Python engineer at Photon Commerce · Remote only · 6 - 10 years · $10K - $15K / yr (ESOP available) · Profitable · Remote only · Posted 2 Nov 2021
Full Stack Python Engineer at Silicon Valley AI Startup
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Company |
Photon Commerce (http://www.photoncommerce.com">www.photoncommerce.com)
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Title |
Software development engineer
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Commitment |
Full-time. Remote (San Francisco, CA). Starting as soon as possible.
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About the company |
Photon empowers financial services and eCommerce businesses with computer vision to automate invoices and receipts. Photon turns paper and pdf invoices, receipts, POs, and packing slips into a modern collaboration platform for commerce, preventing problems before they become costly. Backed by the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center and Village Global, its leadership brings experience from eCommerce and SaaS unicorns, Google AI, Y Combinator, Stanford, and 4 exits and an IPO.
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What you will do |
· Build a React app and python/Django/Flask app that processes PDFs, images, invoices, and receipts for Quickbooks and Shopify · Create integrations, APIs for the captured structured data · Build a document and invoice collaboration app with embedded chat, like Slack for documents/invoices · Deploy the app into production · Own the shipped product, including QA
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Experience |
· 2-7 years of experience having launched apps in production with real users in React, Node, Javascript, Python, Django/Flask, SQL, AWS, and full-stack web development · Have repos and/or demos to show your previous work · Knowledge in and/or passion for enterprise SaaS, and AWS devops · Excellent communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and team skills
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What you’ll receive |
· Join an exciting, high growth startup led by serial entrepreneurs and backed by top tier Silicon Valley investors and billionaire industry leaders in tech · Competitive compensation commensurate with experience and performance
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