Software Architect, Back-End
$175,000–$200,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Own the back-end systems and architecture powering TED's media, identity, and associated systems by building and maintaining large-scale Ruby on Rails and MySQL solutions. Ensure successful delivery through rigorous engineering best practices including test-driven development, CI/CD enablement, observability, and thorough documentation while meeting demanding 24/7/365 SLAs. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to analyze user requirements, design new features, and influence conference product direction. Manage and monitor testing, performance, and code quality; conduct code reviews and foster growth among back-end engineers. Experiment with new technologies and AI-enabled workflows to accelerate team productivity.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years Ruby on Rails experience, including gem development or rails engines
- 10+ years MySQL experience
- 12+ years overall professional experience in software development
- Experienced with DevOps technologies including containerization solutions with a preference for Docker/AWS
- Demonstrated success in designing complex ecosystems of web services
- Demonstrated experience using AI technology to accelerate coding productivity without sacrificing quality
- Experience with issues of scalability, uptime and quality of service
- Experience with data security and privacy
- Experienced in additional relational and document-based database technologies
- Strong focus on code-quality, documentation, test-driven development, performance, scalability, monitoring, and readability
- Able to debug and test problems through complex, interconnected web services
- Curious and knowledgeable about new web technologies and frameworks
- Able to refactor legacy projects in addition to greenfield development
- Ownership of work with the ability to drive projects from inception through to completion, balancing doing it right and doing it fast
- Values cross-functional collaboration and a diverse workplace
- Familiarity with git, version control, and Unix/Linux command line best practices
- Travel: Upon request
Desired Qualifications
- Experience authoring and delivering APIs via GraphQL strongly preferred
- Some experience with Javascript back-end technology: Express/Node a plus
- Some experience in Javascript, CSS, HTML, and related Web APIs a plus
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