Software Engineer II (Ruby on Rails)
Description
Who You Are:
You have equal parts passion for developing scalable services and delivering the value of big data. You jump at the chance to define and create solutions powering data and advertising platforms. You have a desire to work within a fast-paced, collaborative, and team-based support environment. If this sounds like you, Spiceworks Ziff Davis just might have the perfect opportunity. It’s time to apply.
What You’ll Do:
- Design and develop advanced applications and intelligent systems
- Conduct peer review before committing to the code repository
- Unit-testing code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
- Monitoring and maintenance (hotfixes) of production systems
- Improve application performance and other non-functional requirements such as reliability
- Deliver technical discussion on the implemented functionalities
- Comply to coding standards that the organization has set
- Adapt the SCRUM software development process - participating in Sprint planning, review, standup, and retrospectives
What You Need:
- 4+ years of experience building well-tested, scalable, distributed, high-volume, low-latency systems.
- Proficiency in building web applications (REST APIs, MVC, VueJs, HTML, CSS, SCSS, etc.).
- Expertise in an object oriented or functional programming language (Ruby on Rails, Golang, Python preferred)
- Experience in Agile development processes.
- Experience with development collaboration tools (e.g. JIRA, Git).
- Has exposure or has knowledge in high-performance computing and low latency development.
- Has a strong software development foundation implementing design patterns, OOPs, and coding best practices.
- Proficient understanding of the software development lifecycle: architecture and development, thorough testing, deployment, and monitoring of applications.
- Experience with SQL and relational databases (Postgres, AWS Redshift, Athena).
- Ability to understand business stakeholder needs and translate them into technical designs.
- Experience working within data processing regulations (GDPR).
- Bachelor’s or master's in engineering, computer science, or related field preferred but not mandatory.
Perks and Benefits of working at SWZD:
- Remote-first work experience and a Work From Anywhere culture
- Unlimited flexible time off
- Volunteer paid time off
- Health Insurance
- Fitness Reimbursement Program
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- Flexi Kitty Benefits & Options
***In terms of logistics, all interviews will take place over phone or video due to our Work From Anywhere policy***
Who we are: Spiceworks Ziff Davis (SWZD) is a trusted global marketplace that connects technology buyers and sellers with the most actionable and precise intent data. We are uniquely positioned to offer tech brands unmatched visibility into accounts that are truly in-market, by leveraging our scale, quality and diversity of intent data. With unparalleled access to the world’s most influential technology buyers through a combination of first-party (Community, Tools, Editorial) and third-party intent data, SWZD is a leader in intent-backed, intelligent, omnichannel marketing.
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Spiceworks Ziff Davis is a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We strongly encourage you to apply if you are from a marginalized or underrepresented group, particularly in the technology industry. Some candidates may see a long list of job requirements and feel discouraged because they don't match every single bullet point - we suggest, please apply anyway. We're flexible on location wherever possible - we are a Work From Anywhere company. We don't believe in a "perfect" candidate because we believe in our core value, "Evolve and Adapt Quickly". If you believe this is a role that you'll be excited to work in every day, want to be a part of a culture like ours, and will be relentless about pushing boundaries to succeed, please apply.
Spiceworks Ziff Davis is a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We strongly encourage you to apply if you are from a marginalized or underrepresented group, particularly in the technology industry. Some candidates may see a long list of job requirements and feel discouraged because they don't match every single bullet point - we suggest, please apply anyway. We're flexible on location wherever possible - we are a Work From Anywhere company. We don't believe in a "perfect" candidate because we believe in our core value, "Evolve and Adapt Quickly". If you believe this is a role that you'll be excited to work in every day, want to be a part of a culture like ours, and will be relentless about pushing boundaries to succeed, please apply.