Senior Software Engineer II

Senior Software Engineer II 

Who we are 

Jellyvision’s 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 backend team that primarily supports and builds out APIs used by Jellyvision’s core products. 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 

• Ensure the team maintains Jellyvision's values, standards, and best practices ● Foster an inclusive team environment 
• Write high-quality, maintainable, reliable, secure, and performant code ● Adhere to Agile methodologies and focus on rapid delivery, CI/CD, and test automation ● Manage code repositories and codebase health 
• Write unit, integration, and browser tests 
• Lead the design and implementation of complex software systems or applications ● 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 identifies areas in the team's code where technical debt may slow the team and understand the cost/benefit of addressing it 
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and trends in software development. ● We’ll measure success by ticket throughput, impact on team metrics, and quality of deliverables. 

2.) Collaborate with key stakeholders 

• Collaborate with Product Managers and other stakeholders to define high level system requirements 
• Coach and mentor less experienced team members 
• Give and receive constructive code review feedback 
• Collaborate with Jellyvision's non-tech teams (ex. designers, writers, producers) ● We’ll measure success through performance reviews and assessing feedback from peers and stakeholders. 

Experience & skills you’ll need 

We're looking for Senior Software Engineers with 7+ years of relevant experience, strong architecture design chops, and solid software engineering fundamentals. 

• Proficient in Ruby/Rails and Python 
• Understanding of relational databases 
• Experience building RESTful APIs and interacting with third-party APIs ● Experience writing comprehensive unit, integration, and functional tests ● Deep understanding of version control tools (we use git and Gitlab) 
• Familiarity with container orchestration; ie. Docker 
• Familiarity with CI/CD and pipelines 
• Experience in AWS or other cloud environments 
• Experience working with highly available and scalable backend applications ● Experience working as part of an agile product engineering delivery team ● Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and present complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders 

Bonus points if you have 

• Experience with API integrations/partnerships 
• Knowledge of machine learning algorithms and techniques 
• Familiarity with Typescript and/or React 
• DevOps experience 
• Experience with Terraform or other IaC tools

Core competencies 

• Manages Ambiguity 
• Optimizes Work Processes 
• Collaborates 
• Communicates Effectively 
• Drives Results 
• Ensures Accountability 
• Manages Complexity 

The Details 

• Location: Remote 
• Starting Salary: $140,000 - $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.

Although we have a Chicago-based HQ that employees are welcome to work out of whether they’re local or just visiting, this position is also eligible for work by a remote employee out of CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MI, MN, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA or WI.