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Full Stack Engineer - Junior

Breeze
Location
New York City, NY
Posted
19 days ago
Department
Engineering
Salary
$115,000 - $135,000
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science
  • 2+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally in fintech, payments, or fast-paced startup environments
  • Experience building product-driven, user-facing applications
  • Fluent with AI coding tools
  • Solid full stack experience with React.js, Node.js, and TypeScript, or similar modern frameworks
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to own features from concept to launch
Nice to have
  • Experience at an early-stage or high-growth startup
  • Exposure to payments, financial APIs, risk systems, or crypto and blockchain products
  • Experience working in large, established codebases or multi-service architectures.
What the job really is

As a Junior Full Stack Engineer at Breeze, you'll be involved in designing, building, and shipping user-facing payment products that simplify complex financial workflows. This hands-on role requires you to write production code, utilize AI tools, and collaborate closely with various teams to ensure product quality and compliance. You'll gain exposure to the full product development lifecycle while managing your own projects and contributing to meaningful solutions from day one.

Benefits
  • Health coverage: Breeze covers 100% of employee premiums on our competitive base plan and 75% of dependent premiums
  • PTO: 21 days, plus applicable company holidays
  • 401(k): Breeze covers all plan administration fees
  • Equity: Meaningful ownership in the company you're helping build
  • Equipment: A new MacBook Air and whatever else you need to do your best work
  • Office & education allowance: An annual budget for your workspace, tools, and professional development
Things to weigh
  • No specific mention of remote work options for the NYC office, only a hybrid model with in-office expectations
  • Fast-paced startup environment may require adaptability and comfort with ambiguity.
  • Role involves on-call responsibilities which may not suit everyone.
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