Senior Full-Stack Developer

A rapidly-growing company that leverages the power of technology to seamlessly connect subject experts with learners across the world, is looking for a Senior Full-Stack Developer. The selected candidate will be contributing largely to the international business department, which has a large legacy application in PHP and RoR. The US-based, ed-tech company is transforming the industry with innovative solutions and engaging attitude. It has raised more than $100mn during their Series C round of funding. This position requires a minimum of 6 hours overlap with the EST time zone. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Document the codebase and engage in knowledge sharing with the rest of the team
• Guarantee top quality code; practice code reviews, unit tests, integration tests, end-to-end tests in a continuous integration environment
• Participate in architecture discussions, influence the roadmap, and take ownership and responsibility over new projects
• Work with a variety of teams to integrate front-end components with back-end databases and applications
• Enhance the overall application performance by adding new features

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 3+ years of relevant experience as a full-stack developer
• Demonstrable experience working with Ruby on Rails, PHP, and AWS (RDS and Redis)
• Some knowledge of CSS, NGINX, HTML, and JavaScript is desirable
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with other team members
• Ability to function without hand-holding and micromanagement
• A demonstrated track record of taking initiative and acting as a leader