Staff Engineer - Full Stack, Ruby on Rails
About the Role
Do you thrive on working across the full stack from DB models to the screens customers interact with, collaborating with product and design on product evolution, leading refactors and designs to reduce tech debt, and sharing your knowledge to grow team capabilities? Then this may be the job for you. The Loan Origination team builds our refinance platform, supporting both human-assisted and fully digital refinance from application through title transfer working in Ruby on Rails with the additional responsibility of overall stewardship of our rails monolith for all engineering. Our approach focuses on continuous improvement by learning the customers' needs and reducing friction.
What you'll do
Work with other Staff engineers and leadership to improve our code, striving for flexibility and agility in the face of expanding and changing business requirements
Aid in work breakdown and agile trade offs in our scrum process, efficiently and effectively delivering great software sprint by sprint
Participate as a non-manager leader engaged with leadership on planning and partner business development discussions
Partner with Product Owners to understand the market and business context for your product, participating in a collaborative environment for product design and evolution
Mentor and coach the engineers on your team to expand their technical skills
Play a leadership role in defining and evolving how Engineering works at Caribou
This role may work remotely from a state where Caribou operates. Candidates in the greater Denver, CO market may also work hybrid or in-office from our Caribou office in downtown.
About the Role
Do you thrive on working across the full stack from DB models to the screens customers interact with? This may be the role for you! We are seeking a full-stack software engineer who will collaborate closely with product and design to define requirements, drive iterative development, lead refactoring efforts to reduce technical debt and mentor teammates to build collective knowledge and capabilities. The Customer Acquisition team builds our borrower refi application UX and API for partner integrations, working in React/TypeScript/Node.js and Ruby on Rails monolith. We are embarking on a migration from React to Hotwire Stimulus in Rails. Our approach focuses on continuous improvement by learning the customers' needs and reducing friction.
What you'll do
Work with other Staff engineers and leadership to improve our code, striving for flexibility and agility in the face of expanding and changing business requirements
Mentor and coach the engineers on the team to expand their skillsets through peer programming, coaching, and being a multiplier of leadership
Aid in work breakdown and agile trade offs in our scrum process, efficiently and effectively delivering great software sprint by sprint
Participate as a non-manager leader engaged with leadership on planning and partner business development discussions
Partner with Product Owners to understand the market and business context for your product, participating in a collaborative environment for product design and evolution
Play a leadership role in defining and evolving how Engineering works at Caribou
This role may work remotely from a state where Caribou operates with a preference for the Chicago IL, Denver, CO, or San Francisco, CA markets.* Alternatively this role can be based out of our Caribou office in Denver, CO
Interview Roadmap:
Recruiter phone interview (30 mins)
At-home ruby coding assessment (30-60 mins)
Hiring Manager video interview (60 mins)
Final interview loop (combined 4 hrs scheduled across 1-4 business days):
System Design Interview (60 mins)
Pair Programing/Coding Interview (60 mins)
Interaction & Impact Interview (60 mins)
Partnership & Delivery Interview (60 mins)
What we look for
Prior work leading engineers maintaining and improving a Ruby on Rails monolith
Customer-focused engineers with an understanding of and passion for well-crafted software
Driven, life-long learners committed to expanding their skills in both leadership and engineering
Full-stack understanding of production software systems from hosts and HTML, to containers and caches, to databases and DNS, to runtimes and REST
Leaders with a commitment to bringing out the best in those around them as a measure of their success
Seasoned engineers with experience deploying, operating, and owning their products in production, troubleshooting and resolving production incidents
How we will take care of you
Everyone at Caribou is a valued team member. Our compensation and benefits package includes:
Competitive compensation: $170-210k
Eligible for annual performance based bonus
Equity options
401k savings program
Generous paid time off including: Flexible Time Off (FTO) for all employees and 100% paid parental leave for all parents.
Robust wellness benefits including company-paid plans for health, dental, vision, mental health, disability and basic life insurance.
Optional benefits to suit your individual circumstances such as HSAs, FSAs, supplemental life and medical insurance, and pet insurance.
Up to $1,000 per year for eligible professional development expenses.
