Senior Software Engineer – Rails, Go
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full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $175,000 - $200,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
RSpecRubyRuby on Rails
About the role
- Develop and maintain high-quality, scalable, and robust code for our primary Ruby on Rails system
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including QA and product teams, to define, design, and ship new features that meet business requirements
- Write well-tested code using RSpec, with a strong emphasis on security, performance, and resilience (we have 95% code coverage)
- Make practical decisions with good judgment when faced with design constraints and trade-offs
- Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback through pull requests to ensure code quality, best practices and limit breaking changes
- Mentor and support team members, fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment that promotes learning and growth
- Participate in on-call rotations to support and maintain production systems, including incident response and resolution
Requirements
- Demonstrated ability to become an expert in a specific technical and business domain, with proven experience in independently mastering complex systems or technologies.
- Strong command of Ruby and Rails (understanding the boundaries between them)
- Ability and willingness to write detailed technical documentation for a wide variety of audiences
- Experience working in a large codebase and communicating about code
- Ability to make practical decisions with good judgment when faced with design constraints
- Commitment to writing well-tested code that considers security, performance, and resilience
- Respect and support for team members of all levels and backgrounds, with openness to both teaching and learning.
Benefits
- Fast- paced and professional work culture
- Stock options with standard startup vesting - 1 year cliff; 4 years total
- $50 monthly communication expense stipend to go towards your phone/internet bill
- $250 stipend to enhance your WFH setup
- Reimbursement for peripheral equipment: monitor (up to $400), keyboard and mouse (up to $200)
- Premium medical benefits including vision and dental (100% coverage for employees)
- Company-sponsored life and disability insurance
- Paid parental bonding leave
- Paid sick leave, jury duty, bereavement
- 401k plan
- Flexible Time Off (our team members typically take off ~3-4 weeks per year)
- Volunteer Time Off
- 13 scheduled holidays
- 2x / year in-person team meet-ups (2-3 days, company paid)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
RubyRailsRSpeccode coveragescalable coderobust codewell-tested codetechnical documentationincident responsecode reviews
Soft skills
collaborationmentoringconstructive feedbackgood judgmentdecision makingsupport for team membersopenness to learninginclusive environmentcommunicationfostering growth