Sr. Software Engineer - Backend - HCP Terraform

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Requirements:

• 5+ years of production experience working on backend applications (e.g., Ruby on Rails).
• Experience with databases (e.g., Postgres, Redis).
• Strive for quality through maintainable code and comprehensive testing from development to deployment.
• Experience upgrading Ruby, Rails, and dependencies.
• Experience building and scaling distributed, highly available systems.
• Ability to communicate clearly while being empathetic and kind.
• Eagerness to learn through humility and reflection.
• Experience debugging performance bottlenecks for live services and systems.
• Familiarity with best practices for application and infrastructure security.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the backend services on which HCP Terraform relies.
• Continuously improve the product by writing code in systems written in Ruby on Rails.
• Investigate problems, performance bottlenecks, and orchestration issues that span multiple services.
• Enable teammates through technical mentorship, code reviews, and pairing.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation that supports production services.