Snr. Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails) (Remote)

The Senior Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails) has to have a strong knowledge in modern development processes, architectures, software development best practices and demonstrated experience of successful application of those practices. In addition, this position should have a strong understanding of technical architectures within Amazon Web Services (AWS) or similar cloud services.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop applications in an agile development environment
• Design and develop cloud-based, backend solutions and APIs
• Develop, document, and test software to ensure that the software meets the needs of end-users and achieves high-level business goals
• Develops software using the KnowBe4 Software Development Lifecycle and Agile Methodologies
• Recommends solutions to engineering problems
• Assist other team members by providing technical direction
• Defines approaches and solutions to complex technical problems
• Helps to translate KnowBe4's strategic goals into operational plans
• Provides coordination across functional boundaries
• May act as team lead for sub-projects
• Rapidly prototype and refine applications based on user experience feedback
• Collaborate with product managers and fellow engineers to establish and refine technical requirements
• Advise management on advanced technical, research and/or development programs
• Assume a leadership role for projects assigned
• Frequently collaborate with senior management and/or major customers

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS or equivalent plus 8 years experience
• MS or equivalent plus 3 years experience
• Ph.D. or equivalent plus 2 years experience
• In-depth understanding of Ruby on Rails framework (RoR)
• Strong experience building production applications using RoR
• Able to leverage structured formats like JSON, YAML, XML and related technologies to build scalable, testable RESTful applications.
• Experience with common SQL databases such as MySQL or Postgres
• Built applications with current and forward-facing web standards like CSS3 and HTML5
• Use automated unit testing tools
• Some experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Nice but not required:

• Experience with GraphQL
• Experience with DynamoDB or other NoSQL databases
• Experience with event driven architecture
• Experience building commercial SaaS applications
• Strong frontend (JavaScript) skills and experience
• Strong AWS and some DevOps experience (e.g. Terraform)
• Experience with websockets
• Experience and enthusiasm to learn and work in different programming languages such as Golang