Sr. Software Developer

| Greater Boulder Area
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Techstars is a flat, distributed, rapidly growing organization, with hundreds of Startup Weekend events, Startup Next pre-accelerators, Startup Digests and Reading Lists, and over twenty startup accelerators running throughout the year. Your day to day work will require a mix of supporting program operations, building new software infrastructure, and integrating with third party services to help our organization and community. The Techstars’ network of entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors, comes together online in our own product offering to facilitate communication, feedback, and connections. An ideal candidate has experience building sustainable software in an Agile environment. Techstars leverages a variety of technologies, and keeps an eye on products and tech that our portfolio companies create, for potentially incorporation into our platform.

Duties and Responsibilities:

As a Sr. Software Developer, your day to day work could include any of the following:

  • Spec'ing out a new Ruby on Rails app to support Startup Weekend operations
  • Creating a Ruby script to run custom queries against a NoSQL database
  • Interacting with SQL databases
  • Integrating with a third-party JSON API
  • Working with a web designer to launch a new PHP microsite for Techstars.com
  • Creating D3 visualizations to feature in an upcoming blog post
  • Monitoring backend systems for performance and availability on New Relic
  • Fixing bugs at various layers of a Ruby on Rails application
  • Implementing a new RESTful JSON API endpoint

Our systems are built primarily in Ruby on Rails and JavaScript, but we aim to use the best tools for the job. We use several database technologies, including NoSQL solutions (MongoDB, Redis), as well as relational databases (MySQL, Postgres). We heavily leverage Open Source libraries, 3rd party APIs, and cloud infrastructure (DigitalOcean, AWS). We use GitHub for version control, and continuously test and deploy code to production. Some of our past projects were built using Python, Neo4J, and Google App Engine.

About You:

  • Minimum of 4 years’ experience in developing and scaling out web based applications (ideally utilizing Ruby on Rails framework)
  • Minimum of 4 years’ experience in using front-end web technologies, such as HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, CSS
  • Minimum of 2 years' experience as a a team lead or a project lead
  • Well-versed in modern web application frameworks with experience consuming 3rd party APIs
  • Some experience with Ruby and interest in developing in this stack
  • Strong interest in the discourse competence around technology, startups, entrepreneurship, and venture capital
  • Fits the Techstars culture (people-oriented, adaptable, creative)
  • You are a self-starter who can prioritize, plan and execute even in the midst of uncertainty
  • You’re a  good communicator who can work collaboratively with other developers as well as fellow staff across the Techstars organization
  • You’re someone who is motivated by building products that get used, not just pure technical execution

Perks and Compensation:

  • Competitive salary commensurate with experience
  • Top-tier and multi-choice health insurance plans with generous employer contribution
  • Flexible Time Off Policy
  • Professional Development Stipend
  • Deep exposure to Techstars’ network of 5000+ top caliber entrepreneurs, investors, mentors and corporations

 

About Techstars:

Techstars is a global ecosystem that empowers entrepreneurs to bring new technologies to market wherever they choose to live. With dozens of mentorship-driven accelerator programs and thousands of community programs worldwide, Techstars exists to support the world’s most promising entrepreneurs throughout their lifelong journey, from inspiration to IPO.

Techstars provides access to tens of thousands of community leaders, founders, mentors, investors, and corporate partners, allowing entrepreneurs to accelerate the pace of innovation and do more faster. Techstars supports every stage of the entrepreneurial journey – from early stage grassroots community development to more formal opportunities that provide education, experience, acceleration, funding, and beyond.

Techstars is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental handicaps or disabilities, marital status, Veteran status, sexual orientation, nor any other basis prohibited by law.

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