tastytrade is looking to hire a Software Engineer (Ruby) to modify existing systems, take ownership of current systems, contribute to greenfield projects, and troubleshoot issues as they arise, ultimately aiming to empower individual traders with a better trading experience.
Requirements
- Have deep expertise in at least one language or framework, dealing with it in a production context
- We expect a Software Engineer to have dabbled in languages, frameworks, or technologies beyond their expertise.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain Ruby APIs, services, and systems that reliably and efficiently handle order routing and ledger flows
- Implement technology improvements to enhance security, reliability, and performance
- Provide guidance and leadership to more junior members of the team when questions arise about language or implementation specifics, as well as contributing in a meaningful way to our peer review process
- Translate requirements and technical direction into production-quality code with lightweight guidance from a senior engineer or team leadership
- Work independently on smaller scope tasks and work under the guidance of a senior engineer to contribute to larger projects
- Write comprehensive tests for your code
- Perform light infrastructure work to support application development work where applicable
Other
- You must be able to learn quickly in areas where you don't have deep expertise.
- Demonstrable professional experience working as a software engineer on a team
- Hybrid - Chicago, IL (3 days/week in office)
- Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they have every single qualification. Our team is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway.
