Software Engineer II (Ruby on Rails)

Storable is looking for a SE II to join its all-remote Insurance product team! As an engineer for our Insurance products, you will be responsible for designing and developing Insurance systems to support our highly trafficked self-storage software. We enable our clients to DO MORE and worry less through building trusted relationships, delivering innovative technology solutions and providing an exceptional, worry-free experience. 

How is this different from other software engineering jobs?

As the leading provider of technology solutions in the self-storage space, we are creating innovative experiences in an industry where that has not existed before. Storable is making an investment in a sizable shift to our architecture and this job is an opportunity to get in on that close to the ground floor of our new direction and help shape the future of a leading provider's technical approach. You should be passionate about building the right solutions and be comfortable working in an open-ended dynamic environment where roles are flexible and communication is essential, but most of all, have a real love for coding patterns, and technical design across our teams. This is a great opportunity for you to join a growing team that encourages creativity, teamwork, professional growth, and advancement. 

What you'll do every day:

• Designing and develop Insurance product using Ruby on Rails
• Improve our ability to shift quality to the left on our application engineering process
• Communicate and coordinate effectively within the squad, across our technology team, and with our business partners to deliver on top priorities
• Working with other engineers, encouraging engineering best practices demonstrating how to create effective designs and write maintainable, reusable code
• Contribute to documentation and testing of our Insurance applications
• Contribute to the software design of our Insurance applications to improve development velocity, maintenance cost, testing, functionality, platform independence, and performance

Job Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality software design and architecture
• Identify, prioritize and execute tasks in the software development life cycle
• Develop tools and applications with the team by producing clean, efficient code
• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting
• Review and debug code
• Perform validation and verification testing
• Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to fix and improve products
• Document development phases and monitor systems
• Ensure software is up to date with the latest technologies
• Make improvements to existing code as needed

Desired Skills

Must haves

• BS in Computer Science (or equivalent)
• 5 years of professional work experience in software development
• At least 3 years of experience developing applications using Ruby on Rails
• Experience with relational databases preferably SQLServer or PostgreSQL
• Proficient with cloud technologies (AWS)
• Soft skills to support a positive and productive team environment
• A self-starter with the ability, passion, creativity, and confidence to independently problem solve and produce results 
• Ability to work remotely in an environment conducive to productivity
• Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude
• Solid written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with Agile software development

Nice to haves

• Experience using docker containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD
• Experience with C#, Node.js, React or PHP 
• Deep understanding of software design patterns
• Strong history of implementing testing methodologies to move quality to the left. Specific focus on implementing unit tests in a monolithic application base.