Roadie is a crowdsourced delivery service that connects businesses with items to deliver with drivers already on the road. Roadie works with businesses across virtually every industry to provide a faster, cheaper, and more scalable solution for same-day deliveries nationwide. Roadie reaches 90% of U.S. households — the largest local same-day delivery footprint in the nation.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work to create technology solving real-world problems in the crowdsourced delivery space. Your work will evolve the architecture and design of the backend frameworks to meet the ever-increasing scalability and performance requirements. The ideal candidate has deep technical experience, thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants to do more than write code. 

What You’ll Do

• Play an integral role in the development, design, testing, and maintenance of Roadie’s platform APIs and services
• Work across the engineering team to refactor existing systems and architect new features and solutions at scale
• Partner with Engineering leadership to scope and define work across the team
• Apply experience and knowledge of industry best practices to support and continuously improve the performance, efficiency, and maintainability of existing applications
• Lead by example and mentor developers in all aspects of planning, development and testing
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Data Science team members, providing a voice in backend architectural design decisions
• Contribute to establishing and improving software engineering best practices

Technology We're Using Now

• Backend: Go, Python, Ruby on Rails
• Postgres, Redis, Kafka, Redshift
• Heroku, AWS
• Docker, Kubernetes
• git, GitHub, CircleCI

What You Bring

• 5+ years of software architecture and software development experience
• Strong expertise in multiple programming languages (Ruby or Go, preferred)
• Exposure to microservices design and architecture
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly
• Proven track record of providing stable and secure code in production environments
• Desire for continuous improvement of processes, code, and efficiency
• Strong communication skills with the ability to distill complex problems into digestible insights

Why Roadie?

Competitive salary. Great health benefits (medical/dental/vision/life), 401k with company match. Flexible schedule with generous PTO, guaranteed monthly 3-day weekends, and the technology you need to get the job done. 

All team members are currently working remotely and enjoying a monthly WFH stipend.