Web Engineer, Lead at Yohana

Palo Alto, California, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Fintech, TechnologyIndustries

Requirements

8+ years of professional Software Development experience
5+ years of professional experience with modern Web technologies
Fluency in TypeScript and Python

Responsibilities

Create smooth, stable, and elegant products with NextJS and TypeScript
Own features from inception and design to implementation and launch
Build and improve tools to support Yohana’s global cloud operational backbone
Collaborate with design, product, service and marketing specialists to rapidly iterate on our core products
Design frameworks and tools that empower other developers
Creating and driving the area’s technical strategy and roadmap based on broad and deep understanding of the Payments domain
Making strategic technology choices
Setting technical standards
Continuously improving reliability, scalability, and correctness of all services within the web domain while holding the highest security standards
Continuously improving operational excellence, efficiency, and sustainability of all web properties
Mentoring engineers and up-leveling the web engineering organization
Making hard tradeoffs about taking on or paying down technical debt while making forward progress on new products and features
Collaborating with other area tech leads across Yohana, to ensure that Yohana’s overall technical direction is coherent, effective, and efficient while balancing that against web technical needs driven by unique challenges
Recruiting engineers for Yohana

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

NextJSTypeScriptFull-StackWeb InfrastructurePayments IntegrationCheckout FlowsCloud OperationsIntegrationsFrameworks

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

Is this position remote?

Yes, this is a fully remote position.

What is the salary for this Web Engineer, Lead role?

This information is not specified in the job description.

What skills and experience are required for this role?

Candidates need 8+ years of professional software development experience, strong full-stack skills including NextJS and TypeScript, and the ability to combine solid engineering and product skills.

What is the company culture like for this team?

The team is small and nimble, operating in a fast-paced, iterative, and collaborative environment where engineers work closely with designers, mobile, backend engineers, and other specialists.

What makes a strong candidate for this Lead Web Engineer position?

Strong candidates have 8+ years of experience, can own high-impact initiatives, lead technical strategy, mentor engineers, and thrive in a collaborative environment handling scale and global operations.

Yohana

Personal assistant service for families

About Yohana

Yohana focuses on helping modern families achieve a better balance in their lives by prioritizing well-being. The company offers a Yohana Membership, which is a personal assistant service aimed at busy families, particularly mothers, to help reduce their mental load and allow them to feel more present and connected. This service is part of a broader range of integrated software, services, and hardware that Yohana is developing. Unlike many competitors, Yohana is backed by Panasonic and has a leadership team with experience from major tech companies and successful startups, which contributes to its unique approach to family support. The goal of Yohana is to create a positive and supportive culture while providing meaningful solutions that help families manage their daily challenges.

Palo Alto, CaliforniaHeadquarters

2019Year Founded

VENTURE_UNKNOWNCompany Stage

Hardware, Consumer Software, Social ImpactIndustries

201-500Employees