Backend Engineer, Database

Skills

• Professional software engineering experience with PostgreSQL in large production environments
• Significant experience with Ruby on Rails or other Ruby frameworks
• Ability to reason about software, algorithms, and performance at a high level
• Passion for open source
• Strong written communication skills
• Self-motivated with strong organizational skills

Responsibilities

• Develop new features in collaboration with product management, UX, and frontend teams
• Review database related changes submitted by other engineers or community contributors
• Document database best practices or patterns to avoid
• Develop tooling to proactively inform developers of potential performance issues
• Research, design, and implement solutions to improve product performance

Benefits