Software Engineer II, Ruby (IAM Team)

About BigCommerce

BigCommerce’s mission is to help merchants sell more at every stage of business growth. Simply put, we are: built for growth so merchants can realize their visions without compromise; designed for powerful performance to enable businesses to scale seamlessly with technology they can trust; efficient in both time and cost.

Position

On the IAM Team, we build and extend the services responsible for managing access and authorization across the platform for users, partners, and the BigCommerce platform. Our primary languages are Ruby with some Scala, PHP, React + TypeScript. Architecturally we use REST APIs, gRPC, and we leverage a host of internal deployment and cloud infrastructure tools.

Be a member of our Identity and Access Management Team that powers our authentication and authorization throughout the platform. You’ll be working with team members to extend our products and integrate with a broad array of internal and external services. BigCommerce offers a heavily collaborative environment helping you expand your skill set and take ideas from inception to delivery.

What You’ll Do

• Use Ruby, Rails, gRPC, JavaScript, RabbitMQ, Docker, Resque, MySQL, Redis, and a slew of other technologies to help power our platform
• Build systems and APIs that provide world-class identity and access management features to the entire platform
• Write code that is performant, maintainable, clear, and concise
• Collaborate with our product and design teams to define feature specifications and timelines
• Engage in technical discussion of new solutions and architectures
• Participate in code reviews to maintain and improve quality
• Support an open, positive, and energized culture
• Encourage innovation and foster an environment of continuous improvement

Your qualification

• 2 years experience as a Software Engineer in Ruby or a similar language
• Minimum Bachelor's degree in CS, EE, SW, CE or MIS; or equivalent experience
• Experience with Scala, PHP, or React.js is a plus
• Think iteratively by breaking down problems into smaller, deliverable / deployable pieces
• Knowledge of gRPC, RabbitMQ, and familiarity with caching solutions
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform or Cloud Computing highly desirable
• Experience in highly scalable service-oriented architectures
• Solid UNIX knowledge
• Knowledge of RBAC and Authentication concepts a strong plus

Additional details

Our Hiring Processes Might Include

We want to see your problem-solving and analytical skills. Be prepared to write good, clean, scalable code. You don’t need to know our entire stack, but we’re looking for practical experience, someone who can solve production problems in the cloud.

• Recruiter Phone Screen
• Hiring Manager Screening
• Online Code Assessment
• On-site Interview

Note: Visa Work Authorization Sponsorship Supported and Relocation Assistance Provided