About MeritFirst
At MeritFirst, we’re on a mission to revolutionize how companies identify and evaluate talent, regardless of background. By rejecting outdated, unreliable proxies for capability and embracing objective, merit-based assessments, we are rebuilding the meritocratic infrastructure of opportunity from the ground up.
As a Software Engineer at MeritFirst, you’ll be responsible for developing, testing, and deploying software solutions that meet the needs of our users. You’ll take features from initial idea to live product. Your work will power real‑time assessments, AI workflows, and tools that hiring managers rely on to build excellent teams. You will help transform the way organizations discover and empower talent across industries, setting a new standard for merit-based hiring.
What You’ll Do
Own features end‑to‑end: work with our CEO, company partners, and candidate users to define scope and sketch UX.
Build with Next.js + TypeScript, wire up data in Postgres / Drizzle, ship on Vercel, and iterate.
Shape product direction: propose experiments, cut scope intelligently, and use data and feedback to guide future decisions.
Keep things fast and reliable: instrument analytics / telemetry, write tests, review PRs, and improve performance and developer ergonomics.
Qualifications
Must-Haves
Meaningful experience building production web apps withTypeScript / React / Next.js and Postgres (impact > exact years).
Ability to design clean DB schemas, write performant queries, and reason about cost.
Product mindset: enjoy clarifying the core problem and delighting users through UX polish.
Crisp communication: written and async, and a bias toward action and ownership over waiting for direction.
Nice‑to‑Haves
Experience with real‑time video or proctoring technology, AI/LLM pipelines, or large‑scale assessment platforms.
Passion for meritocracy and building products that broaden access to opportunity.
Why Join Us?
Autonomy rapid growth with outsized ownership and scope.
Modern stack TypeScript, Next.js, Postgres, Drizzle, Vercel, LLMs.
Meritocracy We focus on real capabilities, not credentials. You’ll be assessed based on your skills and ability to execute, not the name of your school or employer.
Innovation Work on cutting-edge projects that challenge the status quo and empower people to succeed.
Backed by the best We’re funded by 8VC and Slow Ventures, with support from world-class builders like Joe Lonsdale and Sam Lessin who’ve helped scale some of the most influential tech companies of the last decade.
If you're looking to be part of a team that prioritizes capability over credentials and wants to make a real difference, we encourage you to apply. Let’s build something that matters.
Ramp is an all-in-one financial operations platform designed to save businesses time and money. Combining corporate cards, expense management, bill payments, accounting automation, procurement, travel, treasury, and more, Ramp empowers finance teams to do their best work.
More than 50,000 companies, from family-owned farms to space startups, have saved $10B and 27.5M hours with Ramp since its founding in 2019.
Investors include Founders Fund, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia, Greylock, Stripe, Goldman Sachs, Coatue, and Redpoint, as well as over 100 angel investors who were founders or executives of leading companies. The Ramp team comprises talented leaders from leading financial services and fintech companies—Stripe, Affirm, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Capital One—as well as technology companies such as Meta, Uber, Netflix, Twitter, Dropbox, and Instacart.
Ramp has been named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list and LinkedIn's Top U.S. Startups for over 3 years, as well as the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50, and TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential Companies.
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