Platform Engineer
You will play a pivotal role on a small agile team of talent engineers focused on building cloud-based, cutting-edge solutions for our client-partners.
How You'll Make An Impact:
You'll work with other highly skilled developers to build enterprise SaaS applications using Ruby on Rails and other modern web technologies. As a core team member of our web application platform team you will get to work on all aspects of our products. You'll be a part of a team that is focused on continuous improvement, code quality, good security, and software craftsmanship . You'll also share your passion for web development and aggressively seek out the best solutions to complex problems.
- Minimum: 2 years of professional development experience using Ruby, Java, or other OO language
- Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related degree
- Relational database design as well as proficiency in SQL (preferably PostgreSQL)
- Your drive for action and experience solving problems in a fast paced environment
- Experience working through and on performance issues, tuning, scaling and security when working on the web.
- RSpec or relevant testing framework
- Object Oriented JavaScript and/or React
- Agile methodologies
- Full Stack Development (RESTful API development would be considered a big plus)
- Experience using non-relational data stores (Redis, Memcached, Elasticsearch, etc)
- A desire to share knowledge and help others on your team grow
- Familiarity with Linux; must be proficient with common tools and utilities
- Understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Google Cloud, etc)
You can expect lots of mentorship and growth opportunities and professional advancement. Our team prides itself on its ability to practice continuous learning and development, constant collaboration and pushing traditional boundaries.
At Yello, we work together to improve the hiring experience and power recruitment programs. Every Yello team member is empowered to grow each day and achieve new career accomplishments, and we always make time to celebrate team members’ successes. Our Loop office is steps away from public transportation, overlooks Lake Michigan and our open concept office offers plenty of space to collaborate with colleagues, or to work independently. We offer health, dental and vision insurance, a competitive 401k match, a reimbursement for fitness memberships and support for ongoing learning. Above all, we look forward to coming to work each day to solve interesting problems and make the impossible, possible.
- Yello is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
- Candidates local to Chicago are preferred.
- You must be authorized to work in the United States.