Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

Wunder Capital; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision benefits

401k matching

Unlimited PTO

Remote-friendly environment

Equity stock options

Personal and professional development

Job summary

Wunder Capital is seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to help scale our solar finance platform. You will write Ruby on Rails, contribute to the CI/CD pipeline, and collaborate with founders, product teams, and solar experts.

You will shape the architecture, tackle complex problems, and work with a team that values deep work and rapid iteration in a remote-friendly environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend experience, preferably with Ruby on Rails
• Experience building scalable backend services and APIs
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployment

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend services in Ruby on Rails
• Improve automation for solar development, value evaluation, and loan servicing systems
• Shape architectural direction and evaluate nascent technologies

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Hotwire

PostgreSQL

AWS

CI/CD

Tools

CircleCI

Heroku

Docker

AWS

Job description

• At Wunder, we’re building a team of high-performing, effective, and sophisticated engineers
• We come from a wide range of backgrounds, but regardless of where we come from, we all agree that the most fun we’ve had as engineers is when we’re working on challenging problems surrounded by peers who are dependable, ambitious, and supportive
• With that in mind, we have an amazing opportunity for an experienced, intellectually curious, and creative Senior Backend Engineer to join our fast-growing company
• Like the rest of us, this person will wear many hats; you will work closely with our founders, our product team, and Wunder’s various teams of finance and solar experts
• Your role, broadly speaking, will be to solve problems and push renewable energy forward
• Specifically, you will work alongside our talented team of engineers to bring automation to our solar development, solar value evaluation, and loan servicing systems
• Writing, reviewing, and maintaining code primarily written in Ruby (Rails + Hotwire)
• Developing and maintaining our CI/CD pipeline which allows our team to rapidly deploy well-tested code to production multiple times per day
• Solving complex problems inherent to our domain with our unique blend of Rails’ best practices, functional principles, and service-oriented design
• Working with our Product team to identify high-leverage solutions to help Wunder achieve its mission
• Shaping our architectural philosophy and technical direction by exploring nascent technologies or problem spaces new to Wunder
• Enjoying unallocated, flexible time for deep work, collaboration, or attending to the important non-work aspects of life (the engineering team has 5 hours of “no meeting zone” per day
• Establishing the way in which our team and processes evolve as Wunder embarks on its next phase of rapid growth

Benefits

• One of the only tangible opportunities to truly save the world!
• A big, bright, convenient, funky office located in Downtown Boulder
• Fully stocked kitchen with drinks, snacks, and treats
• Location agnostic, remote-friendly work environment
• Generous travel budget for remote team members
• Health, dental, vision benefits, and 401k matching
• Monthly team events & bi-annual company offsites
• Personal and professional development budget
• 11 paid holidays & unlimited PTO
• Disability and life insurance
• Equity stock options
• Flexible work schedule
• Paid parental leave

You Believe That No Problem is Too Hard - In an industry where people are constantly stuck, we find ways to get it done. You know how to articulate and roll out solutions, recognizing there are many solutions to the same problem. You find new and effective ways to streamline and create processes to increase efficiencyYou Know What You’re Doing - You should be excited to work on a high-output team, be challenged, and do the best work of your careerYou have a Team Ethos - You thrive in a creative, inventive, fast-paced rapid-growth environment, with people who are passionate about their work and mission. You’re not just excited to work cross-functionally, you demand itYou’re a Builder - You have called yourself a hacker/dev/engineer for 5+ years, during which you’ve dug deep into designing and building high-quality backend systems. Our stack includes Ruby on Rails, Hotwire, PostgreSQL, Heroku, AWS, and CircleCI. While in depth knowledge on each of these is not required, some understanding is usefulExcited About Cleantech - You are motivated to build technology which drives our clean energy future and, ideally, you are familiar with building the systems necessary to facilitate assessment, development, and management of energy assets