Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

Summary

Join Guideline's expanding engineering team as a Staff Software Engineer and contribute to building products that empower individuals to secure their retirement. You will work remotely or near our offices, collaborating with a distributed team to develop and enhance our product suite. As a Backend Engineer on an agile team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining backend systems and infrastructure, ensuring security, scalability, and performance. You will also play a key role in integrating security features into product development, championing best practices in software development, and documenting system architecture and operational procedures.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale backend software products and systems
• Expertise in Ruby programming language and Ruby on Rails web application framework
• Working knowledge of relational databases, database schema design, and designing APIs
• Familiarity with DevSecOps principles and integrating security into the development lifecycle
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and performance tuning skills
• Familiarity with building and scaling a distributed systems environment built with Kubernetes, Docker, and GCP or similar tools

Responsibilities

• Scope projects and design systems architecture for usability and scaling our products
• Develop features that improve complex processes and systems, making them more robust and performant with less human intervention
• Design, develop, and maintain backend systems and infrastructure with a strong focus on security, scalability, and performance
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize backend infrastructure, ensuring high availability and reliability
• Work with other engineering teams to integrate security features into product development without sacrificing performance or usability
• Champion best practices in software development, including code reviews, test automation, and continuous integration, ensuring code quality and operational excellence
• Write clear, comprehensive documentation for system architecture, design decisions, and operational procedures
• Work with a group of passionate technologists to help automate administrative tasks and build unique solutions to solve our users' problems

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance — We offer multiple plan options with varying company premium contributions
• Opt-out credit for waiving coverage
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
• Company paid disability and life insurance
• Optional Voluntary life insurance
• Mental health benefit navigation with Rula for employees and dependents
• Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
• Flexible time off in addition to company holidays — We observe the NYSE Holiday Calendar
• We use our own platform and contribute 100% of employee contributions up to 5%
• 1-month paid Sabbatical after 5 years of employment
• Annual learning and development stipend — We reimburse approved professional development expenses, up to $750 per employee per year