# Senior Backend Developer (Ruby)\nAt DBL we're looking for a Senior Backend Developer (Ruby) to join our team.\n\n## About the job\nWe are a remote-first company builder working in the aviation and maritime industries. We're currently hiring for a Tech Lead and a full-stack developer for a new SaaS product which will help ship owners optimize their emissions profile under various new regulations.\n\nAs a senior developer, you are someone who can see projects through from beginning to end, coach others, and self-manage. We’re looking for an eager person who can bring our team to the next level with their technical knowledge, people skills, and real-world experience.\n\nOn the technical side, we are looking for extensive experience building APIs (we use Ruby) and complex UIs (we use TypeScript and Vue/React). Experience with DevOps (AWS services, Terraform) is a plus but not required.\n\n\n## The Stack\n* Ruby and Sorbet as a backend language\n* Postgres, Redis\n* Amazon Web Services (RDS, ECS/Fargate, Cloudwatch)\n* Bonus: TypeScript, Vue or React, Tailwind CSS for frontend\n* Bonus: Experience building data pipelines\n\n## How we work\n* Our biweekly sprint planning call is our only regular meeting\n* For complex features, write a design doc before coding\n* All code goes through code review, reviews are split out evenly across the team\n* A dedicated "runner" fields ad-hoc requests and bug reports each week, so that everyone else can focus\n* We use Tuple for pair programming\n\n## About you\n### Technical Skills & Experience\n* You've built complex apps in a Ruby on Rails + modern frontend stack before, with a codebase optimized for performance and scale\n* You've designed & shipped large applications with many components and data structures\n* You have a proven ability to design interfaces that stand the test of time, showing anticipation of future product changes\n* You have experience integrating complex third party APIs\n\n### Personality\n* You are able to handle ambiguity, and can push projects forward even when there is not a clear best path\n* You see things through from start to finish\n* You can manage yourself but you also work well with others\n* Fluent English and an excellent communicator\n \n\nPlease mention the word **ADMIRING** when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RMjE2LjczLjIxNi4xMjU=). This is a feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n $90,000 — $130,000/year\n \n\n#Location\nwithin ±3 hours of CET

**(Toronto area candidates preferred or remote in GMT-4, GMT-5, GMT-6, GMT-7, and GMT-8 timezones. All candidates should have eligibility to work in Canada. We are not offering working visa sponsorship at this time so please apply only if you are eligible to work in Canada)**\n\nCrowdlinker is an end-to-end digital product studio based in Toronto and Barcelona with a relentless focus on our customers. We connect people through technology by being the strongest link between companies, their ideas, and their clients. We do so by excelling at digital strategy, creative design, full-stack development of websites & web/mobile apps, and digital marketing (SEO, SEM, PPC, Marketing Automation). Our clients include large startups like Freshbooks, TopHat, League, and Second Closet, as well as enterprises like Unilever, Nestlé and NBC Universal. We create cutting-edge applications using the latest technologies and design them with an exceptional user experience.\n\nAs a Full-Stack Developer, you will be responsible for ensuring that user stories and features of projects are executed using sound development practices and the most up-to-date and reliable tools. You will collaborate with product managers and designers to ensure that the problem is being solved in the correct manner. Every team member at Crowdlinker is equally responsible for the success of the project as a whole and so you will bring a strong level of organization, communication and accountability to the work that you do.\n\nWe are looking for someone to be a Full-Stack Ninja, and so your ability to code the front-end is critical and a strong understanding of the back-end is needed. We are looking for developers with an obsession for clean, well-structured coding practices who think about the sustainability of the products they build.\n\nWe are growing quickly, which means there are always new and exciting challenges at Crowdlinker. We are looking for someone who is comfortable taking risks and solve burning problems. We embrace change, see challenges as opportunities and focus on solutions. We do offer great pay and benefits. We hope you can join us to push the boundaries of what’s possible.\n\n## Requirements\n### Must Haves:\n* 2-3+ years of web / mobile development experience.\n* Proficient knowledge of Node.js / PHP\n* Excellent understanding at least one Node.js / PHP framework like Express.js, NestJS, Laravel etc.\n* Experience working with SQL databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL) OR NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, etc.)