Staff Engineer

Description of the offer

• Be a partner to the CEO, working closely with them to deliver the business vision and strategy in equilibrium with maintaining a healthy engineering environment for product growth.
• Be an inspiring technical leader to the team, guiding and collaborating with all stakeholders to deliver large features and improvements while maintaining a high level of quality.
• Solve technical challenges of the highest complexity with minimal guidance. Promote innovation within the team by exploring new solutions to problems impacting product growth or team performance.
• Identify and develop a technical vision complementing the business vision. Advocate for improvements to product quality, performance, observability, maintainability, and security.
• Ensure the product meets Relay’s Engineering guidelines on technical practices, software delivery, and operational performance. Advocate and guide the team toward DevOps adoption.
• Iteratively identify and drive improvements to processes and guidelines. Lead by example and encourage documentation for clarity, transparency, and efficient communication in an all-remote workplace.
• Provide mentorship for other engineers and help them grow as technical contributors and thrive independently.
• Demonstrate Relay’s core values in all professional interactions

• 12+ years of production Ruby experience.
• Strong experience with JavaScript (vanilla or framework-specific).
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Significant experience with high-traffic Sidekiq setups.
• Highly desirable: experience with infrastructure on AWS/GCP.
• Highly desirable: experience with observability tools.
• Strong sense of ownership.
• Ability to balance business needs and deliver high-quality solutions.

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