Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

About the position

Guideline is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our expanding engineering team. You will join a distributed team of remote employees and employees based near our offices. As a Backend Engineer on an agile team, you will build upon our growing line of products that bring the possibility of a safe retirement to more people.

Responsibilities

• Scope projects and design systems architecture for usability and scaling our products.
• Develop features that improve complex processes and systems, making them more robust and performant with less human intervention.
• Design, develop, and maintain backend systems and infrastructure with a strong focus on security, scalability, and performance.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize backend infrastructure, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Work with other engineering teams to integrate security features into product development without sacrificing performance or usability.
• Champion best practices in software development, including code reviews, test automation, and continuous integration, ensuring code quality and operational excellence.
• Write clear, comprehensive documentation for system architecture, design decisions, and operational procedures.
• Work with a group of passionate technologists to help automate administrative tasks and build unique solutions to solve our users' problems.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale backend software products and systems.
• Expertise in Ruby programming language and Ruby on Rails web application framework.
• Working knowledge of relational databases, database schema design, and designing APIs.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps principles and integrating security into the development lifecycle.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and performance tuning skills.
• Familiarity with building and scaling a distributed systems environment built with Kubernetes, Docker, and GCP or similar tools.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance — We offer multiple plan options with varying company premium contributions.
• Opt-out credit for waiving coverage.
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account.
• Company paid disability and life insurance.
• Optional Voluntary life insurance.
• Mental health benefit navigation with Rula for employees and dependents.
• Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents.
• Flexible time off in addition to company holidays — We observe the NYSE Holiday Calendar.
• 401(k) Plan — We use our own platform and contribute 100% of employee contributions up to 5%.
• 1-month paid Sabbatical after 5 years of employment.
• Annual learning and development stipend — We reimburse approved professional development expenses, up to $750 per employee per year.