Remote Staff Software Engineer - Backend
at Perry Street Software

Summary

Join Perry Street Software, a global team of innovators building LGBTQ+ mobile dating apps. As a Staff Software Engineer - Backend, you'll lead a developer team to deliver large-scale consumer software for apps, capable of supporting 1000s of simultaneous requests/sec.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in computer science, related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 10+ years of software development experience
• 3+ years team management experience
• Experience working with Ruby and/or Ruby on Rails
• Intuitive understanding of the possibilities and limitations of RoR's MVC architecture
• Intermediate SQL and data architecture experience; extensive ActiveRecord experience
• Data migration experience
• Experience AWS, Docker and similar
• Experience using design and architecture patterns
• Good sense of usability and product for mobile apps
• Strong sense of ownership, delivering on time and on budget
• Shipped consumer mobile-first apps on Android or iOS

Responsibilities

• Lead a developer team to deliver large-scale consumer software for apps, capable of supporting 1000s of simultaneous requests/sec
• Bring architectural opinions of and experience with complex (100+ model) web applications
• Evolving the current Ruby-based architecture to develop innovative, consumer-facing mobile products, while supporting the product roadmap
• Work in an agile team with Product, Design, Support, and Marketing to respond to our users needs
• Debug and develop with all layers of the software stack - frontend (JavaScript or iOS/Android), middleware (Ruby), backend (AWS)
• Help develop solutions end to end, from the design, to requirements, coding, refactoring, delivering, and maintenance
• Excel at communication in a distributed, remote team

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years experience with React, HTML, CSS
• Experience in other server technologies such as Nodejs, Python or Golang
• Experience in client technologies such as Java, Kotlin, or Swift with the Android or iOS SDK

Benefits

• 11 Paid Holidays
• One paid week off at mid-year (PSS Summer Refresh Week)
• Home Office Stipend - purchase furniture for your home setup
• Paid Parental Leave
• Company summits around the world to meet and collaborate with colleagues (previous destinations include: New York City, Barcelona and Berlin)
• Paid volunteer days
• Educational/Tuition Reimbursement