11 months ago
Palo Alto, CA, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Scale the platform from 100 million to 500 million requests per month.
- Build and deploy globally distributed systems using sharding, read/write splitting, and high availability.
- Improve page load time by 30%.
- Design and implement a unified API.
- Build the company’s mobile experiences.
- Contribute to feature development using Ruby on Rails and JavaScript.
- Influence team structure and mentor and teach fellow engineers.
Requirements
- Interest in personal growth and helping teammates develop.
- Strong object-oriented programming fundamentals.
- Solid JavaScript fundamentals.
- Experience with Ruby on Rails or another web-based MVC framework.
- Prior experience developing a complex, multi-tenant web application.
- Deep understanding of modern web applications and issues involving scale, security, availability, deployment, and operations.
- Good understanding of RESTful API design.
Benefits
- Competitive salaries and stock options are offered, though no specific compensation figures are stated.
- Health coverage, an FSA, a 401(k) plan, and pre-tax commuter benefits are provided.
- The company offers a collaborative culture with monthly CEO Ask Me Anything sessions and All Hands meetings.
- The company is distributed, with offices in New York and San Francisco.
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About Democorp
Democorp is a Chile-based construction group that develops projects and supplies building materials for public- and private-sector clients across the Americas. Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Pudahuel (Santiago Metropolitan Region), it operates multiple business units spanning civil engineering, construction services, manufacturing, commercialization, and property development. The company is a private partnership.