Offer summary

Qualifications:

Proficiency in Ruby on Rails and experience with SQL databases., Hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure such as EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, ECS., Strong understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns., Minimum of 3 years of professional experience as a full stack and backend software engineer..

Key responsibilities:

Own full stack development projects from database design to front-end implementation.

Collaborate on designing and evolving AWS infrastructure.

Implement CI/CD pipelines and monitor system health.

Troubleshoot performance and infrastructure issues, and contribute to architectural decisions.

Job description

Nift is redefining how customers discover new businesses. With millions of people using Nift each month, our real-time AI platform is built for massive scale on AWS. Our small but nimble product team loves tackling engineering challenges. We look for smart engineers who are passionate about building, owning and scaling features, while finding creative solutions to technical obstacles. As a Software Engineer, you will own projects end to end, from designing database schema to creating responsive front-end interfaces.

We’re now looking for a Full Stack Engineer who not only loves writing clean code, but is also excited about helping build and scale our AWS infrastructure. If you’re a strong developer with a DevOps mindset, this is a high-impact role with direct visibility into how your work drives growth.

One of Nift’s core values is that we make decisions based on data, not seniority or hunches. To be successful, you will need to be data-driven. You must have a passion for continuously measuring and improving our customers’ experience, and a natural gravitation towards new AWS dev-ops related projects.

Team Tech Stack:

Ruby on Rails
JavaScript
HTML5
Vue.js
Redis
PostgreSQL
RSpec

Required Skills

Proficient in Ruby on Rails
Experience with SQL databases
Hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure (EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, ECS, etc.) or Google Cloud infrastructure
Comfortable with CI/CD workflows and Linux environments
Strong grasp of software architecture principles and design patterns
Able to write clean, maintainable, and efficient code
Able to communicate well
Able to persevere through engineering challenges

Preferred Skills

Experience in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript frameworks (Vue.js or React)
Understanding of web application architecture, RESTful APIs, and database design
Experience with distributed systems
Experience performance tuning and scaling systems
Experience with Docker
Familiarity with database systems such as PostgreSQL, MySQL or NoSQL

What you will do:

Own full stack development projects from database design to responsive front-end implementation
Collaborate with our Chief Architect to design and evolve our AWS infrastructure (EC2, RDS, ECS, etc.)
Implement CI/CD pipelines and monitor system health
Contribute to architectural decisions across the stack
Troubleshoot performance and infrastructure issues, and proactively identify areas for improvement
Write clean, tested, maintainable code—and help others do the same through code reviews

What you need

Minimum of 3 years of professional experience as a backend and full stack software engineer
Passion for back end development and DevOps and infrastructure
Self-motivation, grit & tenacity
Ownership Mindset: Proactive and self-driven with a strong sense of initiative, consistently taking responsibility, and exceeds expectations

What you get:

Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits (401K, Medical/Dental/Vision), and we offer all full-time employees the potential to hold company equity
Flexible remote work
Unlimited Responsible PTO
Great opportunity to join a growing, cash-flow-positive company while having a direct impact on Nift's revenue, growth, scale, and future success

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