Software Engineer

Role Details

• Location: This role is based 3 days per week out of our San Francisco, HQ and is not eligible for full-time remote work. 
• Compensation: The annual cash compensation range for this position is $190,000–$260,000 based on level in addition to equity & benefits.

About Gem

• Forbes America's Best Startup Employers 2026
• Great Place to Work Certified, 2024
• Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials, 2023

The Team and Role

• Gem engineers work closely with product managers and designers to influence product direction, company roadmap, and business outcomes.
• We stay close to customers by joining customer calls, and reading customer feedback.
• We enjoy shipping features, moving fast, and being scrappy.
• We are receptive to feedback and continuously work on improving both our product and our craft.
• We work out of our San Francisco office.
• Read more about our company values.

What You’ll Do Day-to-Day

• Own product features end-to-end alongside your product manager, engineering manager and designer.
• Work primarily with Typescript, React, Python, GraphQL, Node, PostgreSQL.
• Collaborate with engineers on your team and across Gem on code reviews, data model, architecture, and product decisions.
• Stay close to our customers.
• Embody our company values of ownership, velocity, customer centricity, diversity and transparency.
• Influence decisions and have direct impact on business outcomes.

About You

• You have industry experience as a software engineer, building user-facing products.
• You move with velocity and invest in improving your craft.
• You are good at driving solutions by communicating and working cross-functionally.
• You are energized by collaborating in-office with your peers.

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary & equity
• 10-year window to exercise your stock options
• Supportive Flexible Time Off program
• 16 paid holidays, including regular company-wide wellness days
• Best-in-class medical, dental & vision insurance
• $1,200 annual stipend for learning and development opportunities
• 16 weeks of Paid Parental Leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
• New Parent Perks totaling $1,500 and flexibility upon return to work