Senior Software Engineer – AI-Driven Platform & Full‑Stack

Yardstik; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401k Retirement Plan

Health Savings Account

Liberal Vacation Policy

Career acceleration

Job summary

Yardstik is a startup software company focused on trust and safety in background screening. Senior Software Engineer will collaborate to build features for internal and external APIs (Ruby on Rails, Postgres) and UI using modern cloud technologies.

Join a team dedicated to redefining Yardstik's core background check platform, with an early-stage culture that values collaboration, quality software, and continuous delivery.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a Software Engineering role.
• Experience with AI-powered tools.
• Experience with Ruby on Rails.
• Experience with Redis, Sidekiq, AMQP, Docker.
• Experience with PostgreSQL.
• Experience with Rest APIs.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services.
• Experience with authentication, encryption, and security techniques.
• Expertise with UI development.
• Strong technical documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Be a part of the highly collaborative Technology team at Yardstik.
• Contribute to the architecture, design, and implementation of full-stack platform needs.
• As a team member, assist with day to day development and management of use cases, story writing, code review, and QA/API Documentation.
• Leverage an API-first strategy, where APIs come first for both internal and public-facing use.

Skills

AI-powered tools

UI development

Ruby on Rails

Redis

Sidekiq

AMQP

Docker

PostgreSQL

REST APIs

AWS

Authentication & Security

UI Design

Technical documentation

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Redis

Sidekiq

AMQP

Docker

PostgreSQL

REST APIs

AWS

Job description

Yardstik is a startup software company focused on trust and safety in background screening. Senior Software Engineer will collaborate to build features for internal and external APIs (Ruby on Rails, Postgres) and UI using modern cloud technologies.

Join a team dedicated to redefining Yardstik's core background check platform, with an early-stage culture that values collaboration, quality software, and continuous delivery.