Paperpile is a web-based commercial reference management software.
This company operates with a remote-first culture, allowing team members to work from anywhere.
Paperpile is transforming how researchers and students manage academic papers. Their software simplifies finding, organizing, reading, and writing, trusted by thousands globally. With a literature database of 250M+ academic papers, they build tools that empower critical academic work. You can collect references with a Chrome extension, organize PDFs in Google Drive, and cite seamlessly.
Paperpile is a remote-first company where you truly own your schedule. You work from anywhere and everything you build directly impacts the product and its users. The small team collaborates using Slack, Figma, and Notion to move fast. You will interact directly with academics studying diverse fields like climate change or medieval history.
Paperpile runs on data at scale, processing a vast literature database and growing user data. Engineers tackle challenges from data ingestion pipelines handling messy sources to optimizing full-text search systems. The tech stack includes React, TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS for reliable production services. You build across web, mobile, browser extensions, and desktop apps, maintaining robust tests and CI/CD.