Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer

Shoobs is a Y Combinator backed online discovery & ticketing platform. We are on a mission to give event organisers and upcoming artists a voice within a vastly competitive market. From celebratory club nights, and concerts, to comedy nights, networking events & more.

We are at an exciting stage of development and looking for a talented and experienced Lead Engineer to join this forward-thinking and vibrant start-up on a full-time basis. You will have a good understanding of software and cloud architecture and will be able to engage across the business to influence the product roadmap. You will be building upon an existing strong foundation.

You’ll play a key role in shaping our product for the future and changing the landscape of ticketing & events and will report directly to our CEO. Your responsibilities include:

Technical Responsibilities:

Lead and contribute to the design and development of our end-to-end product Produce effective and efficient clean code for web and mobile applications Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software Collaborate, develop and execute on product roadmaps Aid in the evaluation and integration of new tools, vendors, and technologies Manage and drive adoption of AWS cloud Managerial Responsibilities: Present department-level technical metrics, financials, and roadmap to leadership Help to recruit, train, support, and retain our technical team Establish guidelines and employee on-boarding and utilisation procedures for internal and third-party tech products Be a subject matter expert and provide the company with best practices and recommendations on current and emerging technologies

Your Experience:

Minimum of 5 years of Ruby on Rails experience Front