Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join VergeSense as a Senior Software Engineer and contribute to the development of the Occupancy Intelligence Platform. This impactful role involves working across the software stack, focusing on core customer-facing features, including visualizations, data management, and APIs. As a technical leader, you will guide projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and mentor junior engineers. The position requires extensive experience in Ruby on Rails, API development, and large-scale system optimization. VergeSense offers competitive compensation, equity, and benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as an open vacation policy.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional experience designing, building, and shipping software
• Proven ability to lead projects and effectively communicate with cross-functional teams
• Expertise in Ruby/Ruby on Rails or similar server-side/web framework technologies
• Extensive experience building APIs, managing high-volume data, and optimizing large-scale systems
• Strong expertise in designing, debugging, testing, and writing well-documented code
• Skilled in optimizing background job processing, query performance, and database scalability
• Familiar with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration in production environments

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for technical roadmaps and collaborate with various departments to shape the overall product roadmap
• Be a strategic thought partner for leaders across the organization on driving business impact through application feature delivery
• Coach and mentor the next generation of strong engineers on the team

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Kafka or similar pub/sub systems for building reliable, distributed architectures is preferred but not required

Benefits

• A high-impact role in an emerging industry leader
• Competitive compensation and equity
• Employer-sponsored medical
• Dental and vision insurance (dependent on location)
• Open Vacation policy: take time off when you need it