Job description
Senior Software Engineer II
Who we are
Jellyvision ALEX®, is on a mission to improve lives by helping people choose and use their benefits. We are raising the bar—for benefits and the employee experience (for our employees and those of the customers we serve) – by scaling personalization, compassion and an earnest intent to be helpful in all that we do.
Jellyvision people are a group of creative problem solvers who use good judgment, give each other honest feedback, engage in real debate, and snack frequently. We are curious, hungry, and humble—because we know this is how we’ll continue to make an impact. We’re kind, biased towards action, and sweat the details to create great experiences for those we serve.
We are an inclusive, human-first workplace. Respect and trust for each other are foundational, and our equitable total rewards offerings support the lives and holistic well-being of our unique people. At Jellyvision, expect career experiences that challenge you, empower you to have a direct impact on our mission, and enable you to learn, try, and do while having fun along the way.
What’s the role?
As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll provide technical leadership for a cross-functional team consisting of application and test engineers. You’ll spend your days writing well-designed, reliable, and maintainable code. You’ll also keep things running by solving problems and making sure they stay solved by writing tests.
What you’ll do to be successful
1.) Design and develop clean, straightforward solutions to problems
- Write high-quality, maintainable, reliable, and performant code
- Adhere to Agile methodologies and focus on rapid delivery, CI/CD, and test automation
- Be a key part of a team building a greenfield project from the ground up
- Transfer knowledge and best practices in React Native to other engineers
- Mentor junior developers, conduct code reviews, and provide technical guidance to ensure code quality and best practices
- Architect scalable and maintainable solutions that meet performance and security requirements
- Investigate and resolve technical issues, bugs, and performance bottlenecks
- Proactively identify areas in the team’s code where technical debt may slow the SDLC, understanding the cost/benefit of addressing it, and present solutions to the team
- Be curious! Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and trends in software development
2.) Manage and collaborate with key stakeholders
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and other key stakeholders to define high level system requirements
- Coach, mentor, and set an example for less experienced team members
- Give and receive constructive code review feedback
- Collaborate with Jellyvision’s non-tech teams (ex. designers, writers, producers)
Experience & skills you’ll need
- 5+ years of experience developing cross-platform/hybrid applications
- Expertise in React Native and Expo CLI
- Proficiency in full-stack development, ideally with Python or Ruby on Rails
- Understanding of relational databases (experience writing raw SQL is a bonus)
- Understands how to consume internal and external APIs
- Automated testing experience (unit, integration, and functional tests)
- Familiarity with container orchestration; ie. Docker
- Track record of helping expand and optimize CI/CD and pipelines
- Comfortable in AWS or other cloud environments (DevOps experience is a bonus)
- Bonus: Experience with a headless CMS
The Details
- Location: Remote
- Starting Salary: $145,000 - $160,000
What Jellyvision will give you
Check out our benefits here! Jellyvision is committed to continuous evolution and to fostering a more diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is welcomed, valued, and respected. It doesn’t matter your race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, sex, or country of origin…we just want amazing people who are willing to grow along with us.
