Full Stack Engineer

Cook'd is thrilled to team up with 222 to make your application process both insightful and enjoyable. Through this partnership, we?ve introduced fun and engaging coding challenges designed to fairly assess your technical skills.

We are proud to offer this experience with 222's support and approval!
About 222:

222 is a early-stage startup on a mission to transform the future of social interaction. They are redefining how people connect by stripping away the noise of hyper-curation and empty scrolling. Instead, they are build tools that empower people to meet, bond, and thrive together in the real world.

Social platforms today are built to maximize engagement at all costs, often at the expense of genuine human connection. 222 is taking a different approach: designing technology that strengthens relationships and empowers people to spend more meaningful time together in the real world.

Requirements

• You resonate with 222's mission: You're passionate about reshaping social tech to encourage real-world interaction rather than endless scrolling.
• You think long-term: You care about the enduring impact of your technical choices. System design, maintainability, and ethical considerations matter deeply to you.
• You're versatile and sharp: You can rapidly build polished frontends (React/Next.js) and seamlessly integrate the corresponding backend API layers. You have solid backend fundamentals (Python/FastAPI, PostgreSQL).
• You have experience in:
• Building web apps with React/Next.js
• Backend development with Python (FastAPI preferred)
• Working with PostgreSQL
• Scaling backend infrastructure for live, user-facing products
• You embrace ambiguity : Startups excite you. You like figuring things out as you go and building from the ground up.
• You're a creator at heart: Whether it's coding personal projects, making art, producing music, or designing something newyou love to build and innovate.

• You're looking for a rigid job with a predefined playbook.
• You aren't prepared to challenge or question the status quo in both technology and social design.
• You don?t care about the deeper implications of social tech and its impact on the real world.

• Backend Development: Python (Flask/FastAPI), PostgreSQL
• Frontend Web Development: React/Next.js, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js
• Bonus: Experience shipping Android apps, either natively or with React Native, will give you an edge.

As a Full Stack Developer, you will play a pivotal role in rapidly building and shipping full-stack features designed to enhance in-person social experiences. Your responsibilities will include creating polished, user-friendly interfaces using React/Next.js, ensuring seamless and intuitive interactions for our users. On the backend, you will implement and refine APIs, leveraging Python (preferably FastAPI) and PostgreSQL, to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure functionality. As the platform evolves, you will engage in system-level architecture discussions and gradually take on more complex backend projects. Additionally, you will identify and act on "low-hanging fruit" opportunities, driving iterative improvements and quick wins to continuously enhance the product based on user feedback.

Engineers who learn exponentially and adapt on the fly. You might be:

• A Driven New Grad: Fresh out of school but already shipping polished side projects, open-source contributions, or apps with real users. You're a builder at heart, someone who creates from scratch and isn't afraid to question the norms. You naturally approach problems from first principles, challenging assumptions to uncover the best possible solutions. You also bring a strong, informed perspective on today's social fabric and the role technology should play in shaping a more connected future.
• A Seasoned Engineer with a Startup Mindset: You have years of experience but still crave growth, speed, and the chance to be hands-on with new techniques. You excel at first-principles thinking, regularly challenging established patterns to reach innovative outcomes. Your track record shows you can build meaningful products from the ground up, and you care deeply about how these solutions affect real-world social dynamics. You'll fit right in if you're excited to iterate rapidly, improve product-market fit, incorporate novel tools, and help redefine how technology fosters genuine human connection.

Benefits

Joining 222 means being part of a mission-driven team that's building something truly transformative. Here's what they offer:

• 401(k) Matching: Grow your savings alongside your career.
• Competitive Compensation: Salary + equity so you share in the company's success.
• Real-Life Experiences: Fully-comped activities to strengthen your own offline connections.
• Top-Tier Healthcare: A platinum PPO with 100% coverage and $0 deductible.
• Early-Stage Impact: Join a small team backed by top-tier investors and help define the company's trajectory.
• In-Person Collaboration: Work alongside a tight-knit team of passionate, mission-driven individuals.