Backend Engineer

Position overview:

TED stages conferences and produces video media that it brings to millions of people around the world, through web media and other platforms. As a Back-End Engineer, you will be responsible for the backend systems that power our user-facing experiences that power a lasting archive of ideas. You will work directly with experience designers and product owners to take new features from conception to production.

Skills:

• 5+ years Ruby on Rails experience, including gem development or rails engines
• 8+ years overall professional experience in software development
• Experienced in relational and document-based databases
• Strong focus on code-quality, documentation, test-driven development, performance, scalability, monitoring, and readability
• Able to debug and test problems through complex interconnected HTTP based services.
• Experienced with Devops technologies including Docker/AWS
• Curious and knowledgeable about web technologies and frameworks.
• Able to refactor legacy projects in addition to greenfield development
• Strong 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
• Experienced in building APIs for internal and public consumption, JSON:API or GraphQL a plus.
• Some experience with Javascript backend technology: Express/Node a plus
• Some experience in Javascript, CSS, HTML, and related Web APIs a plus

Responsibilities:

• Analyze user requirements and design solutions for new features
• Design tools and libraries that will be used by other back-end engineers and company-wide
• Manage and monitor back-end testing, performance, and code quality
• Influence and guide the direction of our products and back-end technology
• Experiment with new technologies and share discoveries with the team
• Foster growth and support other back-end engineers through constructive, collaborative code reviews
• Clearly communicate technical constraints and opportunities with stakeholders
• Willingness to contribute however possible to ensure overall effectiveness of position
• Other duties and special projects as may be assigned from time to time
• Travel: Upon request / as needed

Benefits: 

• Full health benefits (medical, dental, vision) 100% paid by TED for employees
• Paid family leave
• Work-life balance encouraged (TED closes for a 2-week summer break and 1-week winter break plus you're eligible for additional paid time off)
• Free OneMedical and SpringHealth membership for you and your dependents to address physical and mental well-being
• 401k with match