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Senior Software Engineer, Back-End (San Francisco)

Short Story
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Hybrid (San Francisco)Full-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior Backend Engineer at Short Story, a data-driven ecommerce startup focused on petite women. Build core backend services powering order processing, logistics, inventory, and data platforms with end-to-end ownership in a fast-moving team.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain backend services that power core business workflows
  • Own projects end-to-end, from early design through production and iteration
  • Design APIs and data models that are clear, stable, and easy to work with
  • Work across systems (orders, inventory, logistics, data) to solve complex, interconnected problems
  • Make thoughtful tradeoffs between speed, scalability, and maintainability
  • Improve system reliability through monitoring, testing, and debugging
  • Contribute to engineering standards, code reviews, and documentation

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of software development experience
  • 2+ Years of Python experience
  • 5+ years of experience with data structures and algorithms
  • Familiar with infrastructure, monitoring, and CI/CD practices
  • Familiar with designing stable, scalable, and well-documented APIs
  • Experience designing APIs and data models that are clear and stable

Skills

Required:PythonData structures and algorithmsAPI designInfrastructure, monitoring, and CI/CDCommunication and documentation

Benefits

  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • Comprehensive health, vision, and dental care
  • 401k with company match (US)
  • Either in-person in San Francisco, or remote in US or Canada
  • Employee discount on merchandise
  • Opportunity to work at a Y-Combinator backed startup with a dedicated and experienced founding team
Last updated Jul 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Short Story

Modern ecommerce for petite women

Short Story is a style discovery platform to help petite women find clothes that fit. The average American woman is 5'4" and petite, yet this remains an enormously underserved segment. We’re a team of curators passionate about finding style, quality, and fit for petite women. Our mission is to remove the “ugh” from the shopping equation and support petite women in telling their stories, stylishly and confidently.

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