SENIOR BACKEND ENGINEER (SERIES A STARTUP)

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Who is Recruiting from Scratch:

Recruiting from Scratch is a premier talent firm that focuses on placing the best product managers, software, and hardware talent at innovative companies. Our team is 100% remote and we work with teams across the United States to help them hire. We work with companies funded by the best investors including Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Ventures, Tiger Global Management, A16Z, Accel, DFJ, and more.

If you are a fit, the team will reach out to you about this role or any others that may be a fit for our clients.

Our Client

Our client is the leading enterprise platform for corporate learning. We’re out to revolutionize the way people onboard, train, and get certified across the business. Top companies like Zoom, Box, and Reddit trust their software to deliver amazing learning experiences for their customers, partners, and employees. They are a people-driven company with the belief that businesses should not only build lasting products but also lasting careers. We want to work with people who are incredibly team-oriented, jump head-first into a challenge, and always maintain a high bar for excellence.

- #1 Top-Rated LMS for 2021 by The Motley Fool

- #1 on Inc's 2021 Best Workplaces List for Startups

- #27 on Fortune's Best Small & Mid Sized Companies in 2021

- Fortune's Best Places to Work in the Bay Area 2021

They just raised our Series B and are growing steadily in a large, well-defined SaaS market. This is an exciting time to join the team as they blitzscale and build the team for the next stage of growth. They are an experienced enterprise team with members that have been part of the early engineering function at SaaS companies, like Box and Mixpanel. They move extremely quickly and are constantly pushing each other to release early and often.

What will I be doing?

  • Collaborate with peers to write and review code that contributes to our core SaaS product.
  • Partner with Product and Design teams to plan and implement rich feature sets.
  • Work with Customer Success teams to meet the needs of our customers.
  • Improve technical and leadership skills in a high-performance environment.
  • Participate in discussions to evolve backend development practices and overall engineering culture.
  • Contribute to the growth of our engineering teams through recruiting, interviewing, and mentorship.

The tech stack consists of:

  • Ruby on Rails
  • Webpacker, and ReactJS
  • RSpec, RuboCop, Brakeman
  • Redis
  • Postgres
  • Deployed on AWS

What skills do I need?

  • Strong desire to work at an early-stage startup
  • 5+ years of industry experience building product quality software
  • Knowledge of distributed systems and REST API design
  • Solid understanding of relational databases and transactions
  • Expert time-management and prioritization within a fast-paced environment
  • Effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams

Benefits: PTO, Healthcare, and more!
Base Salary Range: $150,000 to $200,000