Senior Software Engineer
Location:
US / Remote (US)
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
6+ yearsTECH STACK: Ruby on Rails, PSQL, AWS, Bootstrap, Heroku
We are looking for a generalist; frontend and backend development will be in your purview. You will work closely with the co-founders of the company.
This is a remote, work from home position for somebody living in the continental United States.
The position is full-time. You must be legally authorized to work in the US; we do not sponsor visas at this time.
Qualifications:
A university degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering
7+ years of experience
A track record of writing understandable, maintainable, tested, and secure code
Caring about the quality of pull requests (yours and others)
Dedication to fully root causing production issues
Able to quantify the tradeoffs of various solutions
Knowing which solution(s) is/are appropriate given constraints
An eye for detail
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