Senior Software Engineer – Ruby at UPS - United Parcel Service

Title: Senior Software Engineer – Ruby

Location: REMOTE

Job Description:

Roadie, a UPS Company, is a logistics management and crowdsourced delivery platform. Founded in 2014, Roadie offers businesses fast, flexible and asset-light logistics solutions for last-mile delivery. Roadie enables local delivery to more than 95% of U.S. households by providing access to more than 200,000 independent drivers nationwide – allowing businesses to offer their customers delivery optionality for almost any industry, from airlines to artisans.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Internal Operations team, you’ll focus on production support and optimization of our existing internal technologies in a fast-paced, agile environment. The ideal candidate has deep technical experience, thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants to do more than write code.

What You’ll Do

• Write clean, high-quality, maintainable, and performant code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of internal applications by identifying bugs and solving problems
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product and Operations teams to improve performance of existing systems
• Work in a fast-paced environment where we are frequently iterating to support the needs of our users, enhancing our apps and redefining feature roadmaps
• Plan and execute on short-term and long-term engineering goals individually and within the greater technology team
• Lead by example and mentor developers in all aspects of planning, development and testing
• Contribute to establishing and improving software engineering best practices

Technology We’re Using Now

• Backend: Go, Ruby on Rails
• Postgres, Redis, Kafka, Redshift
• AWS
• Docker, Kubernetes
• git, GitHub, CircleCI

What You Bring

• At least 6+ years of software architecture and software development experience
• Strong expertise in multiple programming languages (preferably Ruby)
• Exposure to microservices design and architecture
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly
• Proven track record of providing stable and secure code in production environments
• Desire for continuous improvement of processes, code, and efficiency
• Strong communication skills with the ability to distill complex problems into digestible insights

Why Roadie?

• Competitive compensation packages
• 100% covered health insurance premiums for yourself
• 401k with company match
• Tuition and student loan repayment assistance (that’s right – Roadie will contribute directly to your existing student loans!)
• Flexible work schedule with unlimited PTO
• Monthly 3-day weekends
• Monthly WFH stipend
• The technology you need to get the job done