Software Engineer - Fullstack

Summary

Nextdoor is a neighborhood network that helps neighbors, public agencies, and businesses connect around local information and community life. The Fullstack Engineer will build product experiences for the Rewards & Incentives pod, working across frontend and backend systems with React and Python/Django. The role includes architecture, implementation, testing, iteration, and collaboration with product, design, and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• As a Fullstack Engineer on Nextdoor’s Local Conversations team, you’ll join the Rewards & Incentives pod and help build product experiences that encourage meaningful participation in neighborhood communities
• You’ll work across the frontend and backend, with a strong focus on building high-quality web experiences using React and Python/Django
• You’ll contribute to two evolving product areas to start
• You’ll contribute to entity-relationship modeling, solution architecture, implementation, testing, and iteration, while partnering with product, design, and engineering teammates
• You’ll also participate in team operating practices, including a gradual on-call shadow rotation after onboarding and ramp-up

Skills

• * Experience building and shipping software in a production environment
• * Strong frontend fundamentals and experience with modern JavaScript and React. This is an important part of the role
• * Experience with a server-side web application language; Python/Django experience is strongly preferred
• * Familiarity with SQL and developing across frontend and backend systems
• * Ability to break down product requirements, collaborate on technical approaches, and implement maintainable solutions
• * Strong collaboration and communication skills, both verbal and written
• * Ability to be flexible and adaptable in a dynamic environment
• * Interest in contributing ideas and product perspective, not just executing predefined tasks
• * 2+ years of software development experience and a demonstrated ability to own projects with increasing independence. Level will be determined based on experience and demonstrated proficiency
• * Eagerness to explore and apply AI tools and emerging technologies to reimagine how work gets done
• * Willingness to participate in in-person Nextdoor events such as trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and team building exercises, as applicable to your location
• * Interest in building relationships with teammates and contributing to Nextdoor's culture
• Python/Django experience is strongly preferred
• * Experience with Storybook or other component-driven development practices is a plus

Qualifications

Must Haves

• * Experience building and shipping software in a production environment
• * Strong frontend fundamentals and experience with modern JavaScript and React. This is an important part of the role
• * Experience with a server-side web application language; Python/Django experience is strongly preferred
• * Familiarity with SQL and developing across frontend and backend systems
• * Ability to break down product requirements, collaborate on technical approaches, and implement maintainable solutions
• * Strong collaboration and communication skills, both verbal and written
• * Ability to be flexible and adaptable in a dynamic environment
• * Interest in contributing ideas and product perspective, not just executing predefined tasks
• * 2+ years of software development experience and a demonstrated ability to own projects with increasing independence. Level will be determined based on experience and demonstrated proficiency
• * Eagerness to explore and apply AI tools and emerging technologies to reimagine how work gets done
• * Willingness to participate in in-person Nextdoor events such as trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and team building exercises, as applicable to your location
• * Interest in building relationships with teammates and contributing to Nextdoor's culture

Nice to Haves

• Python/Django experience is strongly preferred
• * Experience with Storybook or other component-driven development practices is a plus

Benefits

• Hybrid employment model, blending an in office presence and work from home experience
• A meaningful equity grant for this role, with quarterly vesting and the first vest date within 3 months of your start date
• A variety of health plans, including a 100% covered employee-only plan option
• OneMedical membership for concierge care