Mobile Software Engineering Co-Op - Enrolled Students Only

November 18, 2024

Who we are:

We believe that small businesses are stronger together and we’re looking for people who are passionate about our mission.

Alignable is a remote-first, mission-driven Series C (and profitable) growth stage startup on a mission to bring together small business owners from across the globe to help them gain competitive advantage so they can succeed in their business.

Small businesses give our communities character -- generating local jobs and supporting local causes. They are the creators, the risk takers and the problem solvers. Each with a unique story.

For business owners who depend on referrals for success, Alignable is the online community helping them initiate and build trusted relationships leading to quality referrals. Owners depend on quality referrals for all aspects of their business, and whether they’re looking for new customers, suppliers, or services needed to run their business – they’re finding them all here on our platform. Our highly engaged and supportive peer network plays a critical role in helping these businesses (our Members) succeed, especially within an ever-changing economic environment.

Alignable is North America's largest small business network with over 9 million businesses in 30,000+ communities. If you want to empower the small business owner through a networking platform unlike any other, let’s talk.

What you will be doing:

We’re looking for results-oriented, self-motivated, and curious software engineers who not only enjoy their craft and are passionate about building products at scale, but also want to see their work help small businesses be successful. At Alignable, you won’t just be building features—you’ll be shaping the tools and experiences that directly impact a vast community of entrepreneurs. With over 9 million small businesses relying on our platform, the work you do here will have significant visibility and influence, making a tangible difference in the success of countless small businesses.

At Alignable, our Engineering department is organized into dynamic Feature Teams, where Product Managers, UX Designers, and Engineers come together to own and shape entire product areas. These cross-functional teams aren’t just about collaboration; they’re about empowerment. You’ll be involved in every stage of the product lifecycle, from brainstorming innovative ideas to deploying features that make a real impact. As a Co-op Software Engineer, you’ll dive deep into crafting exceptional user experiences, working side by side with your team to bring creative solutions to life. This is your chance to make a tangible difference in the lives of small business owners everywhere.

We’re not just looking for someone who can code; we’re looking for a team player who enjoys engaging in design discussions, advocating for data-driven decisions, and bringing fresh ideas to the table. At Alignable, you won’t be coding in isolation—you’ll be actively contributing to our dynamic, collaborative environment.

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About our tech stack:

Mobile apps: Kotlin and Swift
Frontend: Typescript/React/Jest
Backend: Ruby/Rails/RSpec, Elixir/Phoenix/ExUnit
Databases: Postgres, Redis, DynamoDB, OpenSearch
Deployment: CI/CD w/ Github, AWS
Analytics: Kinesis, Lambda, Python, Pandas, Snowflake

What your first day at Alignable will look like:

On your first day, you’re going to get to meet your manager, a few other members of our leadership team, and your engineering team. You’ll be assigned an awesome engineering buddy who’s going to show you the ropes and be the first to peer review your code. You’ll get your MacBook Pro set up and then you’ll start your learning journey with a 3 week long boot camp.
On the very first day of the bootcamp, you’ll get to know the release process with your first JIRA ticket - a production bug chosen specifically to help familiarize you with the codebase. You’ll talk over potential solutions with your buddy, pick one, and start cranking. After several minutes / hours, you’ll have a solution. Your solution includes a unit test that replicates the bug. You push your branch to Github and create a pull request. Within a few minutes, our continuous integration software runs the test suite against your code and one of your insanely awesome fellow engineers will code review your solution. Once your code is reviewed with no outstanding issues and all tests pass, you can merge to master and push your code to production. You’ll progress through bootcamp with tickets that will familiarize you with each part of the tech stack - from React to backend, data and analytics, but primarily focusing on our web applications.
Once you graduate from our boot camp, you’ll join the mobile app engineering team working on progressively larger features with more responsibility. Several months into your co-op, the features you’ll be designing and implementing will make you indistinguishable from a full-time junior engineer. By the end of your co-op, you will be prepared and confident working in any environment as a mobile software engineer. You’ll miss the team when you go back to school, but you’ve built lifelong friends, and can’t wait to rave about how awesome your projects and team were and how you spent your time helping Small Businesses thrive.

What you will bring:

You are currently enrolled as a student at a nationally recognized college or university and live in the U.S. and are set to graduate in either Spring 2026 or Winter 2026.
You have at least one prior software engineering co-op or internship experience working with mobile apps.
You have prior experience programming with Kotlin or Swift.
You want to be treated like a regular team member, not as an intern.
You like the constructive feedback provided by code reviews.
You enjoy the security provided by a comprehensive test suite.
You appreciate the delicate balance between writing “good” code and shipping.
You understand the performance implications of different algorithms and data-structures.
You grok Git and can explain: “Git gets easier once you understand branches are homeomorphic endofunctors mapping submanifolds of a Hilbert space”

Why Alignable?

Advocacy & Encouragement: They make our online communities great, but they also make Alignable a great place to work. Our culture is dynamic, supportive and offers tremendous opportunities to grow your career together with the business. We offer autonomy, ownership, mentoring and flexibility. Every one of our employees and co-ops can directly point to how they've made a major impact on the business.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion: At Alignable, we celebrate the diversity of the small business community - and in our team. We value the unique perspective you’ll bring to strengthen our mission of helping small businesses thrive and are committed to maintaining an inclusive and respectful culture that fosters creativity and innovation from everyone.
A remote-first organization, Alignable launched in 2014 and is venture-backed by Mayfield fund, Recruit Strategic Partners, Saturn Partners, NextView Ventures, Lead Edge Capital, and KIC ventures. Our leadership team also consists of startup veterans from Invisalign, Constant Contact, Vistaprint, and Audible.

What We Offer:

Smart, supportive co-workers
Virtual working environment
Flexible working hours
A collaborative and fun working environment with challenging and interesting projects!

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