Senior Software Engineer 2

8-10 Years

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Lead back-end development efforts, building robust, scalable, and high-quality server-side solutions.
Collaborate with Product and Design teams to translate customer needs into efficient, high-impact technical solutions.
Break down complex requirements into actionable tasks with detailed technical specifications and clear acceptance criteria.
Implement new features while maintaining and enhancing APIs, services, and data layers with strong testing coverage (unit and integration).
Work with relational and non-relational databases to optimize queries and ensure data reliability.
Integrate seamlessly with third-party tools and services (e.g., RabbitMQ, external APIs).
Drive ongoing refactoring efforts to maintain a modern, efficient, and maintainable codebase.
Participate in planning, design discussions, and decision-making to improve workflows and collaboration.
Mentor engineers through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge-sharing to foster technical excellence and team growth.

Skills And Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
8+ years of professional experience with Ruby and Ruby frameworks (Rails, Grape, Sinatra).
Strong test-driven development (TDD) mindset using frameworks like RSpec.
Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, and non-relational databases.
Proficiency in message brokers such as RabbitMQ.
Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs; exposure to GraphQL is a plus.
Proven leadership in mentoring engineers and raising technical standards.
Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Product, Design).
Excellent communication and documentation abilities.
Demonstrated ownership, problem-solving skills, and ability to drive ideas to delivery.

Nice to Have

Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket (or other Git servers), and Jenkins.
Experience with refactoring and modernization of large-scale applications.
Knowledge of testing SaaS applications and microservices architectures.
Basic proficiency in Java or Python.
Understands how to use AI tools to speed up development and automate tasks, with the ability to create effective pre-context and prompts.