Platform Engineer

Alvine Engineering, Inc.; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Health insurance

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

An innovative tech company in Alexandria, Virginia, seeks a technical hire specialized in Haskell. The candidate should have experience building release-quality software and the ability to create custom domain-specific languages. Responsibilities include maintaining the tech platform and developing the next generation of educational communication tools. A bachelor's degree in Mathematics or Computer Science is required. This role offers competitive salary, equity, and health insurance.

Qualifications

• Experience building release quality software with Haskell.
• Ability to create custom DSLs.
• Self-directed and able to work well with others.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop Signal Vine tech platform.
• Work on custom DSL and Ruby on Rails application.
• Respond to customer support requests.

Skills

Building release quality software with Haskell

Creating custom DSLs

Self-directed work

Collaboration skills

Intellectual honesty

Technical communication to non-technical audience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics, Computer Science or related field

Tools

Ruby

Scala

AngularJs

Job description

Signal Vine, LLC is an exciting early-stage company with customers and revenue which is growing quickly and looking for our next technical hire. We are building an incredible company that helps solve social issues with technology. We recognize that the key to our growth and success is hiring great people. Our ideal candidate for this position is someone who has the enthusiasm for creative problem solving, but maintains the dedication and focus to achieve desired results.

We have built a communication platform for educational organizations to reach today's youth. Our platform combines text messaging with data analytics to deliver a highly personalized and interactive experience for students. Our platform helps educational organizations achieve their goals by allowing them to engage their students in a way that is natural and easy for both parties.

About the Job

Our stack is Haskell, Ruby, Git, Ubuntu and we are primarily looking for a Haskeller with a deep understanding of computer language development to help build the next generation of the Signal Vine platform. Your main focus will be building our custom DSL, on which you will also be expected to work on all aspects of the Signal Vine tech platform, including tasks such as maintaining our Ruby on Rails application as necessary, responding to customer support requests, and preparing demo content. Further, we expect you to maintain a holistic view of how technology can be used to further the Signal Vine vision.

You...

• Have built release quality software with Haskell
• Are able to create custom DSLs
• Can do self‑directed work
• Work well with others
• Are intellectually honest
• Can express technical concepts to a non‑technical audience
• Hold a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics, Computer Science or related
• Are trustworthy and conscientious

It’d be cool if you...

• Have experience with Ruby, Scala, AngularJs
• Are interested in dev‑ops and build automation
• Have used web frameworks to build one or more applications (i.e. RoR, NancyFx, Flask, Play, etc....)
• Know Unix well
• Have public examples of projects you’ve completed
• Have published technically relevant articles, blog posts or books
• Maintain a social media presence that represents your technical interests and ability

We will...

• Pay a competitive salary including equity and health insurance
• Respect your work schedule and habits by focusing on results
• Offer you a chance to go on an exciting ride as the company grows