About the job
Compensation
At SQUAKE(www.squake.earth), we are on a mission to decarbonize the travel and logistics space, accountable for roughly 25% of the worldwide CO2. With us, companies get the support they need on their journey towards becoming CO2 neutral. In a nutshell, SQUAKE supports clients by providing them a state-of-the-art carbon API - built from developers for developers.
As a senior developer, you are someone who can see projects through from beginning to end, coach others, and self-manage. We’re looking for an eager person who can bring our team to the next level with their technical knowledge, people skills, and real-world experience.
On the technical side, extensive experience building high-traffic websites using Ruby and Ruby on Rails is a hard requirement. Experience with DevOps(AWS services, Terraform) and Frontend(Vue.js, TailwindCSS) is a plus but not required.
The Stack- Ruby on Rails backend, typed using Sorbet
- Open API Specs according to OAS3 that power our public documentation, found here (we adhere to SemVer and write a public changelog)
- PostgreSQL
- Terraform
- Bonus: Amazon Web Services(RDS, ECS, Cloudwatch, IAM, ..)
- Bonus: TypeScript, Vue.js, TailwindCSS
- We have a biweekly sprint planning call
- You will have a weekly 1-1 call with our tech lead
- We work asynchronously, but within ±6 hours of CET
- For complex features, write a design doc before coding
- All code goes through code review, reviews are split out evenly across the team
- We use Tuple for pair programming
Technical Skills &Experience
- You've built complex apps in a Ruby on Rails + modern frontend stack before, with a codebase optimized for performance and scale
- You've designed &shipped large applications with many components and data structures
- You have a proven ability to design interfaces that stand the test of time, showing anticipation of future product changes
- You have experience integrating complex third party APIs
- You are able to successfully refactor existing code and get rid of tech debt without regressions
Personality
- You are able to handle ambiguity, and can push projects forward even when there is not a clear best path
- You see things through from start to finish
- You can manage yourself but you also work well with others
- A good sense of humor and a great team player
- Fluent English and an excellent communicator
This is a full-time position and you can work from anywhere within ±6 hours of CET. The salary range is between $90 - 120k.