Software Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL

About The Position

Requirements

• At least one year of experience shipping production code.
• Have built and shipped major features in Ruby on Rails and/or React.
• Comfort working with version control such as GitHub.
• Proficiency with at least one code editor, such as VS Code, Sublime, or Vim.
• Comfort working with tools such as Slack and GSuite.
• Willingness to respond to on-call events when they occur.
• Up to one year of post-high-school training, such as business school, community college, or vocational training.
• 0% travel required.

Nice To Haves

• SQL knowledge.
• Experience with Heroku.
• Experience with React Native.

Responsibilities

• Write code to solve business problems and handle tickets.
• Develop features using Ruby on Rails and a PostgreSQL database.
• Write code using React, JavaScript, and CSS.
• Perform deploys in a Heroku environment.
• Develop and implement backend solutions and interact with relational, NoSQL, or caching databases.
• Implement and optimize features; ship and maintain reliable, scalable, efficient code.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production errors and identify root causes.
• Develop mobile features for iOS and Android using React Native.
• Review teammates’ work and provide constructive, actionable, and directional feedback.
• Collaborate with colleagues and help unblock peers so the team can deliver.
• Contribute to discussions that influence the roadmap and product development of Home Chef tools.
• Communicate clearly and write code while pair programming.
• Explain trade-offs among technical approaches and solutions.
• Participate in regular team meetings focused on product roadmap planning and team efficiency.
• Respond to on-call events when they occur.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance available.
• Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation time.
• 401k program; the benefits description also specifies a 401k match.
• Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses.
• Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer with promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off their first order.