Senior Fullstack Engineer (Next.js, Typescript, React)

About Distill

Distill is on a mission to empower professionals to excel through comprehensive actionable insights on people and companies. In more simple terms we’re using LLMs to create profiles on people and companies that are a summary of everything there is to know about them. You can think of it as AI generated Wikipedia pages for everyone else.

Distill is backed by top tier VCs (funding has yet to be announced) and was founded in 2024 by Russ Heddleston and Tim Su. Both are multi-time founders with exits under their belts who love building usable delightful B2B software that targets the end user. Tim previously started and sold a todo app called Astrid to Yahoo! and then went on to start Tandem a remote work communication tool backed by a16z. Russ previously started and sold Pursuit.com to Meta and then started and sold DocSend to Dropbox.

Distill is a remote-first team as Tim is happily settled in Mountain View and Russ is exploring NYC. Come join as we make use of LLMs to create delightful B2B software that end users love!

Role Overview:

As a Fullstack Engineer at Distill you will be at the forefront of building AI-powered UI applications that drive user engagement and satisfaction. You will work closely with our engineering team to design develop and maintain both frontend and backend components of our platform. This is an exciting opportunity to leverage your expertise in Node.js Typescript React and more to create innovative solutions that delight our users.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the team to design and implement frontend components using React and data-powered UI principles.

• Develop backend API handlers and database queries to support frontend functionality.

• Work with observability platforms to identify and fix user issues in a timely manner.

• Ensure a seamless user experience by adhering to good UX principles in frontend development.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering with both backend and frontend experience

• Strong proficiency in React and building data-powered UI applications.

• Experience writing backend API handlers and relational database queries.

• Familiarity with observability platforms to diagnose and resolve user issues.

• Ability to work independently and in a fast-paced startup environment.

Nice to Have:

• Ability to prototype experiences quickly without design guidance

• Familiarity with Next.js Tailwind CSS RESTful APIs

• Experience with frontend component testing principles

Why Join Us:

• A Proven Team: Tim and Russ have successfully built and sold multiple startups. Tim build and sold Astrid to Yahoo!. Russ most recently built and sold DocSend to Dropbox for $165m. Before that he started and sold Pursuit to Meta. They've done this before and are excited to do it again.

• Immediate Impact: Be part of a small growing startup and make a significant impact on our product and users.

• Build Cool Stuff: Work with cutting-edge technologies and solve challenging problems.

• Highly Technical Team: Work and think with world-class engineers

• Collaborative Culture: At Distill we foster a collaborative and egalitarian culture where the best idea wins. We assume good intent and are customer-focused valuing diversity and creativity.

• Remote Team: Join a remote team that collaborates through a variety of online tools with quarterly in-person meetups. Many of us are parents who understand the need for flexibility.

• Benefits: We offer health insurance dental care a home office stipend and cover expenses for in-person team meetups.