Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Remote)

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Contribute to the architecture and design of new and existing services
• Work across our stack including Ruby on Rails, MySQL, Redis, AWS, and Kubernetes
• Take end-to-end ownership and responsibility for the architecture, deployment, and maintenance of product features
• Coordinate tasks with your teammates and collaborate with the entire company to refine requirements to deliver the best product to our customers
• Analyze and optimize server-side APIs and build pipelines for efficiency and performance
• Work with applications that use Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools
• Identify and squash bugs and be a responsible steward of managing technical debt

Requirements:

• 5+ years software engineering experience
• 2+ years Ruby/Rails, Python/Django or similar experience
• Familiarity with the entire stack - web servers, the application layer, caching, databases
• Proficiency with high-throughput distributed systems hosted on AWS
• Experience with Monitoring, Logging, Reporting and Alerting frameworks like DataDog and NewRelic
• Understanding of MySQL, PostgreSQL, or other relational and non relational databases
• Proficiency with Git/Github or other distributed version control systems
• Self-motivation and a deep sense of pride in your work
• Curiosity, humility, and open-mindedness
• Passion about web technologies and AllTrails’ mission to connect people to the outdoors
• Humility, empathy, and open-mindedness - no egos

Bonus Points:

• Exposure to AWS services like Lambda, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, RDS, EKS, Neptune
• Terraform and other Infrastructure as Code tooling
• Experience with Elastic, Algolia, or similar tools
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tools
• Experience with authentication standards such as OAuth 2.0 or JWT
• Understanding of mapping or geospatial technologies such as GIS or MapBox

What We Offer:

• A competitive and equitable compensation plan. This is a full-time, salaried position that includes equity.
• Physical & mental well-being including health, dental and vision benefits.
• Trail Days: No meetings first Friday of each month to go test the app and explore new trails!
• Unlimited PTO
• Flexible parental leave 
• Remote employee equipment stipend to create a great remote work environment.
• Annual continuing education stipend.
• Discounts on subscription and merchandise for you and your friends & family.
• An authentic investment in you as a human being and your career as a professional.