Role Overview
This is a senior individual contributor role designed for someone who wants to grow into broader technical leadership. You will have meaningful ownership from day one.
The team is deeply AI-forward. You will be provided with a Claude Code Pro account ($200/mo) and are expected to actively leverage AI-assisted workflows to maximize development velocity and decision-making.
What you will work on (First 3 Months)
1. Zero-to-One Initiatives
Studio Partnership Program: Architect and ship the core MVP for this greenfield product.
Lead the end-to-end implementation including backend, analytics, and reliable instrumentation.
Sequence milestones to ensure the system is maintainable and ready for rapid post-launch iteration.
2. In-house Architecture Roadmap
uScreen Headless Migration: Lead the transition from legacy template-based hosting to a decoupled, in-house frontend.
Build the API integration layer between uScreen’s backend and our custom stack to unlock UI flexibility and performance.
Standardize event tracking and attribution across the ecosystem to ensure data-grounded product decisions.
3. Technical Operating Cadence
Establish a high-velocity release workflow using GitHub and environment-specific deployments.
Implement a triage rhythm and a “single source of truth” for technical priorities.
Build out observability and reliability standards to eliminate "flying blind" during shipments.
Stack Context
You will manage and evolve a modern, decoupled architecture:
uScreen (Headless): Video/tutorial hosting via API.
Shopify: Commerce and storefront management.
AWS: Primary cloud infrastructure.
GitHub: Version control, CI/CD, and environment management.
Analytics: GA4, custom event tracking, and attribution dashboards.
- Own technical planning and delivery across product initiatives (scope, sequence, tradeoffs, timelines)
- Triage, prioritize, and resolve incoming technical issues with a calm, structured approach
- Partner with product/design to shape solutions that are maintainable and measurable
- Lead the buildout of new product initiatives (including standalone feature areas with backend + analytics)
- Reduce legacy dependency and establish a clear path to a transition to custom solution
- Maintain and extend cloud infrastructure (AWS), including reliability, cost awareness, and performance
- Manage and improve deployment pipelines and workflows using GitHub (PR hygiene, environments, releases)
- Set sensible engineering standards (logging, monitoring, testing expectations, documentation)
- Improve analytics instrumentation
- Support and unblock other teams with clear technical communication (without becoming a helpdesk)
We’re looking for someone who can operate as the senior technical owner of a small but ambitious company. The most important competencies are:
Strong judgment on what to build vs. what to avoid
- Ability to turn ambiguous goals into clear technical plans
- Architectural ownership and leadership
- Comfort making decisions, documenting them, and aligning stakeholders
- Ability to lead execution while keeping the system stable and understandable
- You can implement key pieces yourself when needed
- You keep momentum without sacrificing quality
- You ship in iterations and don’t get stuck in theoretical perfection
- Proven experience owning and driving technical delivery in a startup or small team environment
- Strong full-stack fundamentals and the ability to work across frontend, backend, and infrastructure
- Strong JavaScript/TypeScript foundation and modern web development experience
- Experience integrating third-party services and APIs
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS) and production operations
- Strong GitHub workflow competence (branches, PRs, code reviews, CI/CD)
- Strong communication skills in English (German is a plus)
- Experience with templated / theme-based web platforms and migrations away from legacy customizations
- Experience with Shopify ecosystems and commerce integrations
- Familiarity with analytics tooling (e.g., GA, event tracking, product analytics, dashboards)
- Experience introducing lightweight incident response routines (on-call not required, but discipline is)
You’ll work closely with the CEO and the Content leadership. The expectation is that you become the person who brings clarity and forward motion:
- “Here’s what we’ll do, what we won’t do, and why.”
- “Here are the risks and how we de-risk them.”
- “Here’s the plan and what we need from each function.”
- High ownership and real leverage on product direction
- A mission-driven, international team
- A product with real users and strong brand pull
- Flexible working hours and pragmatic startup culture
- Room to shape the technical org and future hiring plan
Send CV + links (GitHub/portfolio/case studies) + a short note answering:
- A system you inherited that was messy — what did you change in the first 60 days?
- An example of a tough tradeoff you made between speed and quality.
- What you’d look at first in our setup (multi-platform + growth + retention).
Shibari Study exists to foster human connection through thoughtful, high-quality shibari education. We make it easier for people around the world to learn safely, practice consistently, and grow with confidence. Our small team strives to combine craft, sensitivity, pedagogy, and design to build an experience that feels intuitive and inspiring while supporting students, teachers and studios world-wide.
