Location: Brooklyn, New York
Compensation: $175k, 1% equity
About Val Town
Val Town is the most delightful way to get JavaScript running in the cloud. Customers use us to create everything from small automations to full-stack web apps.
Our mission is to spread the joy of programming. We believe everyone should code for the same reasons that everyone should read and write: access to the magical world that it opens for you.
We're a small team in Brooklyn — including Steve Krouse, Tom MacWright, and Brent Jackson — who've spent decades building for the web. We're building a product that programmers love — come join us!
Who we’re looking for
You love programming and share our passion for making it delightful and accessible.
You ship ideas in minutes and hours, not days, and naturally move toward the highest-leverage work.
- Technical & product minded – Comfortable writing and reading JavaScript/TypeScript, designing small web apps or APIs, and shaping developer-friendly UIs and copy.
- Growth & data fluent – Curious about how developers discover and adopt tools. You form hypotheses, run A/B tests, dig into analytics (SQL, Mixpanel/Amplitude), and turn findings into action.
- People-oriented – Energized by customer conversations: onboarding teams, debugging first vals, or turning feedback into crisp product tickets.
- Cross-functional operator – Thrive where engineering, product, and go-to-market meet. You can draft a landing page, sketch a tutorial, or build an internal tool that accelerates growth.
- Self-directed & scrappy – Spot opportunities, scope solutions, and drive projects end-to-end with a strong bias for action. You know when “good enough today” beats “perfect next week.”
- Clear communicator – Write and speak with clarity—whether for blog posts and tutorials, internal docs, or quick async updates.
Nice to have (but not required):
Experience with Val Town itself, at early-stage startups, or product-led-growth or dev-tools startups.
What you'll be doing
- Focus on a wide-range of projects to drive growth as much as possible
- Writing blog posts, guides and tutorials