Senior Software Engineer 792 views

Job description

Location: San Francisco, CA

ABOUT THE ROLE

Hired is built with Ruby on Rails, with various sets of custom and out-of-the-box tooling to support the business side of our operations. Our services are deployed to Heroku and AWS. Our development philosophy celebrates test-driven development, continuous integration and deployment, and agile processes such as sprint planning, iterative development, and retrospectives. This role will be based out of our San Francisco office.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work on various projects critical to Hired’s continued growth and success. Our engineers are versatile and self-motivated, can work in a self-directed manner or in a collaborative setting as needed, and display leadership qualities. We value a diversity of perspectives and encourage healthy discussion and debate, but unite behind our decisions.

THE CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE TEAM

The team focuses on creating the best experience for our candidates and enabling them to find a job they love. Each feature we release is tracked to ensure we’re making a measurable impact on the candidate experience. Engineers always provide their input on anything they ship, they are dedicated to making not just a good experience for the candidate but one they would want. Many of us were once on the platform ourselves. We are a highly collaborative team with engineering, product, and design all working closely together. We are serious about the work we do but do not take ourselves too seriously.

WHAT WE NEED YOUR HELP WITH

• Architect and build product features end to end in Ruby on Rails, Javascript (ES6), and React
• Establish and maintain best practices in engineering team through technical leadership
• Act as a mentor to fellow software engineers, through code reviews, design document critiques, and brainstorms throughout the software development process
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and business teams to identify and execute the best solutions, focusing on business impact, product polish, and code quality
• Participate in sprint planning, standups and retrospective meetings
• Launch new features, big and small, analyzing system and business metrics post-release

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

• 3+ years experience full-stack development building real world web applications
• 2+ years of recent experience building web applications in Ruby on Rails, ReactJS, JavaScript, and HTML
• Extensive experience with unit and integration tests, using technologies such as Rspec and Capybara
• Experience using various database systems, both in production and warehousing capacities, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Redshift
• Exemplary communication skills; able to map problem-solution space and explain possible solutions to non-technical team members
• Experience designing and architecting systems and applications
• Experience with event-driven/message-driven architectures
• Passion for learning new technologies fast
• B.S. degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience

THESE WOULD ALSO BE NICE

• Experience with ElasticSearch
• M.S. degree in Computer Science or a related field

COMP, BENEFITS, & PERKS

• Competitive compensation & equity options
• Open vacation & sick time
• Flexible work hours
• Employer paid health insurance, vision, and dental
• 401(k)
• Pre-tax commuter benefit
• Gym reimbursement
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Weekly educational classes & catered lunch