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Co—Star Astrology

Scaling our backend infrastructure to >1M daily users

CompanyCo—Star Astrology
Websitecostarastrology.com
Roles
  • Scaling our backend infrastructure to >1M daily users
  • Haskell for our backend
Typefull-time
Role taxonomyBackendInfrastructure / SRE / DevOps
SpecialtiesBackend
LocationNew York
Salary$130–150k/yr + equity (“$130-150k”)
Apply viaApplication linkhttps://www.costarastrology.com/jobs
Hiring notes
TechTypeScriptReactKotlinSwiftPostgreSQLAWSiOSAndroid
Parsed locationsNew York
Posted bycostarastrology
PostedFeb 3, 2020
SourceView on Hacker News ↗

Original posting

Co—Star Astrology | Full-time | On-site | New York | $130-150k + equity https://www.costarastrology.com Co-Star is bringing astrology into the 21st century with a social, personalized experience that helps people reflect and connect in real, meaningful ways. We recently raised $5m from the people behind companies like Glossier, Rent the Runway, eBay, Periscope, and Everlane. We’re looking for iOS, Android, and full-stack software developers to join our ten-person team in Chinatown, NYC. We want your help: • Transforming NASA data into astrological patterns that astrologers can write and map copy to • Using TB of data to define and create personalized, emotionally resonant content • Developing internal tools to give our writers superpowers • Shipping new features & A/B tests in our Apple-lauded iOS app • Scaling our backend infrastructure to >1M daily users Our stack includes • Haskell for our backend • Swift and Android Native (kotlin) for our mobile apps • React and TypeScript on the web (costarastrology.com + internal tools) • AWS to host our infrastructure • PostgreSQL Competitive comp, $0 deductible fully-covered health care, unlimited vacation (min 4 weeks), conference/book/whatever budget Read more details here -> https://www.costarastrology.com/jobs + feel free to email directly with questions -> tim (at-squiggle) costarastrology.com