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Founding Software Engineer

💰 $140,000 - $190,000 🌍 New York, New York 📅 09/23/2025

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Job Description

**About Tagg Me**

At Tagg Me, we're building a consumer shopping platform that personalizes
fashion discovery. Instead of endless scrolling and overwhelming options, Tagg
learns your style as you shop and curates a personal storefront with pieces
you'll actually want to wear. We bring together 100+ brands (and growing) into
one storefront, making it easier to discover and shop online without the chaos
of multiple tabs and searches. Our goal is simple: make online shopping
effortless, personal, and inspiring.

We’ve partnered with a consultancy to launch our first version, and now we’re
seeking a Founding Software Engineer to take ownership of our suite of digital
products, help shape the technical roadmap, and scale our platform as we grow.

This is a unique opportunity to join as one of the first technical hires,
working directly with the founder. You’ll also have the chance to showcase the
full scope of your full-stack engineering skills, working across frontend,
backend, and sophisticated infrastructure. You’ll have significant input into
both the technology and the company’s future.

**What You 'll Work On**

* Taking ownership of an existing production codebase (React, Node/Express, MongoDB, AWS).
* Building new features across the web frontend, backend APIs, and supporting infrastructure.
* Maintaining and improving a Chrome extension and a web-scraping pipeline that powers the Tagg Me experience.
* Leading development of our mobile app and mobile browser extension, bringing the Tagg experience to iOS/Safari.
* Ensuring security, performance, and reliability as the product scales.
* Working closely with the founding team to shape technical decisions, architecture, and product direction.
* Setting up best practices for testing, deployment, and monitoring.

**Must-Have Skills**

* Strong experience with JavaScript/TypeScript.
* Familiarity with React (web frontend) and Node.js/Express (backend APIs).
* Knowledge of NoSQL databases (preferably MongoDB).
* Experience working with ML and personalization engines.
* Experience maintaining AWS infrastructure (EB, S3, EC2, etc.)
* Comfort working across the stack (frontend, backend, and AWS infrastructure).
* Ability to learn quickly and pick up new technologies as needed.
* Strong communication skills and an interest in working closely with founders in a fast-moving environment.

**Nice-to-Have Skills**
(You can learn some of these on the job if you are not already an expert!)

* Experience with Chrome extensions, Safari Mobile extensions, or browser-based tools.
* Familiarity with web scraping techniques and working with unstructured data.
* Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and testing frameworks.
* Comfort working with third-party integrations (analytics, marketing, etc.).
* Early-stage startup experience or an interest in building from zero-to-one.

**Why Join Us?**

* Founding-level impact and ownership in a high-growth startup.
* Lead role with ownership of technical vision.
* Substantial equity stake aligning your success with ours.
* A chance to build and scale the engineering team.
* Direct influence on the future of online shopping.

**Apply now to join our team!**