Remote Sr. Back-End Software Engineer - Ruby/Rails

Description:

• Knowde is a global software company focused on transforming the chemical industry by organizing and digitizing product data.
• The company provides touchless product master data and integrated tools to accelerate digital transformation for suppliers and distributors in the chemical sector.
• Knowde has raised over $100M from top investors, including Sequoia Capital and Coatue.
• The company is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to join their Engineering team as a founding engineer.
• The role involves working directly with leadership and the product team to influence code and product direction.
• The developer will contribute to building a complex ecommerce marketplace specifically for the chemicals industry.
• The position emphasizes rapid feature delivery while maintaining high code quality.
• Responsibilities include owning projects from design to deployment and implementing cutting-edge technologies.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 5+ years of experience in building highly scalable Ruby on Rails applications.
• Expert-level knowledge of Ruby is required.
• The ability to take initiatives from requirements to deployment is essential.
• Candidates should be capable of functioning as both a project leader and an individual contributor.
• Collaboration within distributed, multidisciplinary teams is necessary.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills are required.
• A high standard for quality and attention to detail is expected.
• Experience with DevOps, cloud infrastructure services (AWS/GCP), and containerization (Docker) is needed.
• Candidates should have experience managing release activities.
• A passion for CI/CD pipelines is important.
• The ability to design and build scalable, high-availability mission-critical systems and APIs is required.

Benefits:

• Knowde offers a variety of medical, dental, and vision plans tailored to fit employees and their families' needs.
• A 401K program is available to help employees invest in their future.
• An education and learning stipend is provided for personal growth and development.
• The position is fully remote, allowing for flexibility in work location.
• Flexible vacation time is offered to promote a healthy work-life balance.
• Paid parental leave is available to support employees and their families.