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Staff Engineer - Full Stack, Ruby on Rails
About the Role
Do you thrive on working across the full stack from DB models to the screens customers interact with, collaborating with product and design on product evolution, leading refactors and designs to reduce tech debt, and sharing your knowledge to grow team capabilities? Then this may be the job for you. The Loan Origination team builds our refinance platform, supporting both human-assisted and fully digital refinance from application through title transfer working in Ruby on Rails with the additional responsibility of overall stewardship of our rails monolith for all engineering. Our approach focuses on continuous improvement by learning the customers' needs and reducing friction.
What you'll do
Work with other Staff engineers and leadership to improve our code, striving for flexibility and agility in the face of expanding and changing business requirements
Aid in work breakdown and agile trade offs in our scrum process, efficiently and effectively delivering great software sprint by sprint
Participate as a non-manager leader engaged with leadership on planning and partner business development discussions
Partner with Product Owners to understand the market and business context for your product, participating in a collaborative environment for product design and evolution
Mentor and coach the engineers on your team to expand their technical skills
Play a leadership role in defining and evolving how Engineering works at Caribou
This role may work remotely from a state where Caribou operates. Candidates in the greater Denver, CO market may also work hybrid or in-office from our Caribou office in downtown.
About the Role
Do you thrive on working across the full stack from DB models to the screens customers interact with? This may be the role for you! We are seeking a full-stack software engineer who will collaborate closely with product and design to define requirements, drive iterative development, lead refactoring efforts to reduce technical debt and mentor teammates to build collective knowledge and capabilities. The Customer Acquisition team builds our borrower refi application UX and API for partner integrations, working in React/TypeScript/Node.js and Ruby on Rails monolith. We are embarking on a migration from React to Hotwire Stimulus in Rails. Our approach focuses on continuous improvement by learning the customers' needs and reducing friction.
What you'll do
Work with other Staff engineers and leadership to improve our code, striving for flexibility and agility in the face of expanding and changing business requirements
Mentor and coach the engineers on the team to expand their skillsets through peer programming, coaching, and being a multiplier of leadership
Aid in work breakdown and agile trade offs in our scrum process, efficiently and effectively delivering great software sprint by sprint
Participate as a non-manager leader engaged with leadership on planning and partner business development discussions
Partner with Product Owners to understand the market and business context for your product, participating in a collaborative environment for product design and evolution
Play a leadership role in defining and evolving how Engineering works at Caribou
This role may work remotely from a state where Caribou operates with a preference for the Chicago IL, Denver, CO, or San Francisco, CA markets.* Alternatively this role can be based out of our Caribou office in Denver, CO
Interview Roadmap:
Recruiter phone interview (30 mins)
At-home ruby coding assessment (30-60 mins)
Hiring Manager video interview (60 mins)
Final interview loop (combined 4 hrs scheduled across 1-4 business days):
System Design Interview (60 mins)
Pair Programing/Coding Interview (60 mins)
Interaction & Impact Interview (60 mins)
Partnership & Delivery Interview (60 mins)
What we look for
Prior work leading engineers maintaining and improving a Ruby on Rails monolith
Customer-focused engineers with an understanding of and passion for well-crafted software
Driven, life-long learners committed to expanding their skills in both leadership and engineering
Full-stack understanding of production software systems from hosts and HTML, to containers and caches, to databases and DNS, to runtimes and REST
Leaders with a commitment to bringing out the best in those around them as a measure of their success
Seasoned engineers with experience deploying, operating, and owning their products in production, troubleshooting and resolving production incidents
How we will take care of you
Everyone at Caribou is a valued team member. Our compensation and benefits package includes:
Competitive compensation: $170-210k
Eligible for annual performance based bonus
Equity options
401k savings program
Generous paid time off including: Flexible Time Off (FTO) for all employees and 100% paid parental leave for all parents.
Robust wellness benefits including company-paid plans for health, dental, vision, mental health, disability and basic life insurance.
Optional benefits to suit your individual circumstances such as HSAs, FSAs, supplemental life and medical insurance, and pet insurance.
Up to $1,000 per year for eligible professional development expenses.