Backend Staff Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

Hivebrite is hiring!

About

Hivebrite is an all-in-one community management and engagement platform - Our mission is to provide organizations with the tools they need to create vibrant communities.

Our SaaS platform serves customers across a variety of industries including higher education, non-profit, and corporate. Founded in 2015, today we count more than than 500 customers worldwide - including Princeton University, Stanford University, Columbia Business Schools but also WWF or P&G alumni.

We employ more than 100 people across our offices in Paris, New York, and Sydney, and 30 nationalities are represented in our team!

In 2020, we were awarded five Great Place to Work labels, were recognized as a G2 High Performer, and won the International Prize by EY, SYNTEC Numerique, and TECH IN France.

And we have no intention of slowing down!

Job Description

Hivebrite is an all-in-one community management and engagement platform. Our mission is to provide organizations with the tools they need to create impactful communities.ย 

Our SaaS platform serves customers across a variety of industries including higher education, non-profit, and corporate. Founded in 2015, today we count more than 900 customers worldwide - including Boeing, the Obama Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences, the University of Notre Dame, the U.S. Naval Academy, the British Heart Foundation, the Imperial College London, the P&G Alumni France, and Le Wagon Alumni.ย 

We employ over 170 people across our entities in Paris, New York, the UK, and Sydney, and 30+ nationalities are represented in our team! ๐ŸŒ

At Hivebrite, we believe in the importance of balancing your work commitments and personal life. Youโ€™re able to have a real impact on meaningful communities while prioritizing your personal life and goals. Our work policy encourages a healthy work-life harmony with a flexible schedule.

We also have many initiatives to keep our global team connected, offering opportunities to meet and socialize with team members virtually and in-person! ๐Ÿ‘‹

For these reasons, we were awarded Best Hybrid Place to Work by BuiltIn in the US and Choose My Company and HappyIndex at Work in France last year! ๐Ÿ†

Jump aboard, and join the hive! ๐Ÿš€

๐ŸŒŸ YOUR ROLE WILL BE

  • As a Staff Engineer, you will spend a lot of your time writing code, but also bring your experience to leading a technical project alongside a Product Manager. Your goal is to build scaling solutions by making tech decisions and to mentor technically your team.
  • Attached to a squad, you will also work on transversal topics (SSO, SEO, Sign up, etc...)
  • Ensure code quality within your projects.
  • Managing technical debt (rework, refactoring) and understand the difference between short-sighted business decisions and impact technical health in the long run.
  • ๐ŸŒŸ YOUR MISSION WILL BE

  • Practice disciplined software engineering (e.g. automated testing, code reviews, and writing efficiency code).
  • Develop integrations with 3rd party software programs (Webhooks, API, deep integrations).
  • Design, develop, test and implement new product features.
  • Deeply think through the product and its technical feasibility and implications.
  • Proactively flag and de-risk any technical issues that might greatly affect the productโ€™s launch or maintainability.
  • ๐ŸŒŸ YOU MIGHT BE A FIT IF

  • 8+ years of programming experience in Ruby or with another language like Python or Java. ๐Ÿš‚
  • One experience in a leadership position.
  • Understand the trade-offs in employing different engineering solutions to a problem, valuing pragmatism over idealism.
  • Deep knowledge in architectures patterns.
  • Comfortable with DevOps aspects and tooling (K8s, Docker).
  • Experience working on backend systems at a large-scale internet service.
  • Track record of designing and implementing complex and scalable software services.
  • ๐ŸŒŸ NICE TO HAVE

  • Experience in document oriented databases like Elasticsearch.
  • Experience with another language like Golang.
  • Open-source contributions.
  • ๐ŸŒŸ HIVEBRITE'S BENEFITS

  • A competitive salary package. ๐Ÿค
  • Computer allowance and a work-from-home starter kit (desk, chair, etcโ€ฆ). ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ
  • 50% of your healthcare subscription. ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€โš•๏ธ
  • "Tickets Resto" with Swile - 8โ‚ฌ per day (50% covered). ๐Ÿ”
  • RTT (8 days). ๐Ÿ
  • Budget to improve your craft. ๐Ÿ“š
  • Nomad days policy (Work from anywhere you'd like, up to 12 weeks per year, at once or throughout the year). โœˆ๏ธ
  • ๐ŸŒŸ OFFICE & TEAM LIFE

  • International team. ๐ŸŒŽ
  • Full remote policy. ๐Ÿ‘พ
  • WeWork's office in the center of Paris with a rooftop just for us! ๐Ÿฐ
  • Pool ๐ŸŽฑ, foosball โšฝ๏ธ, gym room ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ at the office.
  • Squad days (two days per month we meet at the office). ๐Ÿ’ก
  • Team building events. ๐ŸŽ‰
  • Check out this page, to know us more. ๐Ÿ„โ€โ™‚๏ธ
  • ๐ŸŒŸ RECRUITMENT PROCESS

  • Meet Clรฉment, our Engineering Recruiter, for a first video-call to better understand your career plan and answer any of your questions (60 mins).
  • Meeting with of one of our Backend mate to discuss performance issues, product-driven approach and some RoR patterns (60 mins).
  • Meet two Backend Senior to discuss around a technical architecture review exercise (60 mins).
  • Meet Sergiu, our VP of Engineering, to speak about your long-term involvement with Hivebrite (60 mins).
  • Additional Information

    • Contract Type: Full-Time
    • Location: Paris
    • Possible full remote