Senior FS Ruby on Rails Developer

Are you writing the next chapter?

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A US-based software platform headquartered in the Monmouth County NJ area in use by hundreds of news publishers doing great things for their community helps them outperform Google and Facebook for local ad sales (and they definitely deserve it). It was created in 2012. Their AI-powered platform combines innovation and simplicity, offering a library of over 200 unique ad formats (like their famous 3D rotating cube), advanced analytics, and seamless campaign management tools.

They are over 10 years into writing a grand underdog story. They´re underdogs for a lot of reasons. All of their customers are underdogs.

The team is seeking intrinsically motivated thinkers, scrappy specialists, managers, and misfits.

They value deep thought, perspective, purpose, optimism, and authenticity. They have fun, yell at each other, learn, dream, and maintain a dogged, undying pursuit of being really good at what they do.

Theyre still getting there.

Currently, the team is hiring for a Senior Software Engineer. Apart from the CEO and COO, you will be the only engineer on the team youll have flexibility and autonomy as long as you do great work.

The tech stack is Ruby/Rails, Node, MySQL, Postgres, Clickhouse, and a bunch of other stuff hosted on AWS and managed pretty well.

Responsibilities:

• Top-level work in building and maintaining a high-volume web app (40MM/requests/day), also enhancing their AI integrations.

• Helping the support team find/kill bugs, which will include writing automated tests with RSpec

• Doing DevOps stuff

• Being a baller

Qualifications:

• Expertise in Ruby on Rails, Node.js, MySQL/PostgreSQL (ClickHouse), and front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).

• Proven experience with automated testing frameworks, particularly RSpec.

• Experience building and maintaining high-volume web applications.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Hands-on experience with AI integrations or tools.

• Deep understanding of optimizing performance for high-traffic platforms.

Who You Are:

• You constantly working on learning to become the best at your craft

• You like being surrounded by people that you can both learn from and teach

• You like to work on things that are actually important

• You are the kind of person that solves problems and other peoples problems, even if it requires learning shit you dont know.

• You see the power in AI but are familiar with the drawbacks

• You want a place where you will work for a long time and grow personally, financially, and professionally

What Wont Work

• If you are careless about the company or people you work with

• To you, engineering is just a job that pays the bills

• You think you know stuff that you dont and refuse to admit otherwise

Travel is not expected to be frequent but might occasionally happen (1 time yearly) for the company on sites (eg, fun times).

What Makes This Role Exciting:

• Work on the Cutting Edge: Be part of building AI-powered features and work on a high-volume, mission-critical platform.

• Direct Impact: Collaborate closely with the CEO and co-founder to shape the future of the product and the company.

• Be a Pioneer: As their first dedicated developer, you'll have the unique opportunity to set standards, define processes, and grow with the team.

• Flexibility and Growth: Enjoy a relaxed work culture that values work-life balance, with opportunities to advance into leadership roles as they scale.