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Senior Full-Stack Engineer, Postmark

We’re seeking a self-motivated Senior Software Engineer to develop and maintain our Postmark web application. This is an exciting opportunity for customer-focused software developers who enjoy working with Ruby on Rails and have a passion for clean code and continuous delivery. Join our collaborative team and be a part of our fulfilling work environment!

What your day could consist of:

Maintain and add features to the Postmark web application codebase
Release your changes to production
Participate in code review processes
Troubleshoot production issues
Participate in on-call rotation
Create project plans and provide feedback to coworkers’ plans and designs
Recognize improvement opportunities and advocate for them with your team
Set clear expectations around your work, breaking down large tasks into smaller tasks and communicating that to your teammates

Technical Environment

The Postmark web application is a Ruby on Rails monolith
MySQL and ElasticSearch databases
Some parts of the application interact with RabbitMQ/Kafka/SQS
We use a mix of vanilla Javascript and React in our UI
We deploy to AWS and rely on CircleCI and Jenkins for CI/CD
Terraform is used to declare infrastructure

What is needed:

5+ years of relevant experience
Deep understanding of Ruby on Rails
Experience with Javascript
Ability to work outside of standard business hours for on-call rotation
CSS, HTML, Docker and Linux
Experience managing production applications
Email-specific topics such as SMTP, SPF, DKIM, or DMARC a plus
Tools and workflows that support Twelve-Factor app principles
Various deployment architecture paradigms, such as zero downtime, canary deployments, and CI/CD pipelines

About ActiveCampaign:

We are a category-defining Customer Experience Automation Platform (CXA) that helps over 185,000 businesses in 170 countries meaningfully engage with their customers. The platform gives businesses of all sizes access to 925+ pre-built automations that combine email marketing, marketing automation, CRM, and machine learning for powerful segmentation and personalization across social, email, messaging, chat, and text.

As a global multicultural company, we are proud of our inclusive culture which embraces diverse voices, backgrounds, and perspectives. We don’t just celebrate our differences, we believe our diversity is what empowers our innovation and success. You can find out more about our DEI initiatives here.

As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in the world, we are scaling rapidly to keep up with market demand. We are growing all of our teams and looking for people who share our values, deliver innovation frequently, and join us in our mission to grow our customer base from 185,000 today to millions. We have been ranked in Best Places to Work on Built In Chicago in 2023, a best workplace for remote employees by Quartz and received recognition as a great place to work across all of our regions, and continue to be globally recognized for our employee-centric culture here.

Perks and benefits:

ActiveCampaign is an employee-first culture. We take care of our employees at work and outside of work. You can see more of the details here, but some of our most popular benefits include:

Comprehensive health and wellness benefits (including no premiums for employees on our HSA plan, telehealth and tele-mental health, and access to the Calm app for meditation)
Open paid time off
Generous 401(k) matching with no vesting
Generous stipend to outfit your remote office
Access to life coaches via Modern Health
Cool swag

ActiveCampaign is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, hire, pay, grow and promote no matter of gender, race, color, sexual orientation, religion, age, protected veteran status, physical and mental abilities, or any other identities protected by law.

Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) strive to foster a diverse inclusive environment by supporting each other, building a strong sense of belonging, and creating opportunities for mentorship and professional growth for their members.