Senior Backend Developer ( Ruby / Remote / SaaS )

Create customer value.

Publitas empowers businesses to deliver paperless discovery-commerce experiences that engage, inspire, and have the potential to reach more customers than was ever possible. We combine a healthy dose of persistence with the will to embrace crazy ideas and push new boundaries. Guided by a desire to do things better, we want to improve the world around us.

At Publitas, we’re looking to add an experienced, self-driven Senior Backend Developer to the development team. 

Ready to have an impact with us? Start the application process by filling out the screening questionnaire to see if Publitas is a good fit for you.

Take ownership by:

• Collaborating with a cross-functional team to translate customer needs and product vision into new features. 

• Helping us maintain and improve the performance, stability, and scalability of our platform. 

• Contributing to our backend architecture and strategy.

• You will be involved in monitoring and triaging issues & bugs.

• You will help and mentor less experienced developers and help us build a strong engineering team.

This challenge will suit you if:

• You have several years of experience building web applications in Ruby on Rails as well as other technologies and frameworks. Our backend is mostly Ruby on Rails with a bit of NodeJs.

• You can work back from the problem domain towards technical solutions, making technical decisions and breaking problems into manageable chunks on the way. 

• You have experience releasing, maintaining, and scaling a SaaS product on the public cloud. Our product runs on AWS. 

• You're a strong written and verbal communicator, very fluent, and comfortable with English. You can explain technical concepts and help bring consensus within the team.

Bonus: 

• You have experience with our frontend technologies, React & Redux and you can build simple things end-to-end if need be. 

• You have experience or an affinity with DevOps technologies, such as Infrastructure As Code.

• You are working in the European time zone. 

What we provide to help you achieve results:

• Competitive, market-related compensation.

• Twenty-five vacation days per year and your National Holidays off.

• Work from anywhere you desire.

• A monthly shared office space/co-working allowance.

• A one-time home office setup stipend.

• A top-of-the-line MacBook. 

• Monthly wellness allowance to stay healthy while working remotely.

• Annual retreats in some of the greatest cities in the world.

• Free books in Kindle and Audible store.

• We'll challenge and support you to get the most out of your potential through personal 1-1 sessions.

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Publitas is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create an inclusive environment that empowers our employees all over the world. We want you to feel welcome, respected, and valued for who you are — it's our differences that make us stronger! We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. Publitas welcomes all, we invite you to apply and join us!