\n* Experience working with REST APIs\n* Proficient in using front-end library such as React.js\n* Proficient with TypeScript, ES5/ES6, state management libraries like Redux / Context API, React Hooks, JSX and CSS-in-JS\n* Experience designing application architectures and concepts like unit testing, TDD, and continuous integration.\n* Impeccable written and verbal communication skills as you will be working closely with designers, product managers and sometimes clients.\n* A sound understanding of design concepts and best practices required to build systems with considerations for scalability, performance, maintainability, testability, and extensibility\n* Strong understanding of project management tools in the Atlassian Suite (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence etc.)\n* Experience working with Agile principles\n* Experience with Git for version control\n* Proficient in writing maintainable CSS / SCSS with a strong understanding of Flexbox & experience working with responsive web design frameworks, such as Bootstrap / Zurb Foundation\n* Have excellent communication, collaboration skills and comfortable communicating via email, Slack or on video calls\n\n### Nice to Haves:\n* Experience with GraphQL\n* Experience with testing libraries like Jest, Cypress, etc.\n* Experience with Docker\n* An overall understanding of popular frontend and backend languages, their associated frameworks and their upsides/downsides.\n* Can mentor and coach other developers to skill up in their craft\n* Familiarity with cloud providers, such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform and Digital Ocean\n* An impressive portfolio / Github handle to demonstrate skillsets\n\n### Responsibilities\n* Participate in technical design and planning discussions\n* Work closely with our designers on implementing designs into code\n* Work closely with our product managers to ensure projects are delivered in a timely fashion\n* Provide timely and accurate estimates for project deliverables\n* Hands-on troubleshooting, debugging and fixing of issues during development and post-release\n* Participate in and contribute to client meetings and proposals\n* Lead, mentor and coach our developers to level them up in their craft\n* We don't expect you to know all of the above! We're always constantly working with new technologies and learning is a part of the job!\n\n### What’s in it for you?\n* Gain experience working with team of experienced developers.\n* Learn and implement the latest and greatest in new frameworks and technologies. (Receive up to $10k to take relevant courses.)\n* Learn faster by working on a variety of client projects throughout the year.\n* A ground-level opportunity to join a growing company early and accelerate your career.\n* Code with us the sensible way, using continuous integration, automated testing and deployment, proper testing/staging servers, Git flow and all other DevOps practices that make developers’ lives easier overall.\n* A strong culture of excellence, mutual mentorship, and transparency.\n* The chance to work in fully operational, cross-functional product teams, giving you the opportunity to enhance your understanding of design, digital marketing and product management.\n\n### Perks\n* Competitive compensation\n* 5 weeks paid vacation\n* Comprehensive medical and dental plan, which includes $800 per practitioner (e.g. massage therapy, physiotherapy, orthotics, acupuncture, etc...)\n* Flexible hours with an option to work from home\n* Optional computer hardware\n* Optional company mobile hardware and phone plan\n\n### Duration of the role\nThis is a full-time, permanent role, not a contractor position. \n\nPlease mention the words **THERE HAPPY HAIR** when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RMjE2LjczLjIxNi4xMjU=). This is a feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n $80,000 — $90,000/year\n \n\n#Location\nWorldwide

\n(Toronto area candidates preferred or remote in GMT-4, GMT-5, GMT-6, GMT-7, and GMT-8 timezones. All candidates should have eligibility to work in Canada. We are not offering working visa sponsorship at this time so please apply only if you are eligible to work in Canada)\n\nCrowdlinker is an end-to-end digital product studio based in Toronto and Barcelona with a relentless focus on our customers. We connect people through technology by being the strongest link between companies, their ideas, and their clients. We do so by excelling at digital strategy, creative design, full-stack development of websites & web/mobile apps, and digital marketing (SEO, SEM, PPC, Marketing Automation). Our clients include large startups like Freshbooks, TopHat, League, and Second Closet, as well as enterprises like Unilever, Nestlé and NBC Universal. We create cutting-edge applications using the latest technologies and design them with an exceptional user experience.\n\nAs a Full-Stack Developer, you will be responsible for ensuring that user stories and features of projects are executed using sound development practices and the most up-to-date and reliable tools. You will collaborate with product managers and designers to ensure that the problem is being solved in the correct manner. Every team member at Crowdlinker is equally responsible for the success of the project as a whole and so you will bring a strong level of organization, communication and accountability to the work that you do.