Software Engineer, Backend

Matter is a social reading app for articles, blogs, and newsletters to help users find better content online.

Location: Remote
Company size: 5–20
Posted: 2mo ago
Via: Yc

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Job listing · Updated 21 AUG 2026

Software Engineer, Backend

Matter· Remote (US)View company profile

Job title: Software Engineer, Backend
Job location: Remote (US)
Job listing URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/matter/jobs/X1HSDvK-software-engineer-backend
Job description: **You might be a fit if you:** - Are an experienced generalist who writes high-quality code. - Can own large pieces of work and solve whatever problems come your way. - Have designed APIs and built backend services for complex, consumer-grade products. - Are comfortable with Python/Django/SQL/AWS. Languages can be learned, but because we're small and will be counting on you to make big contributions quickly, familiarity with our stack is helpful. ML experience a plus. - Operate well in an early-stage environment where there's more change and less structure compared to a more mature company. - Are highly collaborative and an excellent communicator. **Some tech you'll help build:** - Article and PDF parsers that use a combination of techniques from heuristic frameworks to NLP to computer vision - Data ingestion pipelines that consolidate content from disparate sources, including RSS, save-extensions, newsletters, and Twitter - Scrapers that ingest content produced by specific individuals wherever it occurs on the internet - Data synchronization engine that powers offline interactivity across multiple clients **Our Stack** - Django, Postgres, Redis, Celery in the backend - Swift iOS app with Realm for local datastore - React for internal tooling - Runs entirely on AWS - Comfortable dev environment using Git, Docker, automated tests, and continuous deployment - GitHub, Slack, Notion, Figma, Linear

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