Software Engineer

Summary

Join xneelo, a business enabler offering hosting services, and become a Backend Software Engineer. You will solve large-scale backend technical challenges, contribute to process improvement, and innovate to optimize systems. Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to understand customer needs and deliver robust solutions. Support customers operationally when escalated by the Client Services team. This role requires a passion for programming, open-source technologies, and Agile development, along with experience in backend software design, object-oriented programming, and working within a Linux/Unix environment. A minimum of 4+ years of software development experience and 2 years supporting large-scale applications are required.

Requirements

• Have a passion for Design & development of backend software and APIs
• Object-oriented programming using a language like Ruby
• Software development within the Linux/Unix environment
• Software development using a containerization platform like Docker or Kubernetes
• Agile development practices (team focus, continual improvement, automated tests, refactoring, continuous integration, pair programming)
• Effective communication
• Self-motivation and self-management
• Life-Long Learning
• BSc majoring in Computer Science will be advantageous, however, your ability to demonstrate your track record of writing quality backend software is what ultimately counts
• A minimum of 4+ years of software development experience
• Minimum of 2 years supporting a large scale application in an operational capacity

Responsibilities

• Solve interesting and large scale backend technical challenges
• Be part of figuring out how we get better at what we do
• Look for opportunities to innovate and optimize
• Understand the needs of the customer in order to deliver innovative, robust solutions (In collaboration with the Product Owner and stakeholders of course)
• Support the customer from an operational perspective when escalated by the Client Services team

Preferred Qualifications

• Thinking like a hacker and diving into the security details of the software you’ve built
• Experience with Rancher, Docker Swarm or other container orchestration platforms
• Understanding of database design and performance tuning (MySQL, Redis, etc.)
• Experience with DevOps on a linux based platform
• Experience with system administration on a linux based platform