Toucan

At Toucan, we bring local, organic, and free-range to your virtual gatherings. Our video platform empowers online meeting participants to self-organize, engage in presentations, and swap non-verbal emotions in a refreshingly-natural setting. Toucan was founded by a brother-sister pair of Stanford undergraduates driven back home mid-semester by the 2020 pandemic. Forced to resume their studies remotely, they were unpleasantly surprised by what the bleeding edge of telecommuting technology had to offer. Unwilling to settle, they started a company with a mission of helping virtual event participants feel human again. The role: Senior frontend engineer interested or experienced in React, TypeScript, real-time servers, REST APIs, websockets, and audio/video streaming. Experience/interest in Node.js, [No]SQL, and the AWS platform is certainly welcome. Self-starter who enjoys working in a small (very) distributed team, can design and implement solutions to unusual and complex problems, as well as troubleshoot, identify, and resolve product issues. The core UI stack is React/TypeScript and Tailwind CSS in conjunction with a homegrown library for rendering OO HTML5-based sprites. Note: our interview process largely consists of a small programming assignment with a 48-hour deadline, and the discussion around the solution. To apply, please send a note to andrei@toucan.events.