Senior Fullstack Engineer
Designer Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage tech companies using design to improve health, sustainability, or prosperity for people. It backs founding teams, particularly those with design backgrounds, across sectors like fintech, healthcare, climate tech, and developer tools.
About Designer Fund
Designer Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in tech companies leveraging design to drive positive outcomes in health, sustainability, and financial prosperity. Its portfolio spans a wide range of sectors including financial infrastructure (Stripe), preventative health (Omada), collaborative tools (Notion), developer tools (Netlify), product management (Linear), payroll and benefits (Gusto), design tools (Framer), and healthcare infrastructure (Commure), among dozens of other companies across fintech, climate tech, healthcare, EdTech, and AI. The firm also runs 'Designer Founders,' a community and platform highlighting designers who have gone on to found and lead companies, reflecting its focus on backing design-driven founders and design-centric startups from early stages through growth and acquisition.
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About the Role
You will build the technology powering Via's Operation Center, the real-time heartbeat of our global service. You will have full-stack ownership, working with a sophisticated stack and a team that values high-quality craft. You will lead development of complex routing, driver dispatching, and mass-scale user communication systems, architect and ship features across React/TypeScript/Redux and Python microservices, and integrate AI-driven tools like Copilot and Cursor into your daily workflow. You will mentor junior and mid-level engineers, drive technical roadmaps, and collaborate directly with Product and Design to translate ambiguous operational challenges into elegant, scalable technical solutions.
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional experience shipping production-grade software
- Expert-level proficiency in React and Python
- Proven track record of owning large-scale features from concept to deployment
- Experience integrating AI tools into engineering workflows
- High agency in identifying and fixing bottlenecks
- Leadership mindset with experience guiding technical direction
- Pragmatic approach to balancing perfect systems with market demands
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of Via's real-time operation center
- Manage complex routing, driver dispatching, and mass-scale user communication
- Architect and ship features across React/TypeScript/Redux and Python microservices
- Integrate AI-driven tools such as Copilot, Cursor, and LLM-based testing into daily workflow
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers
- Drive technical roadmaps and set engineering excellence standards
- Collaborate with Product and Design to translate operational challenges into technical solutions
Benefits
- Health insurance with a discount for family members
- Hybrid work
- Freefit and other sports lessons
- 10bis/Cibus meal subsidy
- Happy hours
- Team events
- Communities
