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Experience architecting complex backend systems
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LOCATION: NYC OR REMOTE
Hi, we're DailyBurn a fitness and nutrition company based in Midtown Manhattan. We'd like you to come join our multi-discipline engineering team to build software on a wide array of platforms and technologies.
We really are a fitness company, we have our own well equipped gym in the office and offer a gym membership budget for all employees.
Everyday we get messages from users sharing the changes they've made in their lives not every company can say the same. If fitness is an area of interest for you this is a great place to get involved in changing peoples lives.
We are currently hiring a Lead Backend Engineer and Senior Web Engineer. The Lead Backend position is only available to candidates in NYC or willing to relocate to NYC (we provide relocation help and compensation).
As a member of our Engineering team you'll get:
* Yearly conference and travel budget
* Your pick of development hardware
* Access to all the corporate benefits of IAC (DailyBurn is part of IAC)
* Monthly gym membership benefit
Our team is currently made up of 10 developers with a team of 2 working on iOS and the rest of our team focused on web and platform development.
The DailyBurn engineering team offers the chance to work on a wide range of different technologies. Our main web platform is built using Ruby on Rails, but we also work with node.js and golang on our backend systems.
We have client applications built for many of the major mobile and TV platforms (using Javascript, Objective-C, Java
and more) and you as a part of the team will have the opportunity to get involved in many of these different platforms.
We have built a number of production systems in the Go programming language and are investing in using it as systems language for our backend.
Lead Backend Engineer:
* Deep experience with Ruby on Rails or an equivalent web platform
* Experience leading development efforts for a team
* Experience architecting complex backend systems
* Experience with golang a plus
Senior Web Engineer:
* Experience with Ruby on Rails or an equivalent web platform
* Comfortable taking on any level of technical challenge
* Proven track record of shipping production software in rails or an equivalent web technology
* Experience with golang or React a plus
Reach out to me directly: paul@dailyburn.com