Senior / Staff Software Engineer (US - Remote)
Be Engineer #3 — Make the best market for Magic
Hiring MTG-playing engineer to think product and write code
Build the most Magical market ever at manapool.com. We are looking for an ideal 3rd engineer to
join our CTO and technical-CEO in driving iterative changes that delight buyers and sellers.
Mana Pool focuses entirely on Magic, and we're going to find out how good it can get if we stay
true to the one game we love. Our vision is low fees, with cool software to help people find
better cards for how they like to play. Please do not apply if you do not regularly cast spells.
Qualifications
We need someone who is comfortable working on all parts of the software stack, and likes to
think about what users want.
- 10+ years playing Magic: the Gathering (kitchen table and/or competitive)
- 7+ years software engineering experience (10+ years preferred)
- 2+ years of early stage startup experience
- Happy to hack both front and back end
- Experience with our stack or similar technologies:
- TypeScript (or Javascript + another strongly typed language)
- Svelte (or a mix of other modern frontend and server-side-rendered frameworks)
- PostgreSQL (ORM & non-ORM) (or deep experience with another near-ANSI SQL RDBMS)
- Supabase (or extensive DB ⇔ API experience)
Salary, Stock, and Benefits
All details are highly negotiable for the right candidate:
- Salary: $120,000-150,000
- Stock/equity: substantial early stage equity available
- Work closely with the founders (2 engineers, 1 ops specialist)
- $20/week manapool.com dogfood purchases or discounts
- Magic tournament fee coverage
- Travel expenses for company-selected MagicCons and other large events
- Equipment provided
How to Apply
Email jobs@manapool.com (attn: George).
Include your GitHub username, resume or LinkedIn, and a cover letter that starts by answering
the following questions:
- When did you start playing Magic?
- What are your favorite formats and decks in those formats?
- Why did commander become so popular?
(Applications that do not include all of the above will be deleted without response)