At FetLife we're looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to help us better serve the community.
The Job
As a Full Stack Engineer, you'll be working with the product team focusing on building, releasing, and testing new product features. Additionally, we're always looking for ways to improve our codebase to make it more performant and easier to maintain.
Currently, our entire platform is built as a majestic Rails monolith, using Vue.js with Typescript on the front-end.
More details about our tech stack:
Testing is done with RSpec & Capybara
Continuous integration and deployment are done with CircleCI
MySQL and PostgreSQL for our main databases
ScyllaDB for our activity feeds
Redis for session storage, queue management, and caching
ElasticSearch for full-text search
DevOps using Containers orchestrated with Kubernetes and Helm
Service and performance monitoring is done with DataDog and NewRelic
Infrastructure managed with Terraform
Cloudflare and Fastly as CDN
Here are some past projects we've worked on that might help you get a better idea of what it means to work as a Full Stack Engineer at FetLife:
Implemented a profile verification system from the ground up using government ID and/or pictures portraying a certain gesture
Improved the efficiency of our Activity Feed Deliveries by splitting longer feed event deliveries into smaller async jobs and prioritizing delivery to more recently active members
Introduced the possibility of tagging other members in pictures, videos, and writings
Added powerful filtering to our on-site reporting system using ElasticSearch
Improved location privacy for all our members by introducing granular location privacy settings
We use a standardised salary calculator for each position to ensure we are competitive, fair, and consistent. For this specific role, the rate is between $115k - $170k USD / year.
Additionally, we offer:
Paid time off:
2 weeks vacation
5 statutory holidays (e.g. Easter & Thanksgiving)
2 weeks during Christmas
4-day workweeks during the summer months (July & August)
Annual company retreat (e.g. Malaga, Miami, Vancouver, and Montreal)
Annual anniversary gift (200$ USD for every year with us, e.g. 4th anniversary is $800)
Monthly streaming music subscription reimbursement