Staff Software Developer

BackerKit helps creators bring projects to life. For over a decade, we’ve powered some of the world’s most successful crowdfunding campaigns. We’re always building the next generation of our platform, innovating, and driving the industry forward. We’re a remote-first company of ~40 people with a diverse, close-knit team that prizes creativity, enthusiasm, and a willingness to learn. We move quickly, think deeply about our users, and care about building software that lasts. We’re looking for a full-time, Staff-level engineer who is deeply motivated by user experience, interaction design, and frontend craftsmanship and excited to bring that to life within a Ruby on Rails monolith. Perhaps this is you! The role - This is a hands-on fullstack, product engineering role reporting to our Director of Engineering, Product, and Design. You’ll lead mainly through the code you write, review, and ship, and most of your week should be devoted to the team’s queue. - We are looking for a UX- and business-minded engineer to work directly in Rails views to simplify complex workflows, create intuitive user experiences, and help transform the crowdfunding landscape. - You’ll help shape frontend patterns across the product, and turn our powerful, interconnected systems into intuitive experiences that are fast, clear, and approachable. - This role is high-context, high-collaboration, and high-impact. You’ll evolve patterns, raise the quality bar through mentorship and code review, and influence how the entire Engineering, Product & Design team thinks about user experience. - Everyone at BackerKit is customer-facing, and we expect everyone to get to know the creators and backers that we serve (plus, they are awesome, just like you!). How we build - We iterate quickly, ship small experiments, and learn from customers. - We use Claude Code, practice TDD, work in one-week iterations, and ship multiple