Platform Engineer

Signal Vine•Alexandria, VA

12d

About The Position

Signal Vine, LLC is an exciting early-stage company with customers and revenue which is growing quickly and looking for our next technical hire. We are building an incredible company that helps solve social issues with technology. We recognize that the key to our growth and success is hiring great people. Our ideal candidate for this position is someone who has the enthusiasm for creative problem solving, but maintains the dedication and focus to achieve desired results. We have built a communication platform for educational organizations to reach today's youth. Our platform combines text messaging with data analytics to deliver a highly personalized and interactive experience for students. Our platform helps educational organizations achieve their goals by allowing them to engage their students in a way that is natural and easy for both parties. About the Job Our stack is Haskell, Ruby, Git, Ubuntu and we are primarily looking for a Haskeller with a deep understanding of computer language development to help build the next generation of the Signal Vine platform. Your main focus will be building our custom DSL, you will also be expected to work on all aspects of the Signal Vine tech platform, including tasks such as maintaining our Ruby on Rails application as necessary, responding to customer support requests, and preparing demo content. Further, we expect you to maintain a holistic view of how technology can be used to further the Signal Vine vision.

Requirements

Have built release quality software with Haskell
Are able to create custom DSLs
Can do self directed work
Work well with others
Are intellectually honest
Can express technical concepts to a non-technical audience
Hold a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics, Computer Science or related
Are trust worthy and conscientious

Nice To Haves

Have experience with Ruby, Scala, AngularJs
Are interested in dev-ops and build automation
Have used web frameworks to build one or more applications (i.e. RoR, NancyFx, Flask, Play, etc....)
Can use CSS effectively
Know Unix well
Have public examples of projects you’ve completed
Have published technically relevant articles, blog posts or books
Maintain a social media presence that represents your technical interests and ability

Responsibilities

Building our custom DSL
Maintaining our Ruby on Rails application as necessary
Responding to customer support requests
Preparing demo content
Maintaining a holistic view of how technology can be used to further the Signal Vine vision.