Software Engineer - Boston, United States - Nift

Description

Nift is redefining how customers discover new businesses. With millions of people using Nift each month, our real-time AI platform is built for massive scale on AWS. Our small but nimble product team loves tackling engineering challenges.

We look for smart engineers who are passionate about building, owning and scaling features, while finding creative solutions to technical obstacles.

As a Software Engineer, you will own projects end to end, from designing database schema to creating responsive front-end interfaces.

It will be your responsibility to design, develop, test and deploy your code– this role will have a direct impact on the company's success.

Our engineering team meets 1x per week in the Boston area, at various coworking spaces.

One of Nift's core values is that we make decisions based on data, not seniority or hunches. To be successful, you will need to be data-driven.

You must have a passion for continuously measuring and improving our customers' experience, and a natural gravitation towards new AWS dev-ops related projects.

Team Tech Stack:
Ruby on Rails
JavaScript
HTML5

Redis
PostgreSQL
RSpec

Required Skills

Proficient in Ruby on Rails
Experience in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript frameworks or React)
Experience with SQL databases
Experience with AWS or Google Cloud Infrastructure
Strong grasp of software architecture principles and design patterns
Able to write clean, maintainable, and efficient code
Able to communicate well
Able to persevere through engineering challenges

Preferred Skills

Understanding of web application architecture, RESTful APIs, and database design
Experience with distributed systems
Experience performance tuning and scaling systems
Experience with CI/CD
Experience using Linux
Experience with Docker
Familiarity with database systems such as PostgreSQL, MySQL or NoSQL

What You Need

Minimum of 3 years of professional experience as a backend and full stack software engineer
Ability to meet the engineering team weekly in the Boston area
Passion for back end development
Self-motivation, grit & tenacity
A get-things-done attitude


What You Will Do:
Take ownership of the end-to-end development process, from designing database schema to creating responsive front-end interfaces, ensuring exceptional user experiences
Utilize your expertise in AWS or Google Cloud to architect, deploy, and manage scalable infrastructure solutions
Contribute to system architecture decisions, providing insights into performance, scalability, and security considerations
Design, build, and optimize APIs for seamless integration with various third-party services and external platforms
Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to team members and receiving feedback to improve your own skills
Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions to ensure optimal application performance


What You Get:
Unique opportunity to join a small engineering team in a cash flow positive company with hyper growth mode
Significant impact on Nift's growth, scale and future success
Competitive salary and benefits

Career progression:
you'll have opportunities based on performance, desired interest, your contribution and impact

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