Overview
Senior Back-end Engineer role at Toptal.
This is a remote position.
We do not offer visa sponsorship or assistance.
Resumes and communication must be submitted in English.
About Toptal
Toptal is a global network of top talent in business, design, and technology that enables companies to scale their teams, on-demand.
With $200+ million in annual revenue and team members based around the globe, Toptal is the world’s largest fully remote workforce.
We take the best elements of virtual teams and combine them with a support structure that encourages innovation, social interaction, and fun.
We see no borders, move at a fast pace, and are never afraid to break the mold.
Responsibilities
- Write elegant, efficient, and testable Ruby code that is easy to maintain and debug.
- Cover code with tests and perform manual testing of features, while reviewing the work of colleagues.
- Work on the infrastructure part of the project, collaborating with Infrastructure Engineers.
- As a true teammate, continuously improve the team’s processes, brainstorm ideas, communicate statuses, and progress.
- Mentor team members, provide feedback, and continuously improve as a professional.
- Learn new concepts and technologies.
- Design, develop, document, analyze, create, test or modify computer or cloud based systems or programs.
Milestones in the first period
- First week : Join our team, be introduced to Toptal’s practices and processes; start participating in company-wide training sessions; set up your local environment and get familiar with our tech stack; create your first pull request.
- First month : Familiarize yourself with the team’s business domain; contribute to product development; develop a deeper understanding of our technologies, processes, and product pipeline.
- First three months : Actively supply software planning, development, and maintenance; suggest and implement improvements to processes and codebase, exercising discretion and independent judgment.
- First six months : Lead technical initiatives in the team; drive improvements to the codebase and processes.
- First year : Have a detailed understanding of Toptal’s technical stack, collaboration rituals, processes, and performance; mentor new team members.
Qualifications and Job Requirements
- 5+ years of web development experience with Ruby/Rails.
- 5 years of experience with SQL databases.
- Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming, automated software testing, development, and testing essential methodologies.
- Knowledge of GraphQL and Kafka is preferred but not required.
- Ability to consider multiple quality dimensions like user impact, failure tolerance, code maintenance, implementation time, security, and performance.
- Be genuinely interested in technology and love to try new things.
- Tackle complex problems by considering multiple solutions, weighing them, and deciding on the best course of action.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Thrive on providing and receiving transparent but constructive feedback.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly growing company and handle a wide variety of challenges.
- You must be a world-class individual contributor to thrive at Toptal; you will not be here just to tell others what to do.
Job Details
- Employment type: Full-time
- Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
- Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
- Industries: Technology, Information and Internet
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