Senior Software Engineer

Yardstik•Minneapolis, MN

13h•$120,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

Yardstik is a start-up software company with a mission of building trust and safety into the Internet Economy. The world of background screening, certification, and training has lacked innovation and we’re here to change that for our customers. Our enterprise-class technology allows us to provide a right-fit solution for our customers realistic for any platform, in any industry. Join us in our efforts to protect organizations and their people. We are adding a Senior Software Engineer to help build out our platform. You will collaborate with other engineers to implement new features for our internal and external APIs (Ruby on Rails, Postgres) and UI that comprise the Yardstik platform using modern cloud technologies. This position will be part of a team focused on Yardstik's core background check business. The team's mission is to push beyond existing products and features to create a new category for Yardstik. You are the right candidate if you are an experienced engineer with a passion for writing quality software who strives to remain up to date with the latest development practices and are ready and eager to hit the ground running in a collaborative environment. This is a unique opportunity to join the company at an early stage and we are looking for someone who wants to evolve with us. We are honored to have recently been named a MSPBJ Best Place to Work for the sixth year in a row and named to Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Startup Workplaces. Come be part of our amazing culture and join an environment where you can see and feel the impact of your work every day. This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Requirements

5+ years in a Software Engineering role
Experience with AI-powered tools
Experience with Ruby on Rails
Experience with Redis, Sidekiq, AMQP, Docker
Experience with PostgreSQL
Experience with Rest APIs
Experience with Amazon Web Services
Experience with authentication, encryption, and security techniques
Expertise with UI development
Strong technical documentation skills

Responsibilities

Must be comfortable incorporating AI-powered tools into daily engineering workflows throughout the SDLC
Perform coding, debugging, testing & troubleshooting
Implementing unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
Participate in code reviews by receiving & providing feedback
Participate as member of the Engineering Team within an agile approach
Support Partner & Customer Integrations
Engineering Support of Platform & Applications with on-call rotation
Be a part of the highly collaborative Technology team at Yardstik
Contribute to the architecture, design, and implementation of full-stack platform needs
As a team member, assist with day to day development and management of use cases, story writing, code review, and QA/API Documentation
Leverage an API-first strategy, where APIs come first for both internal and public-facing use