Application Developer (Contract)

59 Pines•Laguna Beach, CA

7d•$140,000•Remote

About The Position

We're hiring an Application Developer to own features end to end on a small, fast-moving engineering team building a consumer-facing web application. This is the step up from a junior seat: instead of picking up well-scoped starter tickets, you own features end to end — from ambiguous requirements to shipped, tested, production code that real users touch. We have a working product and a real engineering team, so you won't be building alone or guessing at architecture. But we do need someone who can take a feature from "here's the problem" to "it's live and working," make sound technical decisions along the way, and help level up the developers around you through code reviews and good example. This is a mid-level application development role: you're trusted to work independently across the stack, break down fuzzy problems, and ship reliably — while still learning from senior engineers on the harder calls.

Requirements

2-4+ years building and shipping web applications (professional, freelance, or serious side projects that real people used)
Solid in a modern frontend framework (React, Vue, Angular) and a backend language (Python, Ruby, Node)
Can own a feature end to end — break down ambiguous requirements, design a reasonable approach, and ship it
Comfortable navigating and extending an existing codebase without everything explained line by line
Strong fundamentals: version control (Git), REST APIs, relational databases, testing
Strong async communicator — clear PR descriptions, proactive about blockers and trade-offs

Nice To Haves

Experience owning features in a production app with real users
Bootcamp, CS degree, or self-taught — we care about what you can do, not how you learned it
Familiarity with our stack, CI/CD, or cloud infrastructure
Comfortable in fast-moving, ambiguous environments

Responsibilities

Own features end to end — take features from requirements to shipped, tested, production code with minimal hand-holding
Make technical decisions — choose sensible approaches, weigh trade-offs, and flag the calls that need senior input
Fix hard bugs — investigate issues across the stack, find root causes, and resolve them
Write and maintain tests — keep coverage meaningful as the app grows
Review code — review teammates' PRs, raise the bar, and help junior developers grow
Improve the codebase — spot and address tech debt, rough edges, and things that slow the team down

Benefits

Flexible Title: Can tailor to reflect your skills & experience.
Flexible Time: Can do full-time, part-time, side-gig (off-hours), or fractional (contract).
Flexible Commitment: Can do short-term, long-term, or intermittent.
No degree required.
FUNDED startup racing to launch end of Q3 2026.
Successful launch translates into lots of permanent jobs for those that want them.
Interested in long-term "side gig" relationships.
Credible, funded, remote-first startup backed by a growing team.
Up to $140,000 max total annual compensation in Tier 1 cities; cash and equity components to be negotiated.
Comp will be structured accordingly — fractional or hourly arrangements welcome.