Sr-Staff Ruby on Rails Engineer
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Posted over 4 years ago
We didn’t create Bold Penguin because commercial insurance is broken. It isn’t. But as the world has gotten more connected and digitized, commercial insurance lags behind - creating a fragmented landscape where businesses, agents, and insurance companies struggle to interact in a smooth and easy way. That’s why we’ve built a highly efficient exchange that cuts the friction out of commercial insurance by connecting everyone to the right quote in record time.
Powering the world of insurance is no small feat, so we’ve brought on a team that's not only incredibly talented, but also passionate about our potential to upgrade the entire industry. As more and more companies big and small depend on our technology to operate in the commercial insurance space, we’ll need the best talent all around to support our growth. That’s why we’re looking at you (yes, you!) to make a bold move and join our adventure.
Software Engineer Scope & Qualifications:
Software Engineer Scope & Qualifications:
- Performing tasks under the directive of the more senior/lead engineer
- 3+ years of professional experience with at least 2 years of Ruby on Rails
- Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular and React
- Experience in technology companies and startups using open source technologies including Linux, Git, AWS, and modern development environments
- Experience in either frontend or backend but capable with both.
- Familiar with a microservice architecture
Sr. Software Engineer Scope & Qualifications:
- In your role as a senior software engineer, you will be an expert in modern-day application development.
- You will have familiarity with the practices of high-performing engineering organizations such as Git-Flow, pull requests, unit testing, cloud architecture & design, and SCRUM.
- Build and maintain powerful APIs that will be used by agents to quote and bind policies for small business owners.
- Write clean, well-tested code and automated unit tests using Ruby / Ruby on Rails.
- Participate in agile ceremonies such as iteration planning, retrospective, and daily standups.
- Work with product managers, designers, site-reliability engineers, and customers to build powerful, impactful products.
- Participate in the full lifecycle of the software development life cycle from ideation to delivery.
- Create more senior engineers by mentoring other engineers in areas such as unit testing, continuous integration, DRY/SOLID principles, and SDLC.
- 5+ years of professional experience with at least 3 years of Ruby on Rails
- Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular and React
- Previous working experience in high-growth technology companies and/or startups
- Understanding of scrum, unit testing, continuous integration, continuous delivery, and DevOps
- Knowledge of microservice architectures and RESTful APIs, especially in Ruby on Rails
- Full-stack expertise in multiple tiers of modern web applications (e.g. front end, back end, infrastructure, etc.)
Staff Engineer Scope & Qualifications:
- In your role as a staff engineer, you will be tasked with solving our hardest problems by leading and architecting complex, highly scalable solutions.
- You are expected to perform as a strong individual contributor on the team.
- At this point in your career, you will have had a broad range of technical acumen as well as a depth of experience in more than one area.
- You will have a significant impact on the engineering organization itself by helping advance Bold Penguin’s software engineering discipline.
- Engage across product teams to plan, coordinate, architect, and deliver high-complexity features
- Ensure that solutions are built with security, performance, and fault-tolerance in mind
- Be an expert in modern cloud architecture and concepts in software engineering such as continuous integration, continuous delivery, DevOps and site-reliability engineering
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, site-reliability engineers, and customers to build powerful, impactful products
- Participate in the full lifecycle of the software development life cycle from ideation to delivery
- Mentor more junior engineers in areas such as unit testing, continuous integration, DRY/SOLID principles, SDLC, etc. to facilitate career growth on the team
- 10+ years of professional engineering experience (with at least 5 years of it being Ruby on Rails)
- Experience building highly resilient, cloud-native applications
- Full-stack expertise in multiple tiers of modern web applications (e.g. front end, back end, infrastructure, etc.)
BONUS POINTS
- Open-source contributions and/or speaking experience.
- Previous work experience in insurance and/or experience with policy rating very desirable.
- You love Penguins!
PENGUIN PERKS
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For a healthy colony.
- Our plan covers 50% of your Medical Premiums – Health - HRA, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, as well as Short & Long Term Disability - Beginning Day 1! (Trust us, the benefits are great!)
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Penguins plan for the future.
- 401k Match program, up to 4%!
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Parental Leave
- 12 weeks of maternity leave and 4 weeks of paternity leave (your kids need you there!)
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Need a vacation?
- Unlimited PTO - Please take a vacation - you need it and we applaud it!
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Hungry? Thirsty?
- We offer free snacks and drinks, as well as catered lunch every Monday (even to our remote employees...nomb nomb nomb)
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Penguins need to learn!
- We support your professional growth. Certifications, training, memberships, and conferences are actively encouraged—and often covered.
- Penguins are social creatures and love to play!
- We have frequent happy hours, company events, and outings. What kind of company would we be if we didn't have some fun!?!?
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Penguins give back.
- We offer volunteer opportunities every month! There is no better feeling than giving back=)
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Don’t want to move to Columbus?
- We offer up to 100% remote engineers!
- You must be OK visiting the office for a day or two every quarter - we are all about that camaraderie!