The Role
Senior full‑stack engineer who ships production features quickly, owns technical projects, mentors peers, participates in code reviews, and collaborates across teams in a fully remote, US‑Eastern overlap environment.
Summary Generated by Built In
We're the Engineering Team at Magic.
We get it. You love to build, you love to ship, and you love to see your code make a real difference, fast. We offer an environment where you can do just that. We're not about endless meetings or red tape. We're about empowering talented engineers to own projects, move quickly, and deliver results.
We're a Y Combinator (2015) alum with strong venture backing (including Sequoia Capital) and over
$30M in funding. We're building a world-class engineering team, currently at 22 strong and growing. We value impact, autonomy, and speed. We operate fully remote.
Tech stack: TypeScript, React, Next.js, PostgreSQL through Supabase, Cypress, Vercel, Google Cloud, AWS, Ingest.
About Magic
Magic provides thoroughly vetted, cost-effective virtual assistants, to help scale key business functions for small- and medium-sized businesses.
Our company came out of Y Combinator in 2015. We've grown to 1000+ virtual assistants, with strong venture backing (including Sequoia Capital) and over $30M in funding to date. We've got 22 engineers across the world, adding more engineers this year. We are fully remote across the world, but require overlap with USA time zones. The average tenure in our engineering team is 3+ years. Once you join, you don’t want to leave.
Workplace satisfaction and code quality are important to us. We expect you to contribute to mentoring, code reviews, and improvements to our processes and infrastructure. We care about being humble, kind, and helpful. We’re looking for team players who own things and get things done.
The basics
- Fully remote across Asia, Europe, and US time zones (we have no physical office and are staying 100%. Forever.)
- Engineers self-manage, but must be available during core hours of 8am–5pm US Eastern Time for real-time collaboration and communication.
- Have a strong learning culture
- Actively explore, assess, and adopt new technologies
Key Responsibilities
Within 2 weeks, you’ll:
- Complete onboarding and get familiar with our tools and process.
- Get to know the team.
- Work with colleagues to release small features and bug fixes.
Within 1 month, you'll:
- Be responsible for releasing features to production on a rapid agile cadence
Within 2 months, you'll:
- Take ownership and lead a technical project;
- Or, become an expert on a specific technology or product domain.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Required Experience:
- A bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience working on complex and ground up projects
- Javascript
- React, NextJS
- NodeJS
- AWS Lambda
- PostgreSQL
To set your expectations, you should know that:
- Flexible hours as long as you’re responsive during core business hours
- 100% remote, equipment provided
- Work-Life Balance
- Government benefits (if Philippines based)
- Medical benefits
- PTO credits
You should apply if…
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- A passion for staying current with emerging technologies and trends.
- Must be a strong individual contributor at the senior level — not looking to move into a leadership or management role.
Benefits
About
Magic has connected top remote talent with fast-growing businesses for over 10 years.Founded in San Francisco in 2015, we now have thousands of remote workers around the world. Magic is backed by Sequoia Capital and Y Combinator.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- Experience working on complex and ground-up projects
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- React
- NextJS
- NodeJS
- AWS Lambda
- PostgreSQL
- Contribute to mentoring and code reviews
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Must be a strong individual contributor at the senior level (not seeking management)
- Fully remote but must be available during core hours 8am-5pm US Eastern Time
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The Company
What We Do
Magic is a frictionless way to plug in thoroughly vetted, cost-effective remote workers, to help scale your key business functions. Through a combination of automation and active work, we tap into our network of vetted remote workers who handle tasks from virtual assistance and customer service to sales lead generation and scheduling across various team members—like magic.
