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AcademicWorks

Senior Software Engineer

CompanyAcademicWorks
Websiteacademicworks.com
RoleSenior Software Engineer
Role taxonomySoftware EngineeringSenior
SpecialtiesSoftware Engineering
LocationAustin, TX / Relocation Available · Remote
Salary
Apply viaApplication linkhttps://gist.github.com/jpcody/f1187d6d0828d6620633f8f6a3b3d6da · jcody@academicworks.com
Hiring notes
TechRubyRailsPostgreSQLAWS
Parsed locationsAustin, TX, Relocation Available
Posted byjpcody
PostedJun 1, 2016
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Original posting

Senior Software Engineer | AcademicWorks | Austin, TX | Onsite (Relocation Available) ---- Solve really big problems that truly matter with a team that's smart, experienced, and kind. The Company: We're a small-and-growing (45 members) company using technology to improve access to higher education The Department: You'll join a 3-member product engineering team within a 10-member engineering department Technical Details: Ruby on Rails, AWS, Postgres, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, Redis, Memcached, and some internal tooling in Go ---- You: * Find pragmatic solutions to difficult problems * Take ownership of entire features and see them through from research to production * Work well with product management, design, and the rest of the team to accomplish big goals * Make an entire team better by being an individual contributor, a teacher, and an occasional foil * Have proficiency with some of our technical stack or can make a very strong case you can pick it up quickly ---- The Interview Process: You'll talk to a team member, then our CTO, then do some remote coding (submit existing, triage an open source issue, or we'll supply something) to chat code, then come on-site and pair, meet the team, and meet a founder. ---- Contact: jcody@academicworks.com Company Site: https://www.academicworks.com/ Even more details: https://gist.github.com/jpcody/f1187d6d0828d6620633f8f6a3b3d...