Backend Engineer Senior (Ruby on Rails)

About

Hivebrite is an all-in-one community management and engagement platform - Our mission is to provide organizations with the tools they need to create vibrant communities.

Our SaaS platform serves customers across a variety of industries including higher education, non-profit, and corporate. Founded in 2015, today we count more than than 500 customers worldwide - including Princeton University, Stanford University, Columbia Business Schools but also WWF or P&G alumni.

We employ more than 100 people across our offices in Paris, New York, and Sydney, and 30 nationalities are represented in our team!

In 2020, we were awarded five Great Place to Work labels, were recognized as a G2 High Performer, and won the International Prize by EY, SYNTEC Numerique, and TECH IN France.

And we have no intention of slowing down!

Job Description

๐ŸŒŸ YOUR ROLE WILL BE

  • We are looking for someone capable to build and scale the services powering our interactive web application. ๐Ÿฆ
  • Some context? Well, we are starting to export some services outside from our good old friend "Monolith". ๐Ÿฐ
  • Why? Isolate the services which need to be scaled. (performance and volume issues).
  • Also, we go to API First to get closer to our customers and to isolate our frontend/backend. You know the drill! ย ๐Ÿ˜˜
  • Your future squad โ†’ User Journey Tribe is dedicated to build new features to improve the user journey, craft proof of concepts on new projects that focus on the user experience. They are responsible for the front-office and public-office, and their features: LiveFeed, Search, etc.
  • ๐ŸŒŸ YOUR MISSION WILL BE

  • Practice disciplined software engineering (e.g. automated testing, code reviews, and writing efficiency code).
  • Develop integrations with 3rd party software programs (Webhooks, API, deep integrations).
  • Design, develop, test and implement new product features.
  • We want from you that you try new things. POC is a cool word :)
  • Be a leader on sharing knowledge.ย 
  • Animate and debate during architecture reviews, find a common ground and deliver the solution.
  • Our stack ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://stackshare.io/hivebrite/hivebrite
  • ๐ŸŒŸ YOU MIGHT BE A FIT IF

  • 6+ years of programming experience in Ruby or with another language like Python or Java. ๐Ÿš‚
  • Experience working on backend systems at a large-scale internet service.
  • Track record of designing and implementing complex and scalable software services.
  • Experience architecting, deploying and operating asynchronous work queues, high-volume storage systems, and high-throughput systems.
  • Understand the trade-offs in employing different engineering solutions to a problem, valuing pragmatism over idealism.
  • Docker has no secret for you.
  • Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, collaborative, and high-growth environment.
  • You have a great oral and written communication in English. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
  • ๐ŸŒŸ NICE TO HAVE

  • Experience with Kubernetes.
  • A rock-solid foundation in Computer Science (data structures, algorithms, software design).
  • Experience in document oriented databases like Elasticsearch.
  • Deep knowledge in microservices architectures.
  • Experience with another language like Golang.
  • Comfortable with DevOps aspects.
  • Open-source contributions.
  • ๐ŸŒŸ HIVEBRITE'S BENEFITS

  • A competitive salary package. ๐Ÿค
  • Computer allowance and a work-from-home starter kit (desk, chair, etcโ€ฆ). ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ
  • 50% of your healthcare subscription. ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€โš•๏ธ
  • "Tickets Resto" with Swile - 8โ‚ฌ per day (50% covered). ๐Ÿ”
  • RTT (8 days). ๐Ÿ
  • Budget to improve your craft. ๐Ÿ“š
  • Nomad days policy (Work from anywhere you'd like, up to 12 weeks per year, at once or throughout the year). โœˆ๏ธ
  • ๐ŸŒŸ OFFICE & TEAM LIFE

  • International team. ๐ŸŒŽ
  • Full remote policy. ๐Ÿ‘พ
  • WeWork's office in the center of Paris with a rooftop just for us! ๐Ÿฐ
  • Free beer ๐Ÿป in our office from 5 PM to 7 PM.
  • Squad days (two days per month we meet at the office). ๐Ÿ’ก
  • Team building events. ๐ŸŽ‰
  • Check out this page, to know us more. ๐Ÿ„โ€โ™‚๏ธ
  • ๐ŸŒŸ RECRUITMENT PROCESS

  • Meet Clรฉment, our Engineering Recruiter, for a first video-call to better understand your career plan and answer any of your questions (60 mins).
  • Meeting with of one of our Backend mate to discuss performance issues, product-driven approach and some RoR patterns (60 mins).
  • Meet two Backend Senior to discuss around a technical architecture review exercise (60 mins).
  • Meet Sergiu, our VP of Engineering, to speak about your long-term involvement with Hivebrite (60 mins).
  • Additional Information

    • Contract Type: Full-Time
    • Location: Paris
    • Experience: > 5 years
    • Possible full remote