ShelfCycle Inc.
The chemical industry is a $5.2 trillion market that powers 96% of all manufactured goods—from everyday items to advanced technologies. Yet most chemical distributors still operate with outdated software, manual processes, and disconnected systems that waste time and limit growth.
ShelfCycle is changing that.
We're the modern operating system for chemical distribution—an AI-powered ERP and CRM platform that automates daily operations so teams can focus on strategic growth instead of manual tasks. Our customers are seeing transformational results: U.S. Chemicals
saves 7-10 hours per week per employee through automation 10+ other companies are scaling operations without adding headcount, making faster decisions with real-time data, and focusing on strategic initiatives instead of manual processes We're not just building software—we're modernizing an entire industry.
Our platform handles everything from inventory optimization and order processing to financial reporting and customer relationships, all powered by AI that learns from each distributor's unique data. As our next engineer, you'll help build the features that save our customers hours each week, enable them to scale without adding overhead, and give them the competitive edge they need to win in their market. Ready to help transform a $5.2 trillion industry? Let's build the future of chemical distribution together. About the Team
ShelfCycle is a pre-Series A startup with offices near Bryant Park. Report to the Head of Engineering and work alongside our Founding Engineer. Close collaboration with the leadership team (CEO, Head of Revenue, and Head of Client Success). Based in NYC, with a hybrid schedule**:** Looking for 2 days per week in the office. Small, high-impact team (under 10 people) where your contributions directly shape the product. The Ideal Candidate is
Highly Technical:
Experienced engineer and builder across frontend, backend, databases, and cloud infrastructure. Customer-obsessed:
Takes the time to understand customer needs, infer patterns, and implement solutions to support clients. AI-forward : Actively uses AI tools in their development workflow and has experience building AI-powered customer features. Growth-minded:
As a startup grows, careers advance with it. This is a major opportunity to advance your career within a fast-moving startup. Responsibilities
Design, build, and support core features across the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform. Examples include order and inventory workflows, cost/margin tracking, and embedded AI insights. Work across the entire stack:
TypeScript ,
React
(Mantine),
Next.js ,
Prisma ,
PostgreSQL ,
tRPC , and
AWS
(ECS, SQS, Lambda, S3) as a true full stack engineer. Collaborate with product and support teams to deeply understand customer pain points and ship thoughtful, high-impact solutions. Communicate and build towards a documentation-driven culture alongside a distributed, async-friendly team. Prototype and productionize new features for internal and external customers. Help establish engineering best practices through high-quality code, and to testing standards, code reviews, observability, and documentation. Participate in architectural decisions as we scale and evolve our monolith, adopt service boundaries, and tighten frontend/backend separation. Build and iterate on AI-powered features that help customers make better decisions about inventory, pricing, and chemical product recommendations. Requirements
5+ years as a professional full stack software engineer. Strong proficiency in
TypeScript , with production experience ideally with React and Next. Strong experience with
SQL databases
(preferably PostgreSQL), with modeling, migrations, and performance usecases. Experience with
Prisma
(or similar ORM),
Zod , and building
tRPC
or RPC-style APIs. Comfortable working in and improving a
monorepo
with evolving domain separation and testing strategy (e.g. Jest, Vitest). Strong communicator to both technical and non-technical audiences. Nice to Have
Background in building
B2B SaaS
products in a startup environment. Experience building
ETL
data pipelines. Experience working in or around
ERP ,
CRM , or
accounting software
(e.g., order systems, inventory, GL). Familiarity with
AWS services
and infrastructure-as-code using
Terraform
or similar tools. Experience improving legacy codebases or introducing
domain-driven architecture
into tightly-coupled systems. Experience with production observability tools like
Datadog
and
Postmark. Experience building
AI-powered features
using OpenAI API, vector databases (pgvector/Pinecone), and RAG patterns. Prompt engineering
and LLM integration experience, particularly with frameworks like LlamaIndex or LangChain. What we Offer
$160k - $200k Meaningful equity package Ready to Make an Impact?
