Senior Software Engineer (Guatemala City)

We are looking for an experienced senior-level software engineer passionate about creating great web applications and eager to transform the way patients communicate and transact with their medical providers. A venture-backed SAAS startup company in the US provides a great opportunity for talented engineers to contribute and grow! You will work with modern development technologies and AGILE practices to deliver code to thousands of users. Some highlights of our stack include: Kubernetes backed deployment of our mission-critical products and workflow orchestration relying on AWS Step Functions and Lambda.

As a senior engineer, you will have uniquely important responsibilities and opportunities to make real impacts in the technical stack and direction of the core products. In combination with the CTO and VP of Engineering, you will assist with planning and creating tasks from business requirements as well as executing them to create, test, and deploy new features.

Requirements

Job Responsibilities

• Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code
• Designing, coding and implementing REST API resources and endpoints consumed by both integrated partners and client web applications
• Working with partners and clients to solve business problems by converting specifications into actionable development stories
• Using Ember SPA framework create new features on the front-end using Javascript, HTML and CSS
• Use Ruby on Rails and other server-side languages to handle HTTP requests, issue database queries, and serialize the response data
• Coordinate cross-functionally to insure projects meets business objectives and compliance standards
• Handle complex data modeling and performance-testing challenges that come with efficiently handling thousands of requests per-second
• Write unit tests in RSpec for all product feature requests
• Debug production issues across services and throughout the stack
• Create and implement user interfaces using best practices and toolsets
• Mentor, lead, and pair with others on the team
• Engage and support internal and external customers by answering questions and product requests via Slack, Email, and Phone
• Support test and deployment of products and features

Qualifications

• Excellent communication written and verbal communication skills (English)
• 5+ years of overall professional software engineering experience
• 2-4 years of professional engineering experience specifically using Ruby to create web applications and/or REST APIs (preferably Ruby on Rails)
• Mastery of Javascript and front-end development procedures in a Single-page Application Framework (Ember.js would be best)
• Mastery of the Ruby programming language and server-side software development best practices
• Experience designing and optimizing database models, relationships, and SQL queries in PostgreSQL (preferably through ActiveRecord ORM in Ruby on Rails)
• Familiarity with job processing, queuing and ETL best practices
• Experience with Cloud Deployment practices and system administration (Kubernetes, containers, Bash, Unix etc)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or related field)
• Experience with Agile or Scrum software development methodologies
• Ability to multi-task, organize, and prioritize work

All Resumes must be submitted in English.

Salary:

This position will pay up to Q30,000 per month.