Full-Stack Developer
Reports To
This individual will report to the Founder & CEO of My Art Cache.
Company Overview
My Art Cache is a venture funded online platform for art professionals to buy and sell artwork. We started the business out of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with a mission to put More Art on Walls. Our team won the Rattan L. Khosa First-Place Prize at the Edward L. Kaplan, ‘71, New Venture Challenge, the top university accelerator program in the world, and was awarded the largest prize in program history.
Haven’t heard about us? Read about our story on our Press Page or in American Inno, Polsky Center, WGN Radio, and UChicago News.
Team Overview
Great news – we are hiring! We are looking for an eager developer to help us scale our business as our customer base is growing. My Art Cache is an artsy, inquisitive, and innovative team that is excited to grow. We are constantly learning and iterating ourselves and our product – and we are looking for the same from our developers. Like many roles at My Art Cache and in many other startups, the Developer role is constantly evolving, and individuals who perform well will potentially have the opportunity to take on leadership roles in the future.
Job Overview
This individual works alongside designers, consultants, database engineers, and software development interns to manage our current platform, migrate this platform to an AWS-hosted web application (back and front end), and define our product roadmap.
Responsibilities and Duties
Some responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Building a web application and back end from the ground up in AWS. This also includes ensuring that the current platform is fully-operational during the new build.
Managing and maintaining the security of the platform
Managing and designing build of mobile app
Defining and iterating on our product roadmap with our C-suite
Representing the business with investors, customers, and advisors
Sample Metrics Include:
Customer acquisition (e.g. web traffic, SEO)
Customer adoption and engagement (e.g. increase MAU)
Customer retention and upsell
Increasing transaction frequency
Hitting milestones for new feature development
Improve customer satisfaction score
Qualifications
A Bachelor's degree from an accredited university
2+ years of full time full-stack software development experience
Experience using, managing, and building in Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Experience building a web platform using modern dev
Experience building mobile apps and mobile responsive sites
Bonus Points
Interest in art
Player / Coaches who have been “informal leaders” while holding a full-time programming job
Computer science related-degree
Product management experience
Startup experience
Location
New York, NY. Other locations considered on a case-by-case basis.