About the job

At SQUAKE(www.squake.earth), we are on a mission to decarbonize the travel and logistics space, accountable for roughly 25% of the worldwide CO2. With us, companies get the support they need on their journey towards becoming CO2 neutral. In a nutshell, SQUAKE supports clients by providing them a state-of-the-art carbon API - built from developers for developers.

As 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.

On the technical side, extensive experience building high-traffic websites using Ruby and Ruby on Rails is a hard requirement. Experience with DevOps(AWS services, Terraform) and Frontend(Vue.js, TailwindCSS) is a plus but not required.

The Stack

Ruby on Rails backend, typed using Sorbet
Open API Specs according to OAS3 that power our public documentation, found here (we adhere to SemVer and write a public changelog)
PostgreSQL
Terraform
Bonus: Amazon Web Services(RDS, ECS, Cloudwatch, IAM, ..)
Bonus: TypeScript, Vue.js, TailwindCSS

How we work

We have a biweekly sprint planning call
You will have a weekly 1-1 call with our tech lead
We work asynchronously, but within ±6 hours of CET
For complex features, write a design doc before coding
All code goes through code review, reviews are split out evenly across the team
We use Tuple for pair programming

About you

Technical Skills & Experience

You've built complex apps in a Ruby on Rails + modern frontend stack before, with a codebase optimized for performance and scale
You've designed & shipped large applications with many components and data structures
You have a proven ability to design interfaces that stand the test of time, showing anticipation of future product changes
You have experience integrating complex third party APIs
You are able to successfully refactor existing code and get rid of tech debt without regressions

Personality

You are able to handle ambiguity, and can push projects forward even when there is not a clear best path
You see things through from start to finish
You can manage yourself but you also work well with others
A good sense of humor and a great team player
Fluent English and an excellent communicator