Software Engineer III, Ruby on Rails

Reporting to the Senior Director, Software Engineering, the Software Engineer III is responsible for being an effective member of the scrum team, participating in the maintenance and development of Cofense PhishMe, mentoring less experienced engineers, and being mentored by those more experienced.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Implement new features using code that emphasize clarity, robustness, and maintainability
• Maintain, support, and improve existing features
• Actively learn and teach through pair programming and code reviews
• Contribute to team planning efforts assessing technical feasibility of product changes
• Rotating on-call duties with other team members
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

• Proficiency with Ruby and Ruby on Rails
• Test-Driven Development with RSpec, MiniTest, Cucumber, or equivalent
• git or similar VCS
• Proficiency with relational databases (e.g. MySQL, Postgres) independent of ORMs
• Comfort navigating the command line
• Experience with AWS (Certified Solutions Architect preferred, any level)
• Motivation and curiosity to continuously learn and improve

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• At least three years professional experience developing a Ruby on Rails application
• At least three years of overall professional experience preferred

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The above statements are neither intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be a listing of all of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job. This job description is not a contract of employment, either express or implied. Employment with Cofense will be voluntarily entered into and your employment is considered at will. Cofense reserves the right to alter the job description at any time without notice.

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