As Senior Software Engineer (Backend), you will be responsible for creating and supporting backend services that power our products.
Owning applications from inception through development, test, and release to production.
Contributing to our products by developing modular backend code in our frameworks, developing services and improving system scalability; adding new features to APIs; refactoring monolithic code to highly-cohesive, loosely-coupled components; and identifying performance bottlenecks across the entire system.
Continuing growing in your craft, and helping us continually improve processes, software quality, and system performance.
Driving and facilitating architecture / design discussions and decisions, inspiring and mentoring junior teammates, and bringing new languages and skills to a smart and high-performing team.
Continuously delivering features that delight our growing and evolving customer base.
Addressing problems of scale to help us sustain current growth and prepare for the future.
Implementing technical solutions that benefit the entire team, and that help us achieve our strategic goals.
Supporting our internal and external customers by developing stable, intuitive APIs.
Mentoring other developers, and helping to set a high standard across the team.
Reviewing code written by team members to help ensure high-quality and performant code.
Helping drive open and honest team communication, best practices, and education in new technologies.

Requirements

5 - 10+ years of experience* working on challenging problems in complex applications
Production experience developing in Ruby, C#, and SQL
Experience with the Rails and .NET frameworks
Deep understanding of relational database design, including indexing strategies, query optimization, and transaction management
Expertise in designing, documenting, and versioning RESTful APIs that support both internal services and external consumers
Experience with cloud-based queuing systems like Redis, RabbitMQ, or similar
Experience addressing problems of high-velocity scale and growth
Experience with CI/CD processes and frequent deployments to multiple cloud-based environments
Experience refactoring applications and seeing architectural changes through from design to completion
Experience with AWS, or similar cloud providers
Strong written and verbal communication skills, and proven experience collaborating with Product teams and colleagues across the company
Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement of yourself and your team
Degrees are not required and we value all forms of continued education including traditional four-year degrees, post-graduate degrees, associates degrees, bootcamps, online training, professional certifications, self-teaching and more.
Experience with automated unit testing, and writing highly testable code
A background developing commercial edTech products, ideally delivered via SaaS
Experience contributing to front-end applications using React and Typescript
Hands-on experience with Docker and container orchestration
Experience implementing structured logging and monitoring using Datadog or another relevant platform
Familiarity with OWASP Top 10 and experience implementing secure coding practices across different frameworks
Actively embracing AI-assisted engineering.

Benefits

We offer comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance; health savings and flexible spending accounts, paid parental leave; and an employee assistance program.
Additional coverage options including Accident & Critical Illness insurance as well as Hospital Indemnity are also available.
We offer several company paid options including Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, as well as Basic Life Insurance and AD&D.
Additional coverage options including Employee-paid Supplemental Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and/or Child are also available.
We offer a 401(K) including a company match.
We observe 12 paid holidays annually and provide discretionary Flexible Time Off. Employees also receive free access to our products, corporate discounts, and professional development resources.
Access to the Performance and Recovery Center (PARC), our on-site fitness facility, as well as employee only access to on-site locker rooms and showers.
Employee only access to secure, indoor bike storage and access to e-bikes exclusively to Peaksware employees.
Access to our onsite Music and Podcast Studio.

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Hard Skills & Tools

RubyC#SQLRails.NETRESTful APIsCI/CDAWSDockerReact

Soft Skills

communicationmentoringcollaborationcontinuous improvementproblem-solvingteamworkleadershipinspirationeducationfacilitation