Strava
Software Engineer - Infrastructure
Engineering | San Francisco, CA, United States


About this Job
We're looking for an experienced engineer who has been successful working with a small team to build and deliver products from scratch. The ideal candidate is passionate about both writing excellent code and working with a great team to deliver products. This role is for the seasoned generalist who appreciates the user experience and is comfortable working at all layers of our Rails/Ruby stack. At Strava we love engineers that can express their ideas - it's not a coincidence that the best engineers are often the best writers.
 
Responsibilities
  • Translate high-level customer/business needs into well-defined and scoped functionality
  • Implement new functionality, improve existing infrastructure
Requirements
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
  • Deep knowledge of Java, Ruby, or Python
  • Experience building web applications in a production environment (enterprise or consumer) using an MVC framework
  • Work examples or personal projects that show an aptitude for product sense
  • Disciplined approach to testing and quality assurance
  • Proficiency in SQL and data-modeling
Desired
  • Experience with Rails
  • Experience working on a test-first/agile development team
  • Experience scaling high traffic websites
  • Experience performance tuning MySQL
  • Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and Javascript
 
 



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