Position: Staff Engineer (Tech Lead)
Company: Shiphawk
Experience required: 5y
Category: Lead
English level: upper
Published: 2022-05-01T00:00:00+03:00

In addition to standard development skills, we're looking for you to have an analytical/engineering mindset and enjoy solving complex packaging and shipping problems, develop complex integrations with third-party systems from scratch, and be proactive in finding the best solutions for business problems as a whole, not limited to specific tasks.
The ideal candidate for this position has a deep knowledge of Ruby on Rails and JavaScript frameworks, has developed scalable backend services and an agile approach to problem-solving, as well as future aspirations to lead a team.
Responsibilities:
Evaluate existing processes and procedures to identify areas that need optimization
Help in building a team, drive collaboration and execution of projects across multiple teams
Lead design of big features and major components
Design, develop, improve, test, and deploy features
Collaborate with the engineering team on prototype development
Manage individual projects priorities
Mentor and train team members on software design techniques and coding standards
Projecting the costs and timeframes of projects, as well as creating work schedules and setting deadlines for cross-team projects
Perform code review, architecture review, and quality control
Partnership with the product team on planning new projects
Ensure compliance with industry standards in technology and security

Desired Skills & Experience:
We are looking for an individual who has a deep knowledge of Ruby and JavaScript programming languages, has developed scalable backend services, and has an agile approach to problem-solving.
You have:
5+ Years developing software in a commercial environment
3+ Years of Ruby Development
Experience in the mentorship of less experienced engineers
Experience with frontend frameworks (React)
Experience in managing big projects where multiple teams are involved
Experience in building REST API, ideally using Grape
Experience in building integrations with third-party APIs via REST, SOAP, XMLRPC, etc.
Solid experience in building high-performance, reliable and scalable services
Would be a plus:
Experience with Elasticsearch
Experience with Go, AWS, Docker, K8s, GitLab CI
Shipping/transportation industry experience