Back-end Engineer

Who we’re looking for

Our software consists of a custom B2C e-commerce application selling hospitality packages and premium tickets, and a B2B inventory management application for use by venues to manage their ticket sales on our platform. We also have a supporter exchange application allowing fans with verified tickets to sell them to other fans. These applications are built with a React.js /TypeScript web client, a backend consisting of Ruby on Rails and Elixr / Phoenix services, and a PostgreSQL database, all running on the cloud. We have integrations with many third-party services including Stripe, TicketMaster, Twilio, Salesforce and ticket suppliers.

We are looking for a passionate and talented Back-end Engineer with significant experience building back-end services with Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL. You should have a minimum of 3 years of commercial experience, a positive attitude, and a passion for building high-quality user experiences using web standards and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Build fast, robust and delightful web-based experiences for our customers
• Use your technical know-how to bring new ideas to our products
• Help to foster an enviable engineering culture, combining high standards and output
• Use software engineering best practices to ensure that we have a solid and scalable technical foundation for our business

Requirements

• Experience building back-end services and REST APIs with Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL
• Deep knowledge of the Rails and Ruby developer ecosystem, tools and best practices
• Experience working with common Rails gems like Sidekiq, Devise, RSpec
• Designing and building RESTful APIs
• Relational Database design, implementation and maintenance
• Experience scaling back-end services in a rapidly growing business
• Appreciation of the value of writing tests for your code
• An understanding of cyber-security issues and mitigations
• An understanding of application performance issues and mitigations
• Savvy with software design patterns and when to use them
• Agile, cross-functional empowered team background
• Enjoy working with front-end and DevOps engineers to create great products
• Strong communication, critical thinking, creative problem-solving, interpersonal and analytical skills
• Passionate about your craft

Bonus / additional skills

• Experience building e-commerce and marketplace applications
• Interest and understanding of functional programming languages, and experience building services with Elixr and Pheonix
• Cloud infrastructure engineering
• Computer Science or another relevant degree

Benefits