CareerOS is a B2B2C career platform serving 100+ top MBA programs worldwide - including Oxford, INSEAD, London Business School, Georgetown, and Notre Dame - along with 30+ employers. We help 500K+ users land jobs they love. We're a small, high-output team based in Barcelona, operating with American startup intensity - we ship fast, own our decisions, and push each other to do great work.
We work in small squads, each owning their own area of the product end-to-end.
We're looking for an Engineer who can work confidently across the full stack - React/TypeScript on the frontend, Node.js on the backend. You'll ship features end-to-end, make product decisions, and grow into a senior role with us.
What you'll actually doYou won't specialize in one corner. You'll build across the stack.
Ship features end-to-end - From database to UI. You'll work across React/TypeScript and Node.js (with some legacy Go), owning features from start to finish.
Make product decisions - See a confusing UX? Fix it. Have a better idea for an API design? Propose it and build it. We trust engineers to make smart calls on small-to-medium product decisions.
Build with AI tools - We use AI coding tools daily (Claude Code, Cursor - team members pick what works for them). You should be comfortable (or excited) to work this way.
Work directly with design - Implement pixel-perfect, responsive interfaces from Figma. Push back when something doesn't make sense.
Own your code in production - We do continuous deployment. What you merge today is live today. You'll debug, monitor, and improve what you build.
Must-haves:
3-5 years building production web applications, comfortable on both frontend and backend
Strong React and TypeScript skills - You can build complex UIs confidently
Backend experience with Node.js - You can write APIs, work with databases, and debug across the stack
Solid SQL skills - You can write queries, understand schemas, and think about data
Strong product intuition - You've shipped features where you made design and technical calls, not just followed tickets
Excellent communication - You can articulate tradeoffs clearly, push back respectfully, and work well async
Comfortable with ambiguity - Requirements will be fuzzy. You ask the right questions, make reasonable assumptions, and move forward without hand-holding
Fluent English - We're a distributed team; clear written and verbal communication is essential
Strong signals:
You've worked at an early-stage startup before (and liked it)
You have side projects or open source contributions that show you build things because you're curious
You've used AI coding tools and have opinions about them
You care about craft - clean code, good abstractions, thoughtful UI details
Let's be honest about fit:
❌ Not a laid-back 9-to-5 - Startup doesn't mean less oversight and more flexibility. It means more ownership, higher stakes, and sometimes intense pushes. We respect personal time, but when we ship, we ship hard.
❌ Not highly structured - If you need detailed specs and clear roadmaps to function, this isn't the place.
❌ Not single-track - If you only want to do frontend or only backend, check out our other roles. This one requires range.
Competitive salary + stock options (we'll discuss based on experience and location)
Remote-friendly, with optional in-person time in Barcelona
Small team where your work visibly matters - we have 500K+ users and real revenue
Direct access to founders and fast decision-making
Clear path to senior engineer as we scale from 5 to 10+ engineers
Don't check every box but think you'd be great? Apply anyway. We care more about trajectory and taste than credentials.
