Senior Software Engineer, Ruby on Rails

Who we are:

Blackbaud is the world's leading cloud software company powering social good. Our vision is to power an ecosystem of good that builds a better world. We seek to empower the entire social good community, which includes nonprofits, foundations, corporations, education institutions, and the individual change agents who support them. Our strategy includes a focus on our employees and company culture, with a goal of cultivating an environment where our teammates can bring their whole, authentic selves to work. We strive to build a workforce that reflects the social good communities we serve.  

About the role: 

As a Senior Software Engineer you will focus on developing and enhancing web applications, while working with some of the latest technologies in user interfaces, server architecture, and cloud-based computing. Our remote work environment promotes collaboration, efficient communication, Scrum, and TDD. Our philosophy is to empower engineers with significant agency, and we expect engineers to use this agency to delivery high quality software for our customers. The successful candidate will join a community of engineers organized into Scrum teams focused on Blackbaud’s state-of-the-art award management and stewardship management capabilities.

What you'll be doing:

• Write well-documented and structured code on a daily basis to meet weekly software development goals.

• Evaluate and improve security and performance of critical application components. 

• Attend weekly development meetings and actively participate in discussions around weekly software development goals and best practices.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with a product manager, user experience designer, project manager and other engineers.

• Complete all planned tasks including new development and maintenance requests.

• Mentor junior team members by regularly reviewing and providing feedback on their code.

• Submit code for evaluation and feedback from Engineering team members through use of pull requests.

• Perform design and code reviews for all key application functional components.

• Consistently write unit and integration tests around code and maintain the test suite.

• Develop a strong understanding of software development methodologies and styles that are most effective.

• Develop a strong understanding of the product domain and code base in order to become more efficient and effective.

What we'll want you to have:

• 6+ years of professional experience in a backend web application stack. We use Ruby on Rails, Elixir, and Phoenix.

• Extensive experience with common web technologies required – Javascript, CSS, and HTML

• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable web application and industry development standards

• Experience with cloud deployment and database technologies. We use Postgres, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, Redis, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Docker.

• Knowledge of version control tools such as git.

• Knowledge of testing practices.

• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with other software engineers on projects.

• Strong problem solving and prioritization skills.

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Blackbaud is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Benefits Include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Remote-first workforce

• 401(k) program with employer match

• Flexible paid time off

• Generous Parental Leave

• Volunteer for vacation

• Opportunities to connect to build community and belonging

• Pet insurance, legal and identity protection

• Tuition reimbursement program