Curated styles for the modern petite woman. Discover high quality fashion, tailored to your petite frame, delivered to your door. Backed by Y Combinator.
About the role
As a Senior Backend Engineer , you’ll design and build the services that power our core workflows, from order processing to logistics and internal operations. You’ll own meaningful parts of the system end-to-end, making decisions about data models, APIs, and system behavior. You’ll work closely with product, frontend, and operations to ensure what we build is reliable, scalable, and actually solves the problem.
What they're looking for
- 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
- Test-driven development (TDD) experience
- Tech Lead for an engineering team of 3+ people
- Proven track record running large-scale distributed systems
More about this role
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 leading investors who share our vision of building the world's next great consumer brand.
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.
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