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 full stack projects end to end from DB all the way to the front end, having a direct impact on the company's success.

It will be your responsibility to design, develop, test and deploy your code. Our engineering team meets 1x per week in the Boston area, at various co-working 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 front end development.

Team Tech Stack:
Ruby on Rails
JavaScript
HTML5

Redis
PostgreSQL
RSpec

Required Skills

Proficient in Ruby on Rails
Proficient in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript frameworks or React)
Experience with SQL databases
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 using Linux

What You Need

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


What You Will Do:
Develop, maintain, and enhance web applications using Ruby on Rails, ensuring high performance, scalability, and security
Own projects from start to finish, including the development (full stack, API and front end), testing, and deployment
Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to team members and receiving feedback to improve your own skills
Troubleshoot and debug issues, perform testing, and optimize application performance to ensure a seamless user experience
Assist in documenting code, processes, and solutions to ensure knowledge sharing and maintainable development


What You Get:
Unique opportunity to join a small engineering team at a cash flow positive company in 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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