Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Lillio, a leading early childhood education platform, as a Senior Software Engineer and contribute to their mission of empowering educators with innovative tools. You will be part of a dynamic engineering team, working on web applications using Ruby on Rails, React, and GraphQL. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining these applications, collaborating with product managers, designers, and other engineers. You will also mentor and coach your peers, lead technical decision-making, and contribute to establishing best practices for your team. Lillio offers a remote-first work environment with flexible working arrangements, comprehensive health benefits, 401K matching, paid time off, professional development opportunities, and a subscription to Headspace.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from an accredited University or relevant experience
• Strong communicator who enjoys collaborating with teammates
• Knowledgeable about best practices and emerging trends
• Ambition to work hard in order to make an impact
• Evidence of independence and self-starter attitude
• Propensity to always want to learn and improve
• Strong sense of empathy not only for the user but others that you work with
• 5+ years as a software engineer
• Demonstrated technical or project leadership experience
• Demonstrated expertise with relational databases
• Proficiency with Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, React
• Experience with data monitoring and logging tools, ex Sentry, New Relic, Data Dog, etc

Responsibilities

• Develop secure, performant, and well-tested code for web applications using Ruby on Rails, GraphQL and React
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define project requirements and specifications
• Mentor and coach your peers, including compassionate code review
• Troubleshoot and debug issues as part of our shared on-call rotation
• Lead technical decision making and contribute to establishing best practices for your team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with mobile app development
• Knowledge of UX and UI best practices and trends
• Experience with AWS, Postgres, Heroku

Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements; we are a remote-first company who gathers together (virtually) every quarter, and in-person at least once per year. You must be willing to travel in-person as required for the role
• Health benefits package includes medical, dental and vision
• 401K matching, and HSA contribution for US employees
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal and volunteer days
• Opportunities for learning, mentorship and professional development
• A subscription to the mindfulness and meditation platform, Headspace
• Ongoing team-wide and company-wide virtual social activities and success celebrations