Lead Software Engineer

A bit about us

Everything runs on a single Rails app and one Postgres database, deployed on Heroku. Laptops are MacBook Pros, and you pick your own editor.

The Lead Software Engineer will build and maintain services, APIs and internal tools, working closely with product and design. We work hybrid out of Madrid, usually three days in, two days remote.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Debug performance problems using profilers, logs and tracing in Datadog or Grafana.
• Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code review.
• Write unit and integration tests and keep the CI pipeline green.
• Work with product managers and designers to scope features and cut what isn't needed.
• Take part in an on-call rotation (roughly one week in six) and help resolve production incidents.
• Keep dependencies current and patch findings from Dependabot or Snyk.

About you

• 7+ years of professional software development experience.
• Some exposure to AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Familiarity with Git, pull request workflows and CI tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins or CircleCI.
• Working knowledge of testing practices: unit, integration and contract tests.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and basic system design.
• Willing to join the on-call rotation once ramped up.

Perks and benefits

Pay: €68,000 - €83,000 annually

• Flexible start and finish times.

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

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