Tracking team is building a brand-new product from the ground up, redefining how teams track, evaluate, and manage investment opportunities with complete context and seamless, real-time workflows. We are in the early days of this journey, with a unique opportunity to shape the product and increase our revenue by a transformative scale.

What you will do:

• Influence and execute Harmonic’s vision by collaborating with Product & Design to build products that help investors manage deals seamlessly
• Deeply understand customer needs, translating them into innovative features and services that elevate their experience and drive engagement
• "Get Shit Done" by working on every layer of our stack, proactively troubleshooting, and solving any issues that stand in the way of our customers gaining maximum value from our product.

Role requirements:

• Track record of building highly performant, highly observable, and highly scalable systems
• 5+ years of experience building scalable frontend and backend systems
• Ability to work across disciplines with minimal process, bringing structure and predictability to an evolving space
• Have experience taking the lead in planning and executing the development roadmap for software projects

Plus if...

• 2+ years of experience in an early-stage startup
• Experience designing and implementing GraphQL APIs on top of large data sources
• Experience implementing web applications that manage large amounts of data
• Experience developing local-first web applications with efficient data synchronization between frontend and backend
• Obsessed about your craft and share your knowledge (tech talks, articles, open source, side projects, etc.)
• Strong product sense with an ability to identify and prioritize features that create meaningful customer impact
• Experience working in Python/strongly typed languages