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YC relies heavily on software to run the batch and support thousands of alumni — and much of that software is deeply frontend-driven , used all day by founders, partners, and investors. The Bookface team builds YC’s most important user-facing tools, and nearly everything you work on will shape someone’s experience in the batch or alumni community. Current projects include:
Internal Software. Build and improve the internal tools that keep YC running at scale — from productivity software for Group Partners who support thousands of companies, to systems that help finance and legal teams process high-volume operational workflows.
Bookface. The primary interface founders use throughout the batch — from event schedules to office hours to pitch prep. You’ll be shaping UX and UI that founders interact with every single day.
Investor Tools. A critical frontend experience used by thousands of investors. Your work helps founder and investors connect with one another, and further the support of YC raising billions of dollars in seed funding.
YC relies heavily on software to run the batch and support thousands of alumni — and much of that software is deeply frontend-driven , used all day by founders, partners, and investors. The Bookface team builds YC’s most important user-facing tools, and nearly everything you work on will shape someone’s experience in the batch or alumni community. Current projects include:
Internal Software. Build and improve the internal tools that keep YC running at scale — from productivity software for Group Partners who support thousands of companies, to systems that help finance and legal teams process high-volume operational workflows.
Bookface. The primary interface founders use throughout the batch — from event schedules to office hours to pitch prep. You’ll be shaping UX and UI that founders interact with every single day.
Investor Tools. A critical frontend experience used by thousands of investors. Your work helps founder and investors connect with one another, and further the support of YC raising billions of dollars in seed funding.
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Our whole software team is only 15 full-stack product engineers, and we enjoy working in a small team with high impact and knowing each other by name. We have a broad range of experiences from bigger companies like Meta and Google, and many of us have started startups ourselves. True to YC advice, our product engineers talk to our customers regularly and ship fast. We also define our own roadmap and often design our own products when needed.
Our stack is pretty straightforward (Rails, React, Postgres), and the last three engineers have learned it on the job. For this particular role, you will lean heavily toward owning the frontend: crafting fast, intuitive interfaces, bringing new product ideas to life in React, and shaping the quality bar for everything users touch. Furthermore, the further you are able to go down the stack -- to create API endpoints, server-side controllers and database schemas/migrations -- the better able you'll be able to own entire products end-to-end.
Y Combinator is a private startup accelerator and venture capital firm funding early-stage founders.
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