Software Development Engineer II (Ruby on Rails)

About ART19

ART19 is a leading audio platform, providing cutting-edge tools for on-demand hosting, distribution, ad serving, and audience measurement. At the intersection of publishers and advertisers, the company powers hundreds of millions of podcast downloads every month for the industry’s largest shows. ART19 enables publishers to manage all content and ad operations in one place, offering best-in-class targeting capabilities, seamless integration with listening platforms, and a flexible infrastructure to continuously enhance revenue opportunities for its customers. ART19 equips advertisers with services to reach audiences through smart targeting and custom ad creative capabilities.

The Role

Software Development Engineers on the ART19 team are end-to-end owners. They use technology to solve complex problems across the podcast ecosystem, collaborating with team members in and across teams. They have the responsibility to improve and build new tools, services, and applications. Taking a business problem from conception and designing, developing and deploying software solutions while holding a high bar for code quality and their craft, is at the heart of how they make impact. They have a responsibility to deliver on schedule using current software engineering best practices.

Communication is an integral part of this role, and there is an expectation that they will engage with stakeholders on planning and communication of project deliverables. They may also be part of an on-call rotation within their team and in the event of problems, are able to troubleshoot, research the root cause, thoroughly resolve defects whilst maintaining ongoing communication with stakeholders and customers.

Work/Life Harmony

Our team also puts a high value on work-life harmony. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here.

Mentorship & Career Growth

Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and detailed and constructive code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Preferred Qualifications

• High level of fluency with and experience using Ruby on Rails and RubyGems.
• Experience building automated tests using RSpec to ensure that code meets quality standards and is ready for deployment.
• Experience using Active Record to interact with databases and perform data modeling.
• Experience building and scaling RESTful APIs, and familiarity with JSON:API specification.
• Experience using Git for version control and collaborating with other developers.
• Comprehensive knowledge of patterns such as MVC, Mocking, and Object-Oriented Programming.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with other teams such as product and design to deliver high-quality software on time and on target.
• Continuously enjoy staying up-to-date with the latest technologies and best practices in software development.
• Experience using GitLab CI/CD for continuous integration and delivery.
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code and experience using Terraform to define, provision and manage infrastructure.
• Experience utilizing AWS services to build and deploy applications in the cloud.