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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.
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 more front-end development.
Team Tech Stack:
- Ruby on Rails
- JavaScript
- HTML5
- Vue.js
- ReactNative
- Redis
- PostgreSQL
- RSpec
Required Skills
- Proficient in Ruby on Rails
- Proficient in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript frameworks (Vue.js or React)
- Experience with ReactNative
- 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 frontend and full stack software engineer
- Passion for front end development
- Self-motivation, grit & tenacity
- Ownership Mindset: Proactive and self-driven with a strong sense of initiative, consistently taking responsibility, and exceeds expectations
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:
- Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits (401K, Medical/Dental/Vision)
- Flexible remote work
- Unlimited Responsible PTO
- Great opportunity to join a growing, cash-flow-positive company while having a direct impact on Nift's revenue, growth, scale, and future success
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