# Senior Software Engineer, Back-End (San Francisco) at Short Story

- Company: Short Story
- What the company does: Curated styles for the modern petite woman. Discover high quality fashion, tailored to your petite frame, delivered to your door. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://shortstorybox.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-21
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/shortstory/9047ba0d-b9a3-4151-8ede-459fea0b1726
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/short-story-senior-software-engineer-back-end-san-francisco/

## 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

Tags: Engineering