Join us on our mission to build the modern operating system for chemical distribution. We're building something special, and we'd love for you to be a part of it.
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We're the modern operating system for chemical distribution—an AI-powered ERP and CRM platform that automates daily operations so teams can focus on strategic growth instead of manual tasks. Our customers are seeing transformational results: U.S. Chemicals
saves 7-10 hours per week per employee through automation 10+ other companies are scaling operations without adding headcount, making faster decisions with real-time data, and focusing on strategic initiatives instead of manual processes We're not just building software—we're modernizing an entire industry.
Our platform handles everything from inventory optimization and order processing to financial reporting and customer relationships, all powered by AI that learns from each distributor's unique data. As our next engineer, you'll help build the features that save our customers hours each week, enable them to scale without adding overhead, and give them the competitive edge they need to win in their market. Ready to help transform a $5.2 trillion industry? Let's build the future of chemical distribution together. About the Team
ShelfCycle is a pre-Series A startup with offices near Bryant Park. Report to the Head of Engineering and work alongside our Founding Engineer. Close collaboration with the leadership team (CEO, Head of Revenue, and Head of Client Success). Based in NYC, with a hybrid schedule**:** Looking for 2 days per week in the office. Small, high-impact team (under 10 people) where your contributions directly shape the product. The Ideal Candidate is
Highly Technical:
Experienced engineer and builder across frontend, backend, databases, and cloud infrastructure. Customer-obsessed:
Takes the time to understand customer needs, infer patterns, and implement solutions to support clients. AI-forward : Actively uses AI tools in their development workflow and has experience building AI-powered customer features. Growth-minded:
As a startup grows, careers advance with it. This is a major opportunity to advance your career within a fast-moving startup. Responsibilities
Design, build, and support core features across the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform. Examples include order and inventory workflows, cost/margin tracking, and embedded AI insights. Work across the entire stack:
TypeScript ,
React
(Mantine),
Next.js ,
Prisma ,
PostgreSQL ,
tRPC , and
AWS
(ECS, SQS, Lambda, S3) as a true full stack engineer. Collaborate with product and support teams to deeply understand customer pain points and ship thoughtful, high-impact solutions. Communicate and build towards a documentation-driven culture alongside a distributed, async-friendly team. Prototype and productionize new features for internal and external customers. Help establish engineering best practices through high-quality code, and to testing standards, code reviews, observability, and documentation. Participate in architectural decisions as we scale and evolve our monolith, adopt service boundaries, and tighten frontend/backend separation. Build and iterate on AI-powered features that help customers make better decisions about inventory, pricing, and chemical product recommendations. Requirements
5+ years as a professional full stack software engineer. Strong proficiency in
TypeScript , with production experience ideally with React and Next. Strong experience with
SQL databases
(preferably PostgreSQL), with modeling, migrations, and performance usecases. Experience with
Prisma
(or similar ORM),
Zod , and building
tRPC
or RPC-style APIs. Comfortable working in and improving a
monorepo
with evolving domain separation and testing strategy (e.g. Jest, Vitest). Strong communicator to both technical and non-technical audiences. Nice to Have
Background in building
B2B SaaS
products in a startup environment. Experience building
ETL
data pipelines. Experience working in or around
ERP ,
CRM , or
accounting software
(e.g., order systems, inventory, GL). Familiarity with
AWS services
and infrastructure-as-code using
Terraform
or similar tools. Experience improving legacy codebases or introducing
domain-driven architecture
into tightly-coupled systems. Experience with production observability tools like
Datadog
and
Postmark. Experience building
AI-powered features
using OpenAI API, vector databases (pgvector/Pinecone), and RAG patterns. Prompt engineering
and LLM integration experience, particularly with frameworks like LlamaIndex or LangChain. What we Offer
$160k - $200k Meaningful equity package Ready to Make an Impact?
Join us on our mission to build the modern operating system for chemical distribution. We're building something special, and we'd love for you to be a part of it.
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