Words are my matter.
–– Ursula K. LeGuin
About Matter
Matter is building the future of reading.
We're a small, productive team that obsesses about craft, speed, and pushing technical boundaries in service of building the best reading experience imaginable.
We've raised $9M while in private beta from GV, Y Combinator, and many stellar angels, and we just launched to public beta. (You can read more about our launch here.)
We're Hiring
You’ll fit in if you want to take ownership of a product, codebase, organization, and company from the ground up.
We’re a fully remote and distributed team (preference for at least six hours of overlap with Pacific Standard Time). We use modern tools like Linear, Figma, Superhuman, Loom, and Around for collaborative work.
We offer generous salary, equity, and benefits (including unlimited budget for books), and the freedom to define your ideal schedule and office set up.
Software Engineer, Backend
You might be a fit if you:
Are an experienced generalist who writes high-quality code.
Can own large pieces of work and solve whatever problems come your way.
Have designed APIs and built backend services for complex, consumer-grade products.
Are comfortable with Python/Django/SQL/AWS. Languages can be learned, but because we're small and will be counting on you to make big contributions quickly, familiarity with our stack is helpful. ML experience a plus.
Operate well in an early-stage environment where there's more change and less structure compared to a more mature company.
Are highly collaborative and an excellent communicator.
Some tech you'll help build:
Article and PDF parsers that use a combination of techniques from heuristic frameworks to NLP to computer vision
Data ingestion pipelines that consolidate content from disparate sources, including RSS, save-extensions, newsletters, and Twitter
Scrapers that ingest content produced by specific individuals wherever it occurs on the internet
Data synchronization engine that powers offlin