Software Engineer

• Solve interesting, large-scale backend technical challenges
• Help determine how the team can improve its practices
• Identify opportunities to innovate and optimize
• Understand customer needs and deliver innovative, robust solutions in collaboration with the Product Owner and stakeholders
• Support customers operationally when escalated by the Client Services team
• Engineer backend infrastructure for reliable, scalable, high-performing hosting services operating 24x7x365
• Deliver high-quality software frequently and iteratively using Agile principles and current technology
• Work in an autonomous, self-organizing team with responsibility for part of the xneelo ecosystem

• Design and development of backend software and APIs
• Object-oriented programming using a language like Ruby
• Software development within the Linux/Unix environment
• Software development using a containerization platform like Docker or Kubernetes
• Agile development practices, including automated tests, refactoring, continuous integration, and pair programming
• Effective communication
• Self-motivation and self-management
• Life-long learning
• BSc majoring in Computer Science advantageous, but demonstrated track record of writing quality backend software ultimately counts
• Minimum of 4+ years of software development experience
• Minimum of 2 years supporting a large-scale application in an operational capacity
• Experience with security details of software is advantageous
• Experience with Rancher, Docker Swarm, or other container orchestration platforms is advantageous
• Understanding of database design and performance tuning, including MySQL and Redis
• Experience with DevOps on a Linux-based platform
• Experience with system administration on a Linux-based platform