Vice President of Engineer

About Shipstr:
Shipstr is the first online platform for businesses to book and manage end-to-end transportation for international freight. We’re committed to providing cost-savings, transparency, and vastly increased efficiency for our customers. We’re passionate about international trade and new technology. We’re looking for smart, motivated people who share our belief that international trade should be accessible to everyone.

This position offers generous equity and competitive compensation. We offer full health, dental, and vision benefits. The Company recognizes the importance of vacation time in providing rest, recreation and personal enrichment. There is an unlimited vacation day policy.

Description
We're looking for an experienced software engineer to join our founding engineering team. You should be a passionate developer who wants to make a major impact at an early-stage startup. You should have a deep understanding of Rails development, a proven track record of building scalable web based applications, and the ability to create a strong engineering culture for junior developers. Above all, you should be an avid learner and an advocate for best software engineering practices.

Must Have

• 5+ years of experience in designing and building software using Ruby on Rails


• Strong algorithms, data structures and programming background


• Strong technical background


• A good grasp of software engineering principles, exceptional problem solving, design, programming and testing skills


• Systematic and structured in problem solving approach.
  - Ability to generalize a specific problem and derive a solution for that class of problem.
  - Ability to derive causal relationships from ambiguous data.


• Strong knowledge of object oriented software development principles with advanced working knowledge in as many as possible of the following technologies, platforms or practices:
  - Ruby on Rails, Python, Java, AngularJS, JavaScript, Apache, Nginx, Redis, MySQL and  PostgreSQL
  - Strong to advanced grasp of SOAP and RESTful API designs and implementations
  - Strong knowledge with design patterns, cohesion/coupling and S.O.L.I.D principles.
  - Cloud based infrastructure (PaaS and IaaS)


• Have experience in mentoring less experienced developers


• Demonstrate sound rationale in making design trade-offs for feature areas across complex solutions.


• Effectively manages dependencies for feature areas across complex solutions. 

Nice To Have

• Knowledge of logistics industry


• Experience designing B2B applications


• Experience designing for the international business user


• Experience with integrating third-party payment gateways and CRMs


• Experience working with and deploying to Heroku