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Full Stack Developer - Conversational Experiences

Whym

Full Stack Developer - Conversational Experiences

Los Angeles, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    WHO ARE WE:

    Our femme-focused company simplifies and customizes your shopping experience through innovative text messaging service.  Created to bring convenience, simplicity and customization to your experience, Whym takes what you enjoy most about online and offline shopping and combines them.

    Engage in a text conversation with a Whym team member in real-time to ask questions, get suggestions, and add products from our boutique lookbook to your cart with a hashtag.

    Founded by a dynamic female duo, Whym makes getting the things consumers love, easy. We've curated a list of unique products by sorting through hundreds of “instabrands” - niche companies that have less than 30K followers - that offer high quality and easily replenish-able goods. Each brand value proposition is focused on things that matter most to the modern woman.  

    WHO YOU ARE:

    We are looking for a full-stack Developer to join our team to build out new conversational chat experiences. You should be excited about building out great e-commerce and logistical solutions. Get a chance to work with one of the best in-house marketing teams in the world where you'll be up close and personal with the next generation of conversational experiences. 

    WHAT YOU'LL DO

    • Build the MVP for our text commerce platform. Lead development from start to finish.
    • Write code, try new things fast, and be willing to turn on a dime.
    • Make strategic tradeoffs between speed to deliver an MVP as fast as possible and scalability to grow into a sturdy, high-availability product.
    • Help us scale from early product-market fit to over 10,000 subscribers by mid/end 2019.
    • Architect our technical platform and make day-to-day product development decisions.
    • Communicate technical vision with investors, advisors, partners, and team.

    QUALIFICATIONS

    • Highly excited about building conversation experiences, A/B testing, and performance optimization.
    • Be curious about building on platforms like SMS, Twilio, RCS, Facebook Messenger, Alexa & Apple Business Chat.
    • Expertise in one coding language with a deep and demonstrated curiosity for others.
    • Experience integrating Shopify API with other applications & inventory management / ERP systems
    • Some experience with natural language processing (NLP) & machine learning (ML)
    • Great at thinking through large problems with dynamic, fluid event paths
    • A great teammate with the ability to act as a mentor and peer leader
    • Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
    • BS in Computer Science or equivalent

     

    SOME FUN PARTS OF THE JOB

    • Be surrounded by flowers & biophilic design
    • You'll actually get to roll up your sleeves and MAKE things
    • Solve interesting tech problems and pioneer new mobile commerce solutions
    • Move fast with the freedom to make mistakes, learn and try again
    • Build a smart & diverse team of amazing humans