Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Spoiler Alert is a CPG and retail tech company on a mission to expand consumer access to affordable, everyday essentials by unlocking the value in surplus inventory. They are hiring a Software Engineer to help build a platform that redefines how CPG suppliers and retail buyers transact surplus inventory, focusing on AI-powered features and collaboration within product teams.
Responsibilities
- Design, write, review, test, and deploy code across our stack with quality and velocity, effectively incorporating AI coding tools productively and responsibly based on product needs and technical understanding
- Develop and extend automated unit, integration, and end-to-end test suites
- Collaborate on data modeling, application architecture, and technology decisions including what’s working, not working, and ideas for how to improve
- Thoughtfully plan and estimate development, communicating tradeoffs and risks early
- Participate in shared support duties and help maintain the reliability of our systems
- Contribute to pod feature definition, design, and technical direction, not just execute against it
- Improve documentation and knowledge sharing across the Engineering team
- Partner with Product and Design to understand what we're building and why, and bring technical perspective into those conversations early
- Actively seek mentorship and provide it where you can
- Use Friday focus time to build skills that matter to your growth and our roadmap
- Participate in learning and growth opportunities — book clubs, tech guru sessions, share & tells
- Deepen your understanding of Spoiler Alert's industry, customers, and mission over time
Skills
- 2+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Solid fundamentals: you commit clean, tested, maintainable code and take ownership of what you ship
- AI-native chops: you productively integrate AI into your development workflows to build with curiosity and strong opinions loosely held
- Experience with web application development across the stack, comfortable contributing to both backend and frontend work (we use TypeScript, React, Express)
- Familiarity with data modeling and working with databases (we use MongoDB)
- Effective collaborator and communicator across engineering, product, data, and design
- Food and beverage or CPG industry background
- Marketplace or auction-based platform experience
- Applied AI/ML feature development
- Strong test engineering practices
Benefits
- Remote-first environment, with co-working access for locals in BOS, NYC, & DEN
- Competitive salary and stock option packages
- Subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance plans
- Climate-focused, pre-tax 401(k) and post-tax Roth 401(k) options
- 12-16 weeks of paid parental leave + flex return to work
- 15+ company holidays, including an "End of Year Reset Week"
- 20 vacation days and 10 sick days per year
- Focus Fridays (no meetings after 1PM local)
- Summer Fridays (1/2 day)
- Paid volunteer outings and civic engagement leave
- Annual flex funds for remote work needs, learning & development, and socializing with colleagues
- Company-sponsored $500 FSA contribution
Company Overview