Senior Staff Engineer – Ruby on Rails

Position: Senior Staff Engineer, RubyFull-Time/Part-Time: Full-TimeNumber of positions: 1DescriptionSoftmax Data Inc. is headquartered in Vancouver’s downtown core. We are a boutique consultancy specializing in developing proprietary software in machine learning, data pipeline, and data analytics.We are looking for a software developer specialized in Ruby to serve one of our core clients, a leader in the US real estate software space. The Software Engineer should be interested in becoming part of a team building innovative software solutions with external clients. This position will work mainly on our client’s team, but will have opportunities to work with a broad set of other clients.As the Senior Staff Engineer, the individual is required to devote 25% of working time to managing other engineers on our team.

The candidate must have had leadership experience managing or mentoring other engineers. ResponsibilitiesManage a team of internal and external engineers that can be based across the US, Canada, Australia and various offshore teams.Train and mentor members of the teamEnsure high standards are met and maintained, training the team as required.Driving the best practices and development principles, understanding key metrics, and finding ways for team to continue to improve.Leading the planning efforts of new features for the team and working with the product to ensure team has all the information required to bring features into Release.Assist Engineering Manager with the delivery of Product features, managing timelines and assisting the team by removing blockers and delivery of Sprint goals.Helping to reduce the Support backlog by identifying and eliminating the root cause of high-impact issues.Create and maintain technical design documents, including workflow design of company API’s.Working productively with minimum supervision as well as enjoying collaborating with others.QualificationsMust already have the legal status to work in CanadaBachelor’s degree in computer science (or equivalent).5 years of relevant industry experience with ideally 1 in a leadership capacity of some formAn understanding and ability to develop code in Ruby, and Ruby on Rails 4 (minimum 3 years’ experience) as well as libraries such as Resque and Rspec.Understanding of Docker containers and working with them in a development env.Using git as a code repository and workflow.Postgres Database and SQL knowledge.Understanding of API design and the pros/cons of communicating over the network between services.A responsibility for quality, with a practice of writing and automating testsStrong analytical and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to analyze complex problems in large systems.Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate with others.Characteristics of being a detail oriented, analytical, and creative thinker with passion for writing clean maintainable code.Redis async jobs using the Sidekiq ruby library.Detail-oriented and organized with the ability to manage and simplify complex systems & requirements.Creative and innovative with a passion for continuous improvement.Agile process experience with an ability to work in small teams.We offers a competitive salary and a full list of benefits including:Remote work option across CanadaMedical/Dental/Vision; including for dependentsLife insurance with medical coverageFlexible schedulesPaid Time OffEmployee Stock Option Plan for all permanent employeesNo agencies please.

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