(720) Lead Software Engineer

What is it like to work at Nearsure? 

A remote team never felt so close 🌐 Join our LATAM team and stay connected while working remotely. We value our team members and candidates interested in our vacancies. Enjoy fun activities like coffee breaks, tech talks, and games with our developers and management teams during your stay with us.  

Who needs micromanagement? 🍃For us, communication is key, so we focus on working autonomously, with honesty, and respecting diversity. Micromanagement is not part of our corporate values. 

Worklife Balance ⚖️Your well-being is our priority with our People Care team, available from day one to offer support and help with anything from needing someone to talk to, requesting time off or a holiday, or using any of our offered benefits. 

Additionally, our Accounts Management team ensures a smooth and effective stay with our clients, fostering a harmonious relationship with both the client and the project. 

Here you’ll get: 

• USD 💲 Salary compensation. 

• 100% remote work 🏢 but if you feel like connecting with people you can visit coworking spaces all over LATAM allowing you to expand your professional network. 

• Paid time off according to your country’s law without affecting your monthly salary to ensure that you have plenty of time to rest and recharge. 

• Your country’s national holidays 🌴 allow you to celebrate important events and traditions with your loved ones. 

• Sick or medical leave 😷 when needed so that you can take a day off to take care of your health, and have wellbeing without worrying about work. 

• Refundable annual credit 💸 for you to spend on your favorite perks. 

• Teambuilding activities 🤜🤛 such as coffee breaks, tech talks, and after-work gatherings with your Nearsure colleagues, to feel close to our community. 

• A day off during your birthday week 🥳🎂 to enjoy with your family and friends, ensuring that you have a chance to make memories on your special day. 

About the project: 

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to manage and implement business knowledge and technical skills, deploying and managing production systems, and supporting environments with emphasis on engineering backend and PaaS-focused products and services. You will take charge of our Ruby on Railes code base along with React and occasionally C#. You will report to the Manager of Engineering. 

You will be able to: 

• Develop new applications and services using a combination of C#, Ruby, microservices technology, Azure PaaS offerings, and other technologies as appropriate. 

• Document architectural designs through diagrams and logical flows. 

• Build and test new designs, formulations, materials, or systems for compliance with quality and/or performance standards. 

• Interpret functional/non-functional requirements and implements reliable software solutions. 

• Test new applications and services in a variety of environments. 

• Maintain and modifies existing applications without supervision. 

• Estimates and plans out work through user stories and tasks. 

• Gauge platform performance and take corrective action to optimize system behavior. 

• Determine operational feasibility by providing analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development and proposed solutions. 

• Prepare and install solutions by determining, designing, and implementing system specifications, standards, and programming guidelines 

• Improve operations by conducting systems analysis and recommending changes in policies and procedures. 

• Participate in team exercises for collaboration. 

• Guide and mentor team development efforts towards successful project delivery 

• Update job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques and computing equipment. 

• Protect operations by keeping information confidential. 

• Provide information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and service issues. 

• Accomplish engineering and organization mission by completing related results as needed. 

• Support and develop software engineers by providing advice, coaching and educational opportunities. 

• Grow engineering teams by participating in interviewing, recruiting, and hiring. 

• Stay on the leading edge of development practices. 

• Passion about great technologies, especially open source. 

• Understand business needs and know how to create the tools to manage them. 

• This position will consist of 90% in the code and 10% mentoring other engineers. 

What will help you succeed in this role: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 

• 7+ Years of experience working with Ruby on rails. 

• 7+ Years of experience working with AWS or Azure. 

• 7+ Years of experience working with Cloud Native. 

• 2+ Years of experience working with React. 

• 2+ Years of experience working with C#. 

• 1+ Years of experience working on leaership roles. 

• Advanced English Level is required for this role as you will work with US clients. Effective communication in English is essential to deliver the best solutions to our clients and expand your horizons. 

Here's what you can expect from our hiring process: 

• We'd love to discuss your experience in an interview with our recruiters.  

• If all goes well, we'll arrange a technical interview with our top developers to evaluate your skills. 

• If you advance to the next stage, you'll have a chance to meet our client and potentially become a part of our amazing team! 

Would you like to work alongside top Latin American talent? 

Work remotely from Latin America for US clients with Nearsure, a staff augmentation company that values people and culture. Gain cross-cultural expertise and improve your English skills with daily communication in English. 

We're excited to have you on board and can't wait to learn more about you. 

Apply now!