Senior Back-End Developer

Seeking Alpha is looking for a Senior Back-End Developer to join their R&D group. This role involves building robust features and optimizing performance for paid users, ensuring a seamless experience with exclusive content and advanced tools. The developer will collaborate with product managers and data teams to enhance the product, focusing on developing APIs for modern SPAs, contributing to architectural ideas, and writing highly scalable, reusable, and testable code. The position is 100% remote.

Must Have

• Develop API for modern SPAs
• Participate in product design and planning
• Develop and test user-facing features
• Write scalable, reusable, testable code
• Optimize application speed and performance
• Collaborate with teams and departments
• Build APIs for AI-powered workflows
• Experience in OOP and MVC design
• Understand data structures and design patterns
• 5+ years back-end development with Ruby on Rails
• Solid Ruby syntax and core concepts
• Experience building authenticated, role-based APIs
• Proficiency with SQL and NoSQL databases
• Familiarity with MySQL, ElasticSearch, CouchBase, Redis
• Comfortable with Git version control
• Knowledge of server-side architecture best practices
• Deep understanding of HTTP protocol and networking

Perks & Benefits

• Flexible, balanced environment
• Remote work options
• Array of perks
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities

Description

Join a Company That Invests in You

Seeking Alpha is the world’s leading community of engaged investors. We’re the go-to destination for investors looking for actionable stock market opinions, real-time market analysis, and unique financial insights. At the same time, we’re also dedicated to creating a workplace where our team thrives. We’re passionate about fostering a flexible, balanced environment with remote work options and an array of perks that make a real difference.

Here, your growth matters. We prioritize your development through ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities, helping you reach new milestones. Join Seeking Alpha to be part of a company that values your unique journey, supports your success, and champions both your personal well-being and professional goals.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for a Senior Back-End Developer to join our R&D group. In this role, you will be responsible for building robust features and optimizing performance, ensuring that our paid users enjoy a seamless, reliable, and high-quality experience as they access exclusive content, advanced tools, and insights tailored to their needs. You will work closely with other developers, product managers and data teams to contribute to the ongoing development of our product, enhancing the value it delivers to our subscribers.

This role is 100% remote, offering flexibility to work from home.

What You'll Do

• Develop API for modern, cross-platform responsible SPA from the ground up.
• Participate in product design and planning discussions and contribute architectural ideas.
• Develop and test new user-facing features.
• Write highly scalable, reusable, and testable code.
• Optimize the application for maximum speed and performance.
• Collaborate with teammates and people from different departments to brainstorm, set targets, and devise solutions.
• Collaborate with our AI-powered workflows by building APIs and data integrations that enable seamless interaction between backend services and AI features.

Requirements

• Experience in OOP and MVC design and development patterns. Good understanding of data structures and design patterns.
• 5+ years of back-end development experience in building large, complex, highly scalable web applications using the Ruby on Rails framework.
• Solid understanding of Ruby syntax, its nuances, and core concepts. Ability to write clean and readable code.
• Experience building APIs, including authentication, cleanliness, and role-based access permissions.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL database technologies (e.g. MySQL, ElasticSearch, CouchBase, Redis, etc.).
• Comfortable with source version control software (Git).
• Knowledge and understanding of server-side architecture best practices.
• Deep understanding of the HTTP protocol and networking.
• Problem solver: Have the ability to break down complex requirements into actionable tasks.
• Impact-driven, user and business oriented.
• Strong sense of responsibility, ownership, and a mindset of “get things done”.