CueBox is an early-stage startup building all-in-one software for performing arts and cultural organizations. These organizations inspire, connect and delight us; yet, they’ve been underserved by technology providers. Our product saves them time and grows their revenue by streamlining fundraising, ticketing, marketing, education and more, which is why we have such a fast-growing and happy customer base!
We are quickly expanding into more segments across the country, and we’re looking for a talented and driven engineer to help our small team.
LocationCueBox is headquartered in New York City, and we are a hybrid workplace. Our team is in the office 3 days a week, Tuesday–Thursday.
About YouWe are looking for backend-leaning full-stack engineers who love building delightful and performant products, are excited to work hard at a mission-oriented startup, and want to collaborate with us in shaping the culture of a growing team!
Requirements- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, including prior experience at an early or mid stage startup.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
- Proven track record of building performant, data-intensive applications using a strongly typed backend language in a complex domain.
- Strong product sense and high customer empathy; genuine desire to build the best possible product for our users.
- Excels at thoughtful API design and database schema/query design.
- Experience with integrating Backend APIs with a TypeScript/React frontend.
- Ability to work independently and successfully own large or ambiguous problem areas.
- Effective verbal and written communication for both technical and nontechnical audiences.
- Experience with online payments, consumer facing flows, or reporting/analytics for large datasets.
- (Nice-to-Have) Experience building AI-enabled features in SaaS products.
This role reports directly to the Head of Engineering. You will:
- Build, maintain and scale our backend systems as we grow.
- Pioneer new features and product areas.
- Meaningfully influence technical direction as the product evolves.
- Contribute to a culture of engineering excellence through technical design discussion, code review, and documentation.
- Work in our current tech stack: Golang/Protobuf/Postgres backend; React/Next.js/Chakra UI frontend; Python data pipelines; hosted on GCP.
Current and Upcoming Projects include:
- Building brand new products such as educational/youth-programming modules and data-driven pricing.
- Improving performance, user experience and accessibility of consumer-facing checkout flows.
- Scaling up and rearchitecting our backend systems to handle more user traffic and heavier analytics workloads.
- Building features to facilitate bulk adding and updating records.
- Continuing to enhance our payments processing functionality, including split payments, Pay Later, and Fraud Prevention.
- Base salary ~$145–185k
- Competitive equity package
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Complimentary one-medical membership
- 401k
Note: We do not offer visa sponsorship at this time.
Skills Required
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Prior experience at an early- or mid-stage startup
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Proven track record building performant, data-intensive applications using a strongly typed backend language
- Familiarity with Golang, Protobuf, Postgres, React, Next.js, Chakra UI, Python, and GCP (current tech stack)
- Strong product sense and customer empathy
- Thoughtful API design and database schema/query design skills
- Experience integrating backend APIs with a TypeScript/React frontend
- Ability to work independently and own large or ambiguous problem areas
- Effective verbal and written communication for technical and nontechnical audiences
- Experience with online payments, consumer-facing flows, or reporting/analytics for large datasets
- Experience building AI-enabled features in SaaS products (nice-to-have)
What We Do
CueBox works with theaters, orchestras, operas, choruses, performing arts centers, universities and more across the country. Our mission is to empower these organizations so that more people can experience and appreciate the arts. Our product meaningfully increases our customers' revenue and saves them time by streamlining workflows in fundraising, ticketing, marketing, education and more.
