The Black Tux is reinventing the formalwear rental industry so people can show up at their best on the days that matter most. The company designs and manufactures modern rental suits and tuxedos that actually fit—made of 100% wool, ordered online, and delivered for free. Using a combination of machine learning and industry-leading customer service, The Black Tux guarantees a perfect fit every time.

Just as we are on the cutting-edge of men’s fashion, we also strive to stay on the cutting-edge of technology and looking to hire a Mid-level Software Engineer. Our biggest goals on the technology team are to deliver the best possible customer experience, building solutions that adhere to high software engineering principles, and striving to maintain a positive culture where diversity and personal growth are highly valued.

What You’ll Do

Build and improve software systems for a fast-growing, disruptive e-commerce company
Design, develop and optimize scalable backend infrastructure to support the core product
Create APIs to integrate with front end and 3rd party systems from highly distributed and independent microservices
Serve as a key member of the backend design team through strong collaboration
Contribute to the development of the team, our standards, and best practices
Identify bottlenecks in our efficiency as a team (“tech debt”), propose and implement solutions

Who You Are

2 to 5 years of professional software development
Extensive experience with Python (or other OO languages, such as Ruby or Java)
Familiarity with a web framework: Django, Pyramid, Flask, etc.
Conversant in ES5+ and Node.js
Knowledge of modern web technologies
Experience building distributed services
Strong software architecture and design skills, solid CS fundamentals, pragmatic software design and architecture patterns, and their best usage
Excellent data modeling skills and strong experience with query optimization
Experience with developing and deploying on containerized architectures such as ECS and Kubernetes
Ability to clearly and concisely communicate complex technical and architectural concepts and ideas with a wide variety of stakeholders
Strong organizational & leadership skills
Previous work on consumer web products built from scratch
Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment

Perks and Benefits at The Black Tux

We pay people equally and based on market compensation data
We provide a 401(k) plan through Betterment Our full-time employees receive stock options and have a stake in the company.
We provide our full-time employees with Evergreen stock option grants every 2.5 years.
Our Health, dental and vision plans are competitive, and we cover 100% of employee coverage and 50% of dependents.
Open vacation time
Monthly cell phone reimbursement
Daily commuter reimbursement
Dog-friendly HQ
Complimentary dry cleaning & tailoring services
TBT Women’s Group
TBT Diversity and Inclusion Group
Weekly catered lunches
Paid maternity and paternity leave
Stocked Kitchen & pantry
Apple equipment or whatever you need to be productive
Monthly employee events and training
Free suit rentals

We’re an equal opportunity employer to all. We interview and hire applicants of all backgrounds, orientations, expressions, and identities.

Our people are the most important asset to us. Our benefits, perks, pay and culture reflect this in every decision we make. If you want to learn more about us, check out our Culture Book.