Senior Ruby-on-Rails Engineer
Brandfolder is looking for a talented and motivated Sr. Backend Engineer to expand our impact as an established leader in Digital Asset Management. You will inspire the most recognizable brands in the world, including TripAdvisor and Slack, by building a product will grow and scale with the needs of our customers and business. At our core, Brandfolder is brand-focused, crafts simple and intuitive experiences, and builds elegant and scalable solutions. As a Sr. Backend Engineer at Brandfolder, you will have the opportunity to bring value directly to the end user and to the organizations that leverage us. You will own features and scale our platform, helping us to deliver even better interactions for our customers.
Who are we looking for? You have a solid foundation in modern web applications and can confidently execute on tasks and projects through the full software lifecycle including testing. You have significant and direct experience with either Ruby on Rails or Django. You have a passion for building product with strong patterns and practices. You care about leveling-up the team with your contributions, and use code as an opportunity to provide learning opportunities.
Do you want a role where your contributions directly affect the success of the company? Will you make a name for yourself at Brandfolder? Our team is passionate, curious, eager, and humble. We believe in having fun, both inside and outside of the office, and being flexible to expand and evolve our culture as our team grows. We embrace that each interaction and opportunity for feedback helps us grow individually and collectively.
What you’ll do
- Join a collaborative team of members focused on data, engineering, sales, marketing and customer experience folks in Denver
- Drive our architecture and scalability forward with elegant architectural decisions
- Contribute to best-in-class development patterns and practices as we grow
- Design, architect, and develop new features from the ground up
- Deploy production changes daily
- Constantly optimize and improve our experiences
- Become an integral contributor to the direction of the product and the team
- Support and grow our existing features for the users that leverage them
- Use metrics to understand the health and success of the system
What you’ll need
- 5+ years of software development experience
- Positive attitude and adaptability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- History of engineering elegant, responsive, scalable, and performant product features
- Advocate for deployment and development best practices
- Confidence with either Ruby on Rails or Django with a desire to master Ruby on Rails
- Ability to communicate and collaborate cross-functionally and within product, design, development, and devops
- Strong knack for picking up new tools and technologies, continuously learning
- The drive to take initiative and own high-impact projects from day one
Bonus Points for
- Expertise in Ruby on Rails
- Understanding of deployment best practices, artifact building
- Comfort with databases such as PostgreSQL
- Search technology knowledge, i.e. Elasticsearch
- Portfolio of projects built from end-to-end
- A growth mindset and passion for learning
- The ability to elevate those around you
- History building microservices and containerized applications
- Scale-proven services and experience with handling high-throughput applications with elegant architecture to break down complex needs
- Previous work experience in a startup environment
Brandfolder perks
- Iconic office location in RiNo, bike and light rail friendly
- Generous paid time off
- Medical and dental insurance, 100% paid by Brandfolder
- Monthly company events and happy hours
- Dog-friendly office
- Exposure to recognizable and powerful brands
About Brandfolder
Headquartered in Denver’s RiNo neighborhood, Brandfolder is an enterprise digital asset management (DAM) platform that enables businesses to organize, discover, distribute, and measure brand engagement. Loved by global brands including Under Armour, New Belgium, Slack, and jetBlue.
Brandfolder is an equal opportunity employer; we are focused on creating an inclusive environment and believe that diversity of all types is essential to our success. We encourage all to apply, and will choose you on the basis of qualifications and merit.