Founding Full Stack Software Engineer Job at Recess, Remote

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  • Recess
  • Remote

Job Description

Founding Lead Full Stack Software Engineer at Recess

About Recess

At Recess ( we're reimagining how families discover and book enrichment classes, after-school care, and camps for their children. Recess' search platform ( is currently live, with full booking capabilities set to launch this summer in Austin, followed by national expansion. 

Recess is now hiring for a full-time, Founding   Lead Full Stack Software Engineer.

What You'll Do

As the Founding Lead Full Stack Engineer at Recess, you'll be a core part of a small, fast-moving team building the foundation of our platform. You'll drive the strategic vision and build of the product, architecture, and user experience from early stages and have a big impact on the lives of real families. You'll:

  • Design and implement new features across the stack
  • Architect scalable and secure AWS infrastructure for deployment, data, and APIs
  • Collaborate closely with design and product to craft delightful, accessible UI/UX
  • Write clean, maintainable, and testable code with attention to performance
  • Participate in code reviews, tech planning, and roadmap discussions
  • Help define engineering best practices as we scale

What We're Looking For

  • 5–7+ years experience in software engineering with full stack exposure
  • Comfortable with Next.js (React), Go, Python, TypeScript
  • Comfortable building and deploying on AWS services
  • Proficient in writing clean, scalable APIs and frontend components
  • Strong understanding of modern web application architecture and dev tools
  • Self-starter mindset — comfortable with ambiguity and ownership
  • Passion for building intuitive, user-first products
  • Bonus: experience with booking tech, personalization, or working on early-stage teams
  • Austin-area candidates preferred, but we are open to Remote working Central Time (CT) hours with travel in to Austin as needed

Why Join Us?

  • Ground-floor opportunity at a mission-driven startup
  • Build a platform that makes life better for families
  • Competitive salary, benefits (healthcare, dental, vision) & flexible PTO
  • Equity

Apply Now

If you're excited to build something from 0 → 1 that helps families thrive, we'd love to meet you!

Job Tags

Remote job, Full time, Summer work, Immediate start, Flexible hours,

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