Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer at Zaymo (W24)

$150K - $180K • 1.00% - 1.50% Interactive email builder for ecommerce brands Lehi, UT, US Full-time US citizen/visa only 3+ years Apply now

About Zaymo

Zaymo turns ecommerce emails into shoppable landing pages. Now, people can purchase items without leaving the inbox. We also support other, similarly valuable actions in the email. Focused on ecommerce merchants for the time being.

About the role

Skills: React, TypeScript Senior Software Engineer TL;DR: Join a fast-growing, YC-backed startup in Lehi, UT Lead a small engineering team, owning major feature implementation and architecture Strong individual contributor

What is Zaymo?

Zaymo lets ecommerce marketers send emails that behave like websites. This enables in-email actions like one-click-purchasing, survey responses, and review collection that significantly increase conversion rates. Zaymo is backed by investors like Y Combinator, the co-founder of YouTube, and others

Why Zaymo?

🚀 Rapid Growth : We’ve grown 20% monthly over the last 12 months 🛠️ Excellent Team : We crossed $1M ARR with a team of 5 ex. Harvard, Cambridge, Nasa, Route, Weave (YC W14) 🏦 Strong Financials : Recently raised ~$2M from excellent investors, runway of 2+ years ⚖️ Great risk-reward profile : $1M ARR means it’s early enough to ride a lot of growth but late enough there is repeatable success and lots of momentum.

What would make you stand out?

Required: 5+ years full-time SWE experience Strong individual contributor skills, especially in React/Typescript Ability and willingness to work in-person in Lehi, UT

Preferred: 6-8 years of full stack experience at early-stage startups (ideally owning a product / feature 0→1) Strong side projects Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science Positive attitude, love for building, and always learning

What are the perks?

Competitive salary, stock options, and growth potential. High responsibility and impact potential. Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance. Unlimited paid time off every year. $100 / month e-commerce stipend to support existing and potential customers. Weekly lunches and fully stocked break room. Onsite gym/shower and pickleball courts Relocation assistance for moving to Utah.

What is your interview process?

We review your materials (application, resume, past projects, GitHub). We do a 20-minute intro call over Zoom to make sure we’re on the same page. We do a 60 minute systems design session talking through one of our current roadmap projects. We give you a short take home (1-2 hours) to build something related to our design discussion. We do an on-site in-person to meet the team and talk through what you built. We give you a decision within a week.

How can I get looked at fast?

When applying, stead of a cover letter, include concise, no-fluff answers to the following questions: How did you hear about Zaymo? Why did you decide to apply? What is the most impressive / interesting thing you have built?

Compensation

The salary range for this role is $150,000 to $180,000. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. This compensation range may also be modified in the future. As an equal-opportunity employer, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where you can be you. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, natural origin, age, disability, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected class.

Technology

We invented a code framework that works inside of emails. Engineers at Zaymo found ways to use AMP, HTML, and CSS to mimick the functionality of Javascript. This essentially unlocks API calls from within the email.