Implement new features, improve user experiences, and fix bugs in a mature SaaS application.
Review PRs to educate others of best practices, pair program with people who are stuck on a problem, ensure the team is following agreed upon standards.
Work closely with the Implementations Team to turn customer needs/pain points into actionable work with technical designs.
Help create an architectural roadmap to future proof our app and make that plan come to life.
Ensure we have the right level of resiliency, logging, monitoring, security, etc.
Help debug/diagnose/triage emergency production issues (luckily rare).

Requirements

5+ years of experience with RoR and Javascript.
B.S. Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field is prefered but not necessary.
Familiarity with SaaS applications and the FinTech domain are a plus.
An insatiable desire to make the team awesome; a drive to identify and seize opportunities for wins both in the code and in how the team works.
A strong understanding of programming patterns, best practices, long term software maintenance, software architecture, and how to balance best vs. practical.
Work closely with others to achieve team goals. Understand how to give feedback appropriately. Mentor/coach via pair programming if needed.
Ensure that the code is appropriately optimized (avoiding n+1 queries, etc.), appropriately structured, appropriately formatted, that technical decisions made are right, that the code is well-tested, and that we aren't introducing technical debt.
Succeed as a team, fail as a team. Promote a blameless culture. See teammates as equals.
Nice to Have(s): React.js, Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch + Kibana, C++ (very minor), Datadog, New Relic, Loggly, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Semaphore CI.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills

Ruby on RailsJavaScriptprogramming patternsbest practicessoftware architecturecode optimizationlong term software maintenancetechnical debtpair programmingdebugging

Soft skills

team collaborationfeedbackmentoringcoachingproblem-solvingdrive for improvementblameless culturecommunicationleadershiporganizational skills