Junior-Mid Ruby on Rails Engineer at Bonterra Tech

We are searching for an individual who is constantly looking to improve their skills and challenge how we do things.

About You:

• Experience preferred, developing Ruby on Rails applications and have:
• Pushed/pulled code to/from Github.
• Understand what a service object is, and have used them to reduce complexity of your code.
• Understand the basics of SOLID practices
• Have experience with at least one other programming language beyond Ruby
• Have used TDD/BDD in your daily development cycle.
• You're educated! You have at least a bachelor’s degree or significant experience in lieu of degree.
• You have technical skills! You have experience with deployed RoR applications. You can work with Javascript and have an understanding of relational database concepts (writing queries, applying indexes, etc). You want to improve your ability to use appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the software development life cycle.
• You love collaboration! You have the ability to work independently AND in collaboration with Ruby teammates and product leaders. You are not hesitant to reach out when you are stuck.
• You have a strong desire to learn and improve your coding abilities. You want to know more about what you did wrong than what you did right. You can immediately apply critiques of your code in the next bit that you write.

Description

Are you a passionate innovator looking to harness the power of technology to do more good? You’ve come to the right place. At Bonterra, our purpose is to power those who power social impact. To that end, we serve the people who make social good possible—the doers behind the scenes across nonprofits, public agencies, corporations, philanthropic organizations, and foundations.

As the second-largest and fastest-growing social good software company in the world, Bonterra brings together leading solutions from CyberGrants, EveryAction, Network for Good, Social Solutions, and their respective entities. By bringing our intuitive technology and expertise together, Bonterra will enable unprecedented connectivity between social good organizations and their community of supporters and constituents. This will reshape philanthropic giving, empower digital transformation, and bring the social good sector the technology it needs to accelerate lasting social change.

A day in the life?

As a Junior-Mid Full-Stack Ruby on Rails engineer, you will work with top-notch fellow Rubyists to deliver efficient, maintainable, and elegant code that helps Nonprofits grow their donor base so they can focus on their mission. You’ll report to the SVP of Growth Technology, but will be answerable to your team lead and fellow teammates, and they to you. You’ll participate in asynchronous daily standups, PR reviews, design sessions, and architectural debates. You’ll be free to work from home or one of our offices, wherever you feel you are most productive. You’ll be partnered with various members of the team depending on the task.

We are searching for an individual who is constantly looking to improve their skills and challenge how we do things.

You will:

• Write maintainable and fully tested Ruby and Javascript code.
• Learn how to and then adhere to our coding best practices (SOLID, RobuCop)
• Provide production support and bug squashing skills that improve the lives of our non-profit customers.
• Work on all phases of the development lifecycle, including new feature design and development, continuous integration, continuous deployment, refactoring, and regression testing.
• Fix data discrepancies, update customer information, and research issues.
• Communicate and collaborate with fellow engineers through Jira, Slack, PR reviews, etc.

Our Culture:

Our team is made up of industry experts and advocates who are 100% committed to supporting the doers of social good. We are currently undergoing an effort to create the vision and values that embody our collective organization and embrace the individuals who make up our community.

Our comprehensive and competitive benefits include:

• Generous Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• Equity for ALL regular, full-time employees from individual contributors to management - share in our success!
• Up to 15 paid company holidays including some commemorating social justice events and self-care
• Paid volunteer time
• Resources for savings and investments
• Paid parental leave
• Paid sick leave
• Health, vision, dental, and life insurance with additional access to health and wellness programs.
• Opportunities to learn, develop, network, and connect

We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer and evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, diversity of thought and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.