Forage is an online payment solution for government subsidies— the Stripe of government payment systems. Our software offering helps online grocery stores accept EBT payments online. EBT is like the Visa of government money, and it currently distributes over $160 Billion in food subsidies a year.

Our Stack

• Typescript + React + Node.js
• Python + Django + PostgreSQL
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)

You

• Love building great products and engineering systems.
• Can articulate and balance implementation tradeoffs.
• Are productive, resourceful, and an effective problem solver
• Write high quality code, value software testing, and uphold best practices in engineering.
• Exhibit a strong understanding of CS fundamentals from your Bachelor's in CS, engineering, related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• Work effectively in a remote setting and are able to overlap at least 4 hours per work day at 9am to 5pm PST

Who We Are

🗺️ Founders: Justin (CEO), former Chief of Staff at Newsela, where he led their Series B round from Kleiner Perkins and Mark Zuckerberg, and Victor (CTO), the Software Lead at Robo3D, where he built their hardware and software infrastructure

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Helping hundreds of families put food on their table (and growing)

🤝 Partnered with New York, California, and other government organizations

💼 Backers including Y Combinator, Mucker Capital, CEO's and Operators from Brigit, Mercury, Instacart, and Gumroad, early Palantir Folks, and more

Victor just hangin' - middle of the workday break :)

Victor (left) Justin (right)

We have built strategic partnerships across platforms, merchants and state governments:

• Merchants: Farmstead, Imperfect Foods, Boxed, Weee!