Senior Fullstack Software Developer (Backend Focused)
Offer summary
Qualifications:
At least 5 years of experience with Ruby on Rails or 7 years with similar web frameworks., Strong understanding of designing web applications and data models with MySQL., Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform is a plus., Excellent problem-solving skills and a collaborative approach to development..Key responsibilities:
- Develop and lead the implementation of features to solve customer problems.
- Maintain high standards of code quality through testing and reviews.
- Contribute to technical architecture improvements and best practices.
- Participate in on-call troubleshooting and mentoring team members.
Job description
About OpsLevel
OpsLevel is the leading internal developer portal designed to help engineering teams build, ship, and maintain software better than ever. We believe that developer portals are a critical part of a great developer experience. With customers like Duolingo, Okta, Keller Williams, and Hootsuite, we know that the best businesses in the world prioritize a great developer experience in order to beat the competition.
Were a fullyremote team of folks who care deeply about the daily lives of developers, with team members across North America. OpsLevelers live our company values on a daily basis and when we’re not headsdown on a project or collaborating in realtime over Zoom, were competing in trivia over lunch or sharing the latest fur baby photo in #petstomakeyoulivelonger.
Our culture and values are very important and ground us in how we interact as one team:
Growth Mindset Get comfortable with being uncomfortable
Focus & Efficiency Keep the main thing the main thing, and get it done
Empathy Think of others; think of your users
Intellectual Honesty The best solution is more important than anyones ego
Simplicity
Our StackWe believe in boring technology because it’s well tested and simple. Our current stack is:
Terraform (config as code, because any other way is painful)
Golang (for various operational tools and our open source offerings)
What Youll DoWork with product, UX, and fellow developers to gain a deep understanding of customer problems and lead development of features to solve those problems
Hold a high bar of personal technical excellence, demonstrated through high quality, thoroughly tested, and exemplary code contributions and reviews
Contribute to our culture of “you build it, you own it” by listening to your spidey sense and identifying tech debt or other opportunities to improve our technical architecture
Discover, propose, and evangelize the latest & best practices in Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, and database design
Build private and public GraphQL API’s that power the OpsLevel frontend experience and CLI capabilities
Lead technical explorations and create PoC prototypes to discover then build the best solution
Execute projects in a timely manner, helping the team communicate when they are on or off track to meet goals
Leverage your years of experience by being a mentor and investing in the growth and success of those around you
Participate in our oncall schedule, where you may be required to troubleshoot across our core technical stack (Ruby on Rails, VueJS, GraphQL, and MySQL)
Who You Are
An empathetic, pragmatic, and collaborative approach to problem solving. Done is better than perfect.
A strong growth mindset. You’re comfortable learning new things quickly. Unknowns are new frontiers waiting to be discovered
Experience designing architectures with strong interface boundaries and separation of concerns. Your craft is deeply rooted in SOLID design principles
Thorough understanding of writing web applications with Rails. You probably have at least 5 years of experience with Rails or 7 years with a similar web framework (e.g., Spring, Django, Node.js)
Experience designing performant data models with MySQL. You have strong opinions on how to structure data in an RDBMS. You know when and how to use indices and when to denormalize data. You have battle scars from debugging and fixing slow queries.
Nice to HavesExperience with modern cloud technologies such as AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform
An understanding of job systems for Ruby on Rails such as Sidekiq
A deep understanding of MySQL
Have experience in scaling a web application to thousands of users and millions of events
Knowledge of in memory datastores like Redis
You can empathize with companies that run 100’s of applications or microservices
Compensation
We offer marketleading compensation, including equity, based on the skill set and aptitude of the candidate.
Should I apply? Yes!
If you meet some or most of what were looking for, we want to hear from you, and if you’re unsure apply anyways!
What do I need to interview with OpsLevel?
Not much! A working web camera, microphone, and (ideally) a quiet place with minimal background noise.
Additional Information
We are building an inclusive and welcoming workplace where employees feel appreciated, valued and free to be who they are regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them unique.
OpsLevel is an equal opportunity employer and we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and barrierfree work environment for all employees and candidates. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply and if accommodation is required during any stage of the recruitment process, please contact any member of the Management team. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
Terraform (config as code, because any other way is painful)
Golang (for various operational tools and our open source offerings)
Work with product, UX, and fellow developers to gain a deep understanding of customer problems and lead development of features to solve those problems
Hold a high bar of personal technical excellence, demonstrated through high quality, thoroughly tested, and exemplary code contributions and reviews
Contribute to our culture of “you build it, you own it” by listening to your spidey sense and identifying tech debt or other opportunities to improve our technical architecture
Discover, propose, and evangelize the latest & best practices in Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, and database design
Build private and public GraphQL API’s that power the OpsLevel frontend experience and CLI capabilities
Lead technical explorations and create PoC prototypes to discover then build the best solution
Execute projects in a timely manner, helping the team communicate when they are on or off track to meet goals
Leverage your years of experience by being a mentor and investing in the growth and success of those around you
Participate in our oncall schedule, where you may be required to troubleshoot across our core technical stack (Ruby on Rails, VueJS, GraphQL, and MySQL)
An empathetic, pragmatic, and collaborative approach to problem solving. Done is better than perfect.
A strong growth mindset. You’re comfortable learning new things quickly. Unknowns are new frontiers waiting to be discovered
Experience designing architectures with strong interface boundaries and separation of concerns. Your craft is deeply rooted in SOLID design principles
Thorough understanding of writing web applications with Rails. You probably have at least 5 years of experience with Rails or 7 years with a similar web framework (e.g., Spring, Django, Node.js)
Experience designing performant data models with MySQL. You have strong opinions on how to structure data in an RDBMS. You know when and how to use indices and when to denormalize data. You have battle scars from debugging and fixing slow queries.
Experience with modern cloud technologies such as AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform
An understanding of job systems for Ruby on Rails such as Sidekiq
A deep understanding of MySQL
Have experience in scaling a web application to thousands of users and millions of events
Knowledge of in memory datastores like Redis
You can empathize with companies that run 100’s of applications or microservices
Compensation
We offer marketleading compensation, including equity, based on the skill set and aptitude of the candidate.
Nice to Haves
Should I apply? Yes!
If you meet some or most of what were looking for, we want to hear from you, and if you’re unsure apply anyways!
What do I need to interview with OpsLevel?
Not much! A working web camera, microphone, and (ideally) a quiet place with minimal background noise.
Who You Are
Additional Information
We are building an inclusive and welcoming workplace where employees feel appreciated, valued and free to be who they are regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them unique.
OpsLevel is an equal opportunity employer and we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and barrierfree work environment for all employees and candidates. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply and if accommodation is required during any stage of the recruitment process, please contact any member of the Management team. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
What Youll Do
Required profile
Experience
Other Skills
- Empathy
- Growth Mindedness
- Collaboration
- Problem Solving
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