Senior Software Engineer, Front-End (US, Canada, SF)

Our Story

Short Story is an award winning, technology-powered retailer dedicated to petite women 5'4" and under. Our mission is to create a seamless shopping experience for millions of petite women so they can dress with effortless confidence.

As a fast-growing startup, we're revolutionizing retail with a data-driven learning system that leverages customer feedback to create tailored products. We've been recognized by top publications like Forbes, Fortune and are backed by top investors who share our vision of building the world's next great consumer brand.

Our Values

We're building a company with intention and purpose. Our culture thrives on data insights, exceptional commitment to fit, and the urgency to move quickly on what matters.

• ✨ Transform Lives. We're customer-first. Everything we create exists to give her confidence.

• ⚡️ Demand Excellence. We deliver only our best work, in Fit and Finish. We obsess about details others overlook.

• Embrace Challenges. We see obstacles as opportunities to invent better solutions.

• Think Differently. We get a thrill from finding better solutions others haven't seen.

At Short Story, you will be a part of a high-velocity engineering team that creates new user experiences, optimizes warehouse and logistics operations, and improves data insights to better serve our customers. We are looking for self-motivated individuals who enjoy tackling ambiguity and can solve complex problems end-to-end. 

The Role

As an early Senior Frontend Engineer, you will build internal and customer-facing applications for order handling and styling. You will establish key design patterns/guidelines for all frontend applications.

Must Haves

• 5+ years experience in professional front-end development (eg. HTML, CSS, JS)

• 4+ years of experience working with Javascript/Typescript and React

• Understanding of web technologies, programming concepts, and web architecture

• Previous experience working closely with designers, building flexible, composable libraries and components

• Familiar with front-end testing automation (eg. Cypress/Jest)

• Thorough understanding of ReactJS and its core principles

• Experience with frontend development tools (eg. WebPack, Babel, Yarn)

• Familiar with ReactJS workflows (eg. redux)

• Focus on communication and documentation

Nice to Haves

• Worked in a fully remote environment with colleagues from around the world

• Worked in sprint-based environments with an OKR framework

• Understanding of UI/UX best practices and design principles

Benefits and Compensation

• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental care

• 401k with company match

• Generous paid time off

• Opportunity to work at a Y-Combinator backed startup alongside a dedicated and experienced founding team

• Company wide and team events

Why You'll Love Working at Short Story

• You'll get to work at an early stage start-up, to build the culture, and to have an outsized impact on our company and society

• You'll be a key part of the company with the ability to make high impact decisions

• You'll get the opportunity to try your hand at new things. We deeply believe in giving people opportunity to venture into new areas

• We are a successful, fast-growing startup solving problems that have not been solved before and reinventing fashion for an underserved segment

• We are a group of smart, passionate hackers with a wealth of diverse experiences

• We are motivated by unique challenges and opportunities

• We are driven by the mission of helping petite women find their perfect fit so they can dress with total confidence

Short Story is committed to providing equal employment opportunity and a work environment free of discrimination and harassment for all employees and applicants. We work diligently to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.