Senior Software Engineer - Fountain Hire

About the role

This role is for a Senior Software Engineer at Fountain, a leading enterprise solution for frontline workforce management. The successful candidate will collaborate with a diverse team of engineers, designers, and product managers to create user-centered web applications that empower organizations to improve employee retention.

To succeed in this position, it is important to have a proven track record of working with rich enterprise products and possess strong problem solving skills, and a solid technical background in frontend/backend development, relational modeling, API interfaces, scalability, and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain product features and enhancements
• Collaborate closely with product and design teams to bring features to life
• Review and collaborate with other developers' work
• Implement RESTful API endpoints, build new functionality in our Ruby on Rails backend codebase, build upon our PostgreSQL model
• Ensure the quality, reliability, operations, and security of all our products
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks and optimize applications for maximum speed, scalability and ease of use
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and continuously seek opportunities to enhance the user experience

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in full stack software engineering
• Proven experience in product-oriented software development
• Proficiency in modern technologies, including but not limited to:
• Ruby on Rails
• React
• TypeScript
• PostgreSQL (must have)
• MUI
• Elasticsearch
• Webpack
• MongoDB
• Express
• TailwindCSS (nice to have)
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically about user interactions and system architecture
• Ability to work independently and confidently, even in dynamic situations and with limited information
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, in English, to effectively collaborate with team members and stakeholders

Nice to Have

• Experience in B2B SaaS startup environments and remote international settings is strongly preferred
• Familiarity with coding agents, automated code reviews, and agentic skills and tooling
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, serverless architectures, high volume architectures, API strategies, MongoDB, AWS, micro-services, web security, and Agile methods is highly desirable
• Experience working in an Agile development environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Past positions in startups and international contexts will be appreciated

Benefits

• FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT
• Competitive health insurance plans
• Christmas bonus
• Flexible time off
• Fountain-wide perks including paid holidays, annual allowances for ongoing education related to your profession and career advancement, along with home office, cell phone, and wellness reimbursements

Qualifications

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Sick Leave
• Remote Work
• Professional Development
• Parental Leave

Skills

• Startup

Pay

• FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT

Schedule

• REMOTE WORK