Backend Software Developer Details

Backend Software Developer

Diamond Foundry - Los Angeles, CA

Employment Type : Full-Time

VRAI is one of the fastest growing digital-first direct-to-consumer brands. Modernizing diamond jewelry through exclusive use of sustainably created diamonds, VRAI has innovation, craftsmanship, and sustainability at the core of its products and values. A global business, VRAI has offices in Los Angeles, Shanghai, Copenhagen, and Dubai.
VRAI is seeking an experienced backend developer to maintain and support the products at www.vrai.com and portal.diamondfoundry.com.
Experience is required in Ruby on Rails or Node.js.
VRAI maintains a strong focus on ethics in operations and in employees. We want developers who work well with others and understand the importance of kindness in the workplace. We want developers who care about the environment and sustainability.
At VRAI, you will work within a medium sized remote software development team collaboratively to develop and maintain backend services, APIs, and middleware. You will work in a team oriented environment utilizing Slack, JIRA, and git to coordinate and collaborate with the team. Responsibilities:

• Maintain and extend the existing Diamond Foundry API using Ruby on Rails
• Finding new ways to streamline the Next.js/Node.js backend for an ecommerce website
• Maintain, develop and contribute to existing and new middleware for business processes
• Maintain lambdas, digital assets, and related code on AWS
• Integrate with databases, cache services, and data warehouses
• Integrate with 3rd party API’s, services, and ERP systems such as NetSuite
• Contribute to architectural discussions, systems design, and technical roadmap of existing and new projects
• Use git for source and version control
• Write automated tests (unit tests, integration tests etc)
• Deploy code using continuous integration
• Debugging issues with AWS and Heroku infrastructure

• BS in Computer Science or related
• 3 + years of coding and development experience in architecting/managing systems
• Experience with Ruby on Rails (RoR), Next.js, Node.js, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, REST APIs
• Experience with Golang, Docker, BigQuery, Redis, AWS, Heroku
• Passion for creating clean, maintainable codeUpholds best practices in engineering, security, and design
• Self-motivated and highly collaborative