Job description
Every developer has a tab open on Stack Overflow.
We are one of the most popular websites in the world - a community-based space focused on increasing productivity, decreasing cycle times, accelerating time to market, and protecting institutional knowledge.
Innovation is at the heart of everything we do. We embrace collaboration, transparency, and believe in leading with empathy; creating an environment where every Stacker knows they belong. We embrace that the unique contributions and points of view of all Stackers contribute to our success.
We are a Best Company to Work For, in addition to being recognized for Best Company Leadership, Best Company Happiness, Best Company Perks and Benefits, Best Company Work-Life Balance, Best Company Compensation, and Best Company Outlook.
We are a remote-first company with Hiring HUBs based in the US, Canada, UK, and Germany.
We’re looking for an Associate Software Developer to join one of our cross-disciplinary product teams. You’ll be working alongside experienced developers, designers, and product managers as you grow your skills and contribute to meaningful features. This is a great opportunity if you have 0 - 2 years of experience and want to learn while making an impact.
Recent projects we’ve worked on include:
- OverflowAI experience which includes: Enhanced Search, TIDE IDE Extension for VS Code, as well as Slack/MS Teams integrations with options for auto-answer.
- Improved Subject Matter Expert identification and assignment where users are automatically recognized for their contributions to topics within their teams. This empowers our users to drive more content creation and engagement to their coworkers.
- Scalably deployed new machine learning search functionality into our SOE customers for improved search relevance.
Skills & Requirements
What You’ll Do
- Collaborate with teammates to build features across the stack: front end, back end, and everything in between.
- Work with technologies like C#, ASP.NET, and SQL Server, plus tools like Redis, TypeScript, and Elasticsearch (don’t worry if you’re new to these - we’ll help you ramp up).
- Contribute to a supportive team environment where your growth is a priority.
- Participate in code reviews, planning sessions, and online discussions (Slack, JIRA, GitHub).
What We’re Looking For
Enthusiasm for learning new technologies, making an impact, contributing fresh perspectives and collaborating with others.
Around 1–3 years of experience in full-stack development, including:
- A modern programming language (not necessarily C#).
- Experience with web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and a relational database.
Ability to communicate clearly, especially in a remote team setting.
Nice-to-Haves (But Not Required)
- Experience working remotely or with distributed teams.
- Any personal or open-source projects that show your interest in building great software.
- Familiarity with Stack Overflow or our blog, podcasts, or tools.
The salary band for this role is $105,000 - $157,000
What you’ll get in return:
- Competitive Base Salary
- Generous paid vacation
- Generous parental leave (16 weeks at 100% pay), family care leave, and unlimited sick days
- Equity for all employees at all levels
- Industry-leading health benefits that are applicable per country of residence for all our full-time employees
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Home Internet stipend
- Professional allocation for your growth and development
- One-time allowance to assist with your home office setup
- Company-paid access to Calm, Bravely, LinkedIn Learning, MyAcademy and Overdrive
Stack Overflow is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We value diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging and these pillars are at the heart of how we work together here at Stack. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.
For individuals based in California, and other locations where required, we will consider employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
