Full Stack Engineer

Full-Stack Engineer

Kotlin · Next.js · AWS · Kubernetes

The Short Version

We’re looking for a full-stack engineer to build the core product that manufacturers rely on to run their operations—not just track inventory, but decide what gets ordered, when, and why.

You’ll work across our Kotlin microservices and Next.js frontend, shipping features end-to-end—from understanding the customer problem through deploying production code that factories depend on in real time. You’ll report directly to our CTO and work alongside a small, disciplined engineering team that ships with rigor and moves fast after our seed round.

This isn’t a ticket-taker role. You’ll own features across the stack, and your work will directly impact how manufacturers run their businesses day-to-day.

About Arda

Arda is modernizing inventory and order management for manufacturers. We make scannable Kanban cards that trigger automated, AI-powered replenishment workflows—so production teams can put their inventory on autopilot, eliminate stockouts, and order 10x faster.

When our system works well, materials show up exactly when they’re needed. When it doesn’t, production slows down. The stakes are real.

1 in 5 of our customers doubles revenue in under 9 months and most see 20% time savings across the team after deployment.

We’re venture-backed, having just raised a $3.5M seed round, and excited to put that capital to work and grow quickly. Our customers include leading (truly, a few of the most famous brands in the world) manufacturers across a variety of industries in addition to a large and growing group of SMB manufacturers.

We’re early enough that the systems aren’t set, which is why we’re excited to hire for this role. If you like turning momentum into compounding leverage, you’ll feel right at home.

Why This Role Exists Now

We’ve proven demand and built a mature engineering foundation. Now we need to increase shipping velocity and expand on core product workflows to continue delighting our customers and delivering value. This role exists to:

• Increase the team’s capacity to integrate customer feedback into the product quickly by developing features across the full stack.

• Help scale the engineering practices and patterns that are already working as the team grows.

• Make sure the product keeps up with the rapidly evolving needs of our customers, whose growth is supercharged after implementing Arda.

We need engineers who can own problems, not just tasks.

Our Team

We’re a small, high-leverage engineering team where each person has an outsized impact on the product. We’ve been in venture-backed companies, gone through multiple exits, and built software that runs global supply chains and Amazon distribution centers.

We operate with high autonomy and high expectations. We value professional excellence, customer delight, and meaningful contribution to the team.

We are actively integrating agentic AI into both our product (decision-making, automation) and our development workflows to move faster and build smarter systems.

What You’ll Do

You’ll be the person who makes the product compound—by shipping the features manufacturers depend on.

Ship Features That Manufacturers Use Every Day

• Own feature development end-to-end: understand the customer problem, design the solution alongside our product team, go-to-market leadership, and customers, build it across backend and frontend, and ship it.

• Build and extend Kotlin microservices that power inventory tracking, order management, and AI-driven replenishment logic.

• Build responsive, fast React applications on our Next.js frontend that serve both web and mobile workflows used on the factory floor.

• Work with REST APIs (public-facing) and gRPC (internal service communication) to connect systems cleanly.

Make the Platform Reliable and Fast

• Write code that runs in production for real manufacturing operations—reliability matters.

• Contribute to our AWS/Kubernetes infrastructure: deployments, monitoring, scaling.

• Care about performance. When a production manager scans a Kanban card, the system needs to respond instantly.

• Build with observability in mind—logging, metrics, alerting—so we know when things break before customers do.

Grow With the Team

• Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and sprint planning.

• Help strengthen engineering standards and patterns as the team grows.

• Share knowledge across the stack—we’re a small team and generalists compound.

• Work directly with the CTO on technical direction and prioritization.

What We’re Looking For

We care about proof-of-work over pedigree. You’ll likely recognize yourself here:

• You’ve shipped product features end-to-end in a production environment—from understanding the problem through deploying the code.

• You care deeply about how customers are using what you’ve built and think creatively about how your contributions affect the customer experience.

• You’re comfortable working across the stack. You don’t need to be an expert in everything, but you pick up new tools and languages quickly.

• You’ve worked with backend services in a typed language (Kotlin, Java, Go, etc.) and built frontend applications with React or Next.js.

• You understand how distributed systems work—APIs, message queues, databases, caching—even if you haven’t designed them all from scratch.

• You write clean, tested, reviewable code. You care about quality without being precious about it.

• You can work directly with product and design without needing heavy process.

• You take ownership. When something is broken or unclear, you fix it or flag it.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with Kotlin specifically (vs. Java or another JVM language).

• Familiarity with Kubernetes, AWS, and container orchestration.

• Experience with gRPC or protocol buffers.

• Background in manufacturing, supply chain, or inventory management software.

• Experience at an early-stage company where you wore multiple hats.

You Might Not Like This Role If…

• You prefer narrow specialization over owning problems end-to-end.

• You want detailed specs and tickets before starting work.

• You’re uncomfortable talking directly with customers or iterating quickly based on feedback.

• You optimize for low-urgency environments over real-time operational systems.

Compensation & Location

• Base salary: $160,000–$210,000, depending on experience and location

• Equity: Stock in a high-growth company with meaningful ownership

• Transparency: We share the full compensation breakdown early in the process—no surprises at the end.

• Location: Our main engineering hub is in the San Francisco Bay Area and our business and customer success teams are in the Seattle area. Proximity to those locations is preferred. Our team is distributed and flexible with frequent in-person collaboration.

Interview Process

A lightweight process that mirrors the work:

• Intro call — mutual fit + what you’ve built

• Working session — a realistic engineering problem (collaborative, not adversarial)

• Cross-functional interviews — engineering and leadership

• Reference checks

How to Apply

Send us:

• A resume or LinkedIn profile

• 2–3 examples of things you’ve built (a GitHub link, a write-up, a side project—whatever shows how you think and ship)

• Anything that demonstrates your approach: system design docs, code samples, architecture decisions—whatever’s real

Email: hiring@arda.cards

• Arda is an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse perspectives and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.