Ignition - Seattle, WA
posted 1 day ago
Full-time - Mid Level
Remote - Seattle, WA
Furniture, Home Furnishings, Electronics, and Appliance Retailers
About the position
We're looking for smart, talented and experienced team members that can take ownership, articulate their point of view and back their opinions with a well researched and knowledgeable stance. The purpose of this role is to contribute to the ongoing improvement and development of our platform, through domain driven design and continuous deployment of high quality software code and help the team grow.
Responsibilities
- Compile and analyze data, processes, and code to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement
- Collaborate with front-end developers and other team members, including customer-facing teams to establish objectives and design more functional, cohesive code to enhance the user experience
- Integration of data from various back end services and databases
- API development and Integration of data from various back end services & databases
- Recording data and reporting it to proper parties, such as clients or leadership
- Participating in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages, and better assist other team members
- Developing back-end functionality and assisting the Lead developer
- Providing guidance on projects, as needed
- Participating in research, producing POCs, and evaluating new methodologies and technologies that improve quality, reliability, scalability, security, and performance of Ignition technology, architecture, and product
- Actively participating in code reviews by providing constructive comments and sharing and adopting best practices, to improve codebase quality, efficiency, and security
- Mentoring and guiding developers by providing quality coaching and guiding proper execution of their tasks
- Committing to support a safe, mindful, and productive team environment, maintaining open, honest, and respectful communication
Requirements
- Approx 5-7+ yrs experience in backend development, and must have recent experience with Ruby/Rails
- Tech Stack: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq/Redis, Heroku
- A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, distributed systems, algorithms and software design
- Passionate about clean code architecture and software craftsmanship
- Experience with Git and GitHub or similar
- Experience with PostgreSQL
- Experience with background job processing
- Experience with Message Queues
- Comfortable working in the terminal
- Proficiency within an editor of your choice
- Experience working with profiling tools
- Knowledge and familiarity with caching strategies, design patterns, cloud architecture and tools
- Consuming and integrating with third party APIs
Benefits
- Employee stock options from day one
- 20 days of accrued annual leave/vacation plus 10 wellbeing days to prioritize yourself and your loved ones
- Additional paid day off to celebrate your birthday, along with volunteering leave
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- 401k employer matching
- Annual education allowance reimbursement to support your professional development
- Employee recognition program
- Quarterly wellness allowance to invest in your personal wellness
- Paid subscriptions to Headspace and LifeWorks EAP & Wellbeing Platform
- Flexible working arrangements, supported by WFH reimbursement and technology allowance to ensure your safety while working from home
- Personal tax return assistance (since we're in the accounting business!)
- Paid parental leave
