Drive the design and implementation of highly scalable and available distributed SaaS solutions.
Participate in critical component design and advise on strategic technical direction.
Work closely with architects, team leaders and engineers to implement solutions.
Mentor and train fellow software engineers on software development best practices.
Research and recommend new technologies to ensure application scalability, maintainability and quality.
Ensure technical documentation for solution designs is created and maintained.
Drive quality through the creation of end-to-end tests.
Collaborate with peers and stakeholders for technology advancement and product delivery.
Participate in Product discussions to advise on and influence the roadmap.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in backend engineering, with 2+ years in a Staff role.
Expertise in Ruby on Rails with ability to ramp quickly.
Deep knowledge of distributed systems, database design, and API architecture.
Experience with queuing systems (Resque or similar), caching, and search indexing tools.
Deep understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tooling, with experience optimizing build, test, and deployment workflows in modern engineering environments.
Comfortable working in Kubernetes-based environments and with cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS).
Excellent communication, cross-functional collaboration and technical leadership skills.
Experience working with, evolving, and improving large codebases.
Experience growing code, systems, and capacity for performance and scale.
A track record of championing observability, including monitoring, alerting, and debugging workflows across complex systems.
Familiarity with incident management and postmortem culture.
Ability to work seamlessly with remote Engineering and Product teams throughout North America.
An approach where you always leave the campground cleaner than you found it.

Benefits

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

Ruby on Railsdistributed systemsdatabase designAPI architecturequeuing systemscachingsearch indexingCI/CD pipelinesKubernetescloud infrastructure

Soft Skills

communicationcross-functional collaborationtechnical leadershipmentoringtrainingproblem-solvinginfluencingresearchdocumentationquality assurance