Software Engineer - Product Nextdoor
San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Nextdoor is the private social network for you, your neighbors and your community. Nextdoor's mission is to provide a trusted platform where neighbors work together to build stronger, safer, happier communities, all over the world.

Are you passionate about using the power of technology to build community? Do you believe residents can strengthen their neighborhoods through dialog and collaboration? Would you like to join a transformative company and play a meaningful role in crafting its future? If so, we'd love to meet you.

We're looking for a full-stack product engineer to help us manifest this mission into an engaging, high-quality experience for our web users. You'll be working with a group of talented and technical product managers, engineers and designers to bring features from concept to reality in a useful and performant way. This is a unique opportunity to join a small, experienced team and take on a significant role in our company's development.

Responsibilities:

* Full-stack web application development using Python/Django on the server side and React on the client side
* Build products that are performant, scalable and delightful for our members
* Strong product sense and consumer empathy
* Work in cross-functional, agile teams

Requirements:

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent work experience.
* Expertise in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Expertise with a client-side framework such as React, Angular, or Backbone is a huge plus.
* Expertise in at least one server-side web application language. Python or Go experience is a huge plus.
* Strong collaboration and communication skills, both verbal and written.
* Ability to be flexible and adaptable in a dynamic startup environment.
* Strong desire to learn about new technologies and systems.

Benefits:

* 100% company-paid health insurance premiums (medical, dental, and vision) for you and your dependents
* Paid vacation and company holidays
* Free catered dinners Monday through Thursday and catered lunch on Wednesdays
* Monthly gym stipend
* One time cell phone & headphone stipend
* Annual learning and development stipend
* Two paid volunteer days off
* Pre-tax commuter benefits
* Fully stocked kitchen with drinks, snacks and candy
* La Marzocco espresso machine with Blue Bottle coffee
* Health FSA
* 401K plan

To learn more, check out our engineering blog at https://engblog.nextdoor.com.