Senior Software Engineer

Description:

• The Driftrock engineering team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to work directly with all company members to enhance the product and drive innovation.
• The role requires a passion for problem-solving and asking questions while working on features.
• The engineer will actively participate in the engineering team, helping other developers grow their skills in a productive and challenging environment.
• A strong data-driven mindset is essential for assessing the value of work for customers.
• Driftrock is a marketing technology business founded in 2013, aiming to be the leading automotive and e-Mobility marketing platform.
• The company promotes a balanced and flexible culture, encouraging hard work while enjoying life.
• The product team is growing, with engineers passionate about technology and problem-solving, providing an opportunity to impact the team's culture and practices.
• The team believes in continuous improvement and optimizes work and communication methods.
• Weekly planning is conducted using a lean approach, allowing for multiple daily deployments and short feedback cycles.
• The platform consists of multiple services primarily built in Elixir, with some Ruby services transitioning to Elixir, utilizing APIs and RabbitMQ, and storing data in PostgreSQL and Redis, all hosted on Kubernetes and Google Cloud.
• Current projects include introducing lead qualification through various communication channels and optimizing event-driven architecture to handle increasing data volumes.

Requirements:

• Candidates should have strong backend experience in Elixir or similar languages and some experience with frontend frameworks.
• A desire to continuously learn and improve technical, communication, and soft skills is essential.
• The candidate should value and enjoy working in a small team, collaborating closely with other engineers and team members.
• The ability to provide new and diverse viewpoints for technical and product discussions and to make technical decisions is required.
• Interest in agile practices such as continuous delivery, TDD, pair programming, code reviews, and retrospectives is important.
• Some experience in mentoring engineers and insights on creating a productive team are necessary.
• A commitment to maintaining high standards of quality and security in the software produced by the team is expected.
• Candidates must be able to work in the same timezone as the rest of the team, with flexibility.
• This is a fully remote role with some travel required for company or team meetings.

Benefits:

• The position offers a holiday entitlement of 24 days, increasing by one day each year, capped at 28 days.
• There is a budget available to attend conferences or courses for further development.
• Flexibility is provided to take courses or time for personal goals.
• Maternity and paternity leave packages are available, emphasizing family priorities.
• A health plan covering medical, dental, vision, hearing, mental health, cancer, and rewards points is included.
• Employees receive share options in the company with favorable option agreements.
• A company pension scheme contribution is provided.
• Discounts and perks are available through CharlieHR.
• Life assurance and income protection policies are included.
• Certain benefits are exclusively available to employees based in the UK, while those based abroad will be onboarded through an Employer of Record, following local legal regulations.