Backend Engineer

Walla • Full-time • Remote (California, United States, US) • $110k - $140k / year • 4m ago

Hi, we’re Walla!

We believe movement is happiness. By revolutionizing the fitness industry’s software, we help boutique fitness studios get and keep more people moving. When your neighborhood fitness studio succeeds, the ripple effect is massive. We aim to make that ripple as big as possible— like, tsunami big. How do we achieve this goal? We build what it takes to support the next generation of boutique fitness studios. This means simple, smart, and flexible software built by a team that is obsessed with making our clients happy. We care about the long game, but ensure our clients’ lives are easier in the short term too. And what do we do to make sure we stay on track? We live by our core values:

Hard work, together
Big Hearted
Always Learning
Build Raving Fans

This is a Backend Engineering role within a fast-paced, agile, and brand-new software product environment. You will be responsible for writing application code in Ruby in a Ruby on Rails system. You'll work closely with a small team of designers, developers, and be responsible for software quality.

Who You Are:

You have a self-directed, start-up mentality who takes ownership for their work, doesn’t mind helping the team with periodic projects outside specific job description, and will help establish our company culture as we grow.
You use humor to carry yourself through challenges. You bring smiles, laughs, and lots of gif’s
You possess expert communication skills and empathy that allows you to communicate with individuals throughout an organization
You balance confidence with humility
You don’t waste time. You are efficient, effective, and work hard. You take pride in your day-to-day work.
You want to be part of a fast-paced environment to build something that will change the world!

What You'll Be Doing:

Leverage strong domain knowledge to provide comprehensive software solutions
Responsible for testing your code via Rspec
Possess very strong written, verbal communications skills
If a project is handed to you, you see it all the way through to completion
Show initiative & be accountable for your work with minimal handholding
Creative in finding solutions to problems
Carefully review work before it is submitted
Work toward “win-win” outcomes

What You Bring to the Team:

Experience working in Ruby and Ruby on Rails is required
Experience working in Rspec is a plus
At least 3 years of full-time software development for web-based applications
Strong ability to understand product vision/requirements
Knowledge of Database/SQL testing is a plus
Basic knowledge in either C#, Java, Javascript, or Ruby is desired
Open to flexible working hours when demanded by the project

What We Have For You:

Remote work environment
Unlimited vacation policy
Company-paid medical, dental, and vision plans / 50% covered for dependents
Participation in company equity plan with a fast-growing company
Flexible work schedule. As long as you are crushing your goals, you make your schedule!
Fun culture that celebrates wins, encourages autonomy, ownership, and transparency
We are an impact organization, and invite all of our team members to participate in our quarterly volunteer events
Commitment to employee wellness including weekly Yoga sessions with our President