Senior Software Engineer (Ruby/Rails)

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Requirements:

• 8+ years' of experience building web and SaaS based applications.
• Expertise with Ruby on Rails (RoR) and excitement about dabbling in other frameworks and technologies.
• A keen eye for good RESTful API design, scalability, and performance.
• Strong experience with JavaScript frameworks (React specifically a plus).
• Strong knowledge of Git and branching models in a collaborative coding environment.
• Experience with Kafka, Sidekiq, Redis and Rspec.
• Experience with CI/CD and build pipelines across multiple environments.
• Communication and interpersonal skills and a demonstrated track record of working successfully across engineering, design and product.
• Experience with Agile processes in a structured setting (Scrum and/or Kanban).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• BS in Computer Science or related experience.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with stakeholders across Design, Product Management, and Engineering.
• Architect, design, develop, and deploy features across the tech stack.
• Write performant, maintainable code while iterating and shipping rapidly.
• Ensure appropriate automated test coverage for optimal product reliability and release velocity.
• Refactor existing Ruby or JavaScript code to improve maintainability and efficiency.
• Develop and document REST APIs.
• Improve the performance of existing systems.
• Configure monitoring and alerting systems.
• Contribute to improving and enforcing development, Agile, and CI delivery best practices.
• Present new ideas and respectfully debate those ideas with the team.