Sr. Ruby on Rails Engineer

Summary

The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for building new systems, enhancing and refactoring existing systems, integrating with external systems, and performance projects. This person will work closely with PM's, Engineering Leads, and fellow engineers. The candidate should have 5-10+ years of professional experience as a backend software engineer for non-trivial web applications, experience working with Frontend developers, strong communication ability, experience in an object-oriented programing language such as Ruby and Python, experience working with heavy web application development frameworks – specifically Ruby on Rails, and extensive experience with data model design for relational databases.

Requirements

• 5-10+ years of professional experience as a backend software engineer for non-trivial web applications
• Experience working with Frontend developers
• Experience working in Ruby a must (ideally 7+ years)
• Strong communication ability to describe complex problems and solutions
• Experience in an object-oriented programing language such as Ruby and Python
• Experience working with heavy web application development frameworks – specifically Ruby on Rails
• Extensive experience with data model design for relational databases

Responsibilities

• Build new systems
• Enhance and refactor existing systems
• Integrate with external systems
• Performance projects

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive experience using SQL to investigate non-trivial issues or to create complex reporting
• Strong experience on the Frontend or the infrastructure (DevOps)
• Experience working in Python

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Flexible, remote work
• Fun, fast-paced work environment
• Dynamic start-up culture
• Ability to make an immediate impact in a growth stage company
• Convenient downtown Chicago office located in the heart of the city
• Equal opportunity employer