Senior Software Engineer II

Summary

Join Jellyvision as a Senior Software Engineer II and provide technical leadership for a backend team building and supporting APIs for core products. You will design and develop clean, reliable code, ensuring adherence to best practices and Agile methodologies. Collaborate with stakeholders, mentor junior developers, and investigate technical issues. This remote role requires 7+ years of relevant experience, proficiency in Ruby/Rails and Python, and a deep understanding of software engineering fundamentals. Jellyvision offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Requirements

• 7+ years of relevant experience
• Strong architecture design chops
• Solid software engineering fundamentals
• Proficient in Ruby/Rails and Python
• Understanding of relational databases
• Experience building RESTful APIs and interacting with third-party APIs
• Experience writing comprehensive unit, integration, and functional tests
• Deep understanding of version control tools (we use git and Gitlab)
• Familiarity with container orchestration; ie. Docker
• Familiarity with CI/CD and pipelines
• Experience in AWS or other cloud environments
• Experience working with highly available and scalable backend applications
• Experience working as part of an agile product engineering delivery team
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and present complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Design and develop clean, straightforward solutions to problems
• Ensure the team maintains Jellyvision's values, standards, and best practices
• Foster an inclusive team environment
• Write high-quality, maintainable, reliable, secure, and performant code
• Adhere to Agile methodologies and focus on rapid delivery, CI/CD, and test automation
• Manage code repositories and codebase health
• Write unit, integration, and browser tests
• Lead the design and implementation of complex software systems or applications
• Mentor junior developers, conduct code reviews, and provide technical guidance to ensure code quality and best practices
• Architect scalable and maintainable solutions that meet performance and security requirements
• Investigate and resolve technical issues, bugs, and performance bottlenecks
• Proactively identifies areas in the team's code where technical debt may slow the team and understand the cost/benefit of addressing it
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and trends in software development
• Collaborate with Product Managers and other stakeholders to define high level system requirements
• Coach and mentor less experienced team members
• Give and receive constructive code review feedback
• Collaborate with Jellyvision's non-tech teams (ex. designers, writers, producers)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with API integrations/partnerships
• Knowledge of machine learning algorithms and techniques
• Familiarity with Typescript and/or React
• DevOps experience
• Experience with Terraform or other IaC tools

Benefits

• Remote work
• Starting Salary: $140,000 - $160,000