Backend Engineer, Docs - Buildwithfern : Job Details

This role is ideal for ambitious engineers with entrepreneurial goals. Many of us are former or future founders, and this is an opportunity to scale a company from $1M to $10M ARR while partnering with fast-growing tech companies shaping the future of software. We value in-person collaboration and work out of our office in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Sounds like you?Get in touch.

• Be a power-user of Vercel. We host a multi-tenant Next.js app that powers 100s of documentation websites. You'll be the owner of the backend for our frontend—which is open source!

• Drive zero-to-one features. You'll take customer requests, architect a solution, develop the feature, and announce the release to our customers. We've got a tight feedback loop that's driven by customer requests.

• Build with industry-leading tools. You'll get hands-on with React, TypeScript, Next.js, TailwindCSS, shadcn components, and AWS. We use the best tools for the job and prioritize developer experience over cost (looking at you, Vercel).

• Build our team. We're growing, and you will work directly with the CEO and CTO to bring in talented engineers.

• 4+ years of professional backend or full-stack development

• Significant experience working with TypeScript

• An eye for crafting a great developer experience

• (Bonus) You've worked in a high-growth SaaS company

• (Bonus) Experience working with the OpenAPI specification, Conjure (Palantir), or Smithy (AWS)

• Engineering challenges that will push you to become a better developer

• Kind teammates who work hard

• First-hand experience building an early-stage startup

• A salary of $170,000 to $210,000 and equity

• Living proximity bonus of $18,000 per year if you choose to live near the office

• Meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) at the office

• Health, dental, and vision insurance

• Next.js + Vercel (Frontend)

• Fern (API)

• Anthropic + Bedrock (LLM)

• Microservices: Express (Node.js), FastAPI (Python)

• Postgres + Prisma ORM (Database)

• Algolia + turbopuffer (Search)

• AWS (Cloud)