Software Engineer, Senior - Ruby on Rails

As a Senior Software Engineer working on our Awards Management product (Mostly Ruby on Rails, Elixir, and Phoenix, but also some .NET, C#) you will focus on developing and enhancing web applications, while working with some of the latest technologies in user interfaces, server architecture, and cloud-based computing. The successful candidate will join a community of engineers organized into Scrum teams focused on Blackbauds state-of-the-art award management and stewardship management capabilities.

• Write well-documented and structured code on a daily basis to meet biweekly sprint software development goals.
• Evaluate and improve security and performance of critical application components.
• Attend weekly development meetings and actively participate in discussions around weekly software development goals and best practices.
• Work closely with product management, scrum master, and teammates in other cross-functional roles to coordinate implementation and provide progress updates at daily standup meetings.
• Work closely with architect to assure all systems are in line with long-term strategy.
• Complete all planned tasks including new development and maintenance requests.
• Mentor junior team members by regularly reviewing and providing feedback to ensure robust high quality coding standards.
• Submit code for evaluation and feedback from Engineering team members through use of pull requests.
• Perform design and code reviews for all key application functional components.
• Consistently write unit and integration tests around code and maintain the test suite.
• Develop a strong understanding of software development methodologies and styles that are most effective.
• Develop a strong understanding of the product domain and code base in order to become more efficient and effective.

• 5+ years of professional experience in a backend web application stack. We use Ruby on Rails, Elixir, and Phoenix.
• Extensive experience with common web technologies required JavaScript, CSS, and HTML
• 1+ years of experience with C# and .NET Core is preferred.
• Experience working with RESTful services and APIs.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable web application and industry development standards
• Experience with cloud deployment and database technologies. We use Postgres, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, Redis, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Docker.
• Experience with version control tools such as git and continuous integration.
• Experience using testing frameworks.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with other software engineers on projects.
• Strong problem solving and prioritization skills.