Principal Ruby Software Engineer

Blackbaud is looking for the best Full Stack, Ruby on Rails Engineer to join our team on Blackbaud Award Management, a market-leading scholarship solution. As a Principal RoR Software Engineer, you will be expected to design, develop, test, deploy and maintain the solution using technologies such as Ruby on Rails, Elixir, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, and Cassandra. This person will lead by example and be an agent of innovation while inspiring those around them. They will work with their team to deliver high quality solutions via an agile development methodology and will work to iteratively improve solutions and development processes.

About the role:

As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you will be joining our development teams to develop and enhance web-based applications, while working with some of the latest technologies in user interfaces, server architecture and cloud-based computing. Our relaxed work environment promotes paired programming, cross team collaboration, efficient communication, Scrum methodologies and TDD principles.

What you'll be doing:

• Design and develop software applications, project prototypes, proofs of concept & client demos
• Evaluate performance of critical application components and optimize them to assure maximum performance and scalability
• Assist in driving the development effort for End-to-End continuous integration and continuous delivery of high-quality solutions that conform to feature requirements

• Work closely with the product management, program management, and other team members to coordinate schedules, identify task assignments and provide progress updates at daily standup meetings
• Contribute to architecture design and code reviews for all key application functional components
• Provide critical thinking, technical innovation and attention to detail when serving as a trusted advisor and mentor to your team

What we'll want you to have:

• B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering or possess equivalent work experience
• 8+ years of experience with common business and web technologies required - Javascript, Ruby, Elixir, Angular
• 5+ years of experience working with datastore technologies required - Postgresql, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, Redis, Memcached, S3, and GraphQL.
• Demonstrated experience contributing in an Agile and TDD work environment building SaaS applications in the cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP)

• Demonstrated experience working with Websockets, REST APIs, and asynchronous messaging technologies
• Excellent teamwork and independent decision-making skills

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The starting base pay is $133,700.00 to $173,800.00. Blackbaud may pay more or less based on employee qualifications, market value, Company finances, and other operational considerations.

Benefits Include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Remote-first workforce
• 401(k) program with employer match
• Flexible paid time off
• Generous Parental Leave
• Volunteer for vacation
• Opportunities to connect to build community and belonging
• Pet insurance, legal and identity protection
• Tuition reimbursement program