Junior Full-Stack Developer

About Marker Video

We’re Marker Video, an Irish startup building the infrastructure for authentic brand content at scale. 

Our mission is simple: we help global brands turn their customers into paid content creators by incentivising loyal customers to capture their authentic brand experiences and upload them to our marketplace via brand-embedded QR codes and tracked links.

We're both investor and revenue-funded, scaling fast, and working with major US and European enterprises. Now, we’re expanding our team.

This is an opportunity to be the first technical hire at a high-growth startup solving real problems for enterprise clients. If you’re up for the challenge, keep reading!

The Role

We're looking for a sharp, hungry graduate developer to join as our first in-house technical hire. You'll be taking ownership of our platform codebase from our development agency (Megaslice) and driving all future technical work.

This is NOT a standard grad role. You'll be working directly with founders, talking to enterprise clients, and making technical decisions that affect $500K+ ARR deals. If you want responsibility, autonomy, and exposure to the full stack of building a business, this is it.

Location: Dublin 2/hybrid working
Probation: 6 months

What You'll Do

Months 1-3: Shadow & Learn

• Work directly with our dev agency and Fractional CTO as they build enterprise ready platform

• Learn the full codebase: React frontend, Node.js backend, PostgreSQL database, Cloudinary video hosting, Stripe payments

• Understand our multi-tenant architecture

• Document everything - you're building the technical knowledge base for Marker

• Ship small features under supervision (bug fixes, UI tweaks, test coverage)

Months 4-6: Take Ownership

• Own platform maintenance and iteration

• Lead technical onboarding for our next enterprise client

• Build new features based on client feedback (better analytics, mobile optimisation, automated moderation)

• Make architectural decisions with the founding team's input

Months 6-12: Scale

• Probationary period ends, next level of role to be discussed

What We're Looking For

Must-haves:

• ✅ CS degree or equivalent (or provable track record of shipping production code)

• ✅ Full-stack JavaScript experience - React, Node.js, or similar modern frameworks

• ✅ Can write clean, maintainable code - we'll review your GitHub/portfolio

• ✅ Self-starter mentality - comfortable with ambiguity, figures things out, doesn't wait for hand-holding

• ✅ Fast learner - you'll be inheriting a codebase you didn't write and need to own it in 3 months

• ✅ Communicates clearly - you'll be talking to founders (non-technical) 

Nice-to-haves:

• Video processing or media platform experience (Cloudinary, AWS MediaConvert, etc.)

• Payment integration experience (Stripe, PayPal)

• Multi-tenant SaaS architecture understanding

• Startup or early-stage company experience

• Interest in creator economy / UGC space

Here's a bit about our ideal candidate:

Enthusiastic: You don't proclaim to know everything, but you're willing to try your best at any task, and approach the job with enthusiasm and a readiness to learn

Team player: We're a close-knit team, and finding the right team member is imperative to our success. We'll be working closely together on all aspects of the business

A self-starter: You'll constantly be looking ahead to the future of the platform, and are driven and ambitious with a goal to self-improve

Good communicator: You'll be working closely with the founding team and the fractional CTO daily, so being a clear communicator is key, particularly as you'll be communicating about the technicalities of the platform to the founding team, stakeholders, etc.

Organised: Clean code, meticulous record taking and setting up clear structures and procedures will be a core component of the role

Adaptability: No two days are the same here, so you'll be flexible, adaptable and not thrown by last-minute requests, changes or moving timelines

Tech Stack

Current:

• Frontend: Next.js, TypeScript, Post CSS, Vercel, Mantine

• Backend: Next.js 14, Vercel Cron, Supabase 

• Database: PostgreSQL

• External providers: Stripe Connect, Cloudinary, Mailchimp, Algolia, Auth0, DataDog

Compensation & Benefits
Probation: 6 months (both sides can exit with 2 weeks' notice)

Post-probation:

• Salary review based on performance

• Equity review

Application Process

1. Apply with:

• Typeform

2. Technical screen (1 to 1.5 hours):

• Talk through a project you've built

• Solve a practical coding problem (we'll send it beforehand)

• Q&A about tech stack, architecture, and challenges

3. Founder interview (45 mins):

• Meet Greta & Alison

• Discuss the role, your goals, and cultural fit

4. Technical deep-dive with CTO (1 hour):

• Walkthrough of the Marker codebase

• Q&A about tech stack, architecture, and challenges

5. Offer:

• If it's a fit, we move fast

FAQs

"I'm a graduate with no professional experience - am I qualified?"

If you can code, learn fast, and thrive in ambiguity - yes. We care more about potential, attitude, and an appetite to learn and self-improve than years of experience. Show us projects you've built (personal projects, open source contributions, hackathons, etc.).

"What if I don't know React or Node.js?"

If you're a strong developer in another language/framework and can prove you learn fast, we'll consider you. But you'll need to get up to speed on our stack quickly.

"What's the probation period like?"

First 6 months, both sides can exit with 2 weeks' notice. We want to make sure it's a mutual fit. After probation, it's standard Irish employment law (notice periods, protections, etc.).

"Will I be alone or working with a team?"

Months 1-3: You're working closely with the CTO and the current head of dev
Months 4-6: You're increasingly independent, but with CTO as backup
Month 6+: You're autonomous

"What's the office setup?"

We're based in Dublin 2. Hybrid and remote options available

Apply

Typeform applications only (email applications will not be processed): 

Once we process your application, if you are a good fit, we’ll be in touch with the next steps 

We're reviewing applications on a rolling basis and will hire as soon as we find the right person.