\n\nWe are looking for someone to be a Full-Stack Ninja, and so your ability to code the front-end is critical and a strong understanding of the back-end is needed. We are looking for developers with an obsession for clean, well-structured coding practices who think about the sustainability of the products they build.\n\nWe are growing quickly, which means there are always new and exciting challenges at Crowdlinker. We are looking for someone who is comfortable taking risks and solve burning problems. We embrace change, see challenges as opportunities and focus on solutions. We do offer great pay and benefits. We hope you can join us to push the boundaries of what’s possible.\n\nRequirements\n\nMust Haves:\n\n\n* 2-3+ years of web / mobile development experience.\n\n* Proficient knowledge of at least one backend programming language like Node.js / Python / PHP\n\n* Excellent understanding at least one backend framework like Express, NestJS, Laravel or Django etc\n\n* Experience working with SQL databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL) OR NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, etc.)\n\n* Experience working with REST APIs\n\n* Proficient in using front-end frameworks such as React.js, React Native or Vue.js\n\n* Proficient with TypeScript, ES5/ES6, state management libraries like Redux / Context API, React Hooks, JSX and CSS-in-JS\n\n* Experience designing application architectures and concepts like unit testing, TDD, and continuous integration.\n\n* Impeccable written and verbal communication skills as you will be working closely with designers, product managers and sometimes clients.\n\n* A sound understanding of design concepts and best practices required to build systems with considerations for scalability, performance, maintainability, testability, and extensibility\n\n* Strong understanding of project management tools in the Atlassian Suite (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence etc.)\n\n* Experience working with Agile principles.\n\n* Experience with Git for version control\n\n* Proficient in writing maintainable CSS / SCSS with a strong understanding of Flexbox & experience working with responsive web design frameworks, such as Bootstrap / Zurb Foundation.\n\n* Have excellent communication, collaboration skills and comfortable communicating via email, Slack or on video calls.\n\n\n\n\nNice to Haves:\n\n\n* Experience with GraphQL\n\n* Experience with testing libraries like Jest, Cypress, etc.\n\n* Experience with Docker\n\n* An overall understanding of popular frontend and backend languages, their associated frameworks and their upsides/downsides. \n\n* Can mentor and coach other developers to skill up in their craft. \n\n* Familiarity with cloud providers, such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform and Digital Ocean.\n\n* An impressive portfolio / Github handle to demonstrate skillsets.\n\n\n\n\nResponsibilities\n\n\n* Participate in technical design and planning discussions\n\n* Work closely with our designers on implementing designs into code.\n\n* Work closely with our product managers to ensure projects are delivered in a timely fashion.\n\n* Provide timely and accurate estimates for project deliverables.\n\n* Hands-on troubleshooting, debugging and fixing of issues during development and post-release.\n\n* Participate in and contribute to client meetings and proposals.\n\n* Lead, mentor and coach our developers to level them up in their craft\n\nWe don't expect you to know all of the above! We're always constantly working with new technologies and learning is a part of the job!\n\n\n\n\nWhat’s in it for you?\n\n\n* Gain experience working with team of experienced developers.\n\n* Learn and implement the latest and greatest in new frameworks and technologies. (Receive up to $10k to take relevant courses.)\n\n* Learn faster by working on a variety of client projects throughout the year.\n\n* A ground-level opportunity to join a growing company early and accelerate your career.\n\n* Code with us the sensible way, using continuous integration, automated testing and deployment, proper testing/staging servers, Git repos with proper branching and all other DevOps practices that make developers’ lives easier overall.\n\n* A strong culture of excellence, mutual mentorship, and transparency.\n\n* The chance to work in fully operational, cross-functional product teams, giving you the opportunity to enhance your understanding of design, digital marketing and product management.\n\n\n\n\nPerks\n\n\n* Competitive compensation.\n\n* Potential for stock in the company.\n\n* 5 weeks paid vacation.\n\n* Comprehensive medical and dental plan, which includes $800 per practitioner (e.g. massage therapy, physiotherapy, orthotics, acupuncture, etc...)\n\n* Cool office in trendy Entertainment district at 119 Spadina Avenue.\n\n* Flexible hours with an option to work from home.\n\n* Optional computer hardware.\n\n* Optional company mobile hardware and phone plan.\n\n\n\n\nDuration of the role\n\nThis is a full-time, permanent role, not a contractor position. \n\nHow to apply\n\nIn your application, please include:\n\n\n* A link to your GitHub profile if you have one.\n\n* A link to your LinkedIn profile if you have one.\n\n* A link to your portfolio of work if you have one.\n\n* A summary of how you would be able to make a difference in our team.\n\n\n\n\nYou may include a traditional resume and cover letter as well, although it is not required. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Full Stack, Developer, Digital Nomad, React, DevOps, Video, Laravel, Cloud, CSS, NoSQL, Git, Python, Mobile, Marketing, Medical and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n

\nA Software Manager at Confluence is responsible for leading a team of 8 to 12 Software Developers in the production of high-quality Cloud software products.  This position is responsible for the technology, staffing, development, delivery, and ongoing continuous improvement of the software engineering team.  The Software Manager takes a “hands-on” approach by participating in design decisions, code reviews, planning sessions and other technical discussions.   As part of a larger software product development organization, the Software Manager is involved in many cross-functional product and process improvement initiatives as both a team member and leader.  The Software Manager must work full-time from our Pittsburgh, PA office. \n\nWhat Will You Do?\n\n\n* Recruit, hire, train, mentor, and facilitate the success of a team of talented Software Engineers.\n\n* Create Employee Development Plans that support, encourage and evaluate personal growth.\n\n* Maintain team morale via regular individual and team-wide communications. \n\n* Perform all HR management activities for your team.  \n\n* Set team goals and objectives that are aligned with technology, product and business plans.\n\n* Define, implement and improve software development processes and tools.\n\n* Support the team in project and product release planning processes.  \n\n* Lead the team to meeting their commitments by removing roadblocks and providing hands-on assistance. \n\n* Stay current with technology trends and instill a continuous learning mindset in the team.\n\n* Ensure the team is adhering to established quality practices and is proactively identifying quality concerns.\n\n* Work with cross-functional teams to develop strategies to improve technology and enhance the product portfolio.\n\n* Occasionally design, develop and test software to maintain a good working knowledge of software development practices, technologies, tools and challenges. \n\n\n\n\nWhat Technical Skills Do You Need?\nYou should have eight or more years of experience in software development with two or more years managing and leading software teams.  \n\nYou need these technical skills:\n\n\n* Broad experience using Frontend technologies such as JavaScript, Typescript, html, css along with frameworks such as Angular, Aurelia, Bootstrap, Knockout and jQuery.  \n\n* Experience with backend technologies like C#, ASP.Net, SQL Server, and MongoDB.  Expertise in some subset of these technologies is highly desired.\n\n* Proven experience delivering commercial Cloud software products. \n\n* Significant experience implementing and optimizing the tools and processes used throughout the Software Development Lifecycle.  DevOps or Continuous Integration & Deploy practices are highly desired.   \n\n* Thorough understanding of software quality practices including unit testing, secure software development practices, and non-functional testing. \n\n* Work in an Agile software environment using Scrum.\nYou need these management and leadership skills:\n\n* Expertise at creating high-performing teams focused on team success over individual recognition.\n\n* Effective at all types of HR People management activities.\n\n* Proven success developing, mentoring and coaching software engineers of various experience levels.  \n\n* Takes initiative in planning tasks, removing obstacle, and closing knowledge gaps.\n\n* Quality mindset.\n\n* Ability to collaborate cross-functionally.\n\n* Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.\n\n\n\n\nWe require a sound decision maker that utilizes knowledge of business to drive decisions with a great sense of commitment in doing the job right the first time. We are looking for someone with a strong willingness to learn continuously and take ownership and accountability.\n\nExperience managing and leading geographically dispersed teams is required as several Confluence Software Developers work remotely full time from their home office.\n\nConfluence's company culture and values guide our decisions, whether it's about product, brand or people. So, if you are an ambassador of Integrity, Imagination, Discipline and Service to others and have the skills and interest, we would love to hear from you. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Executive, Developer, Digital Nomad, DevOps, Cloud, CSS, HR and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $67,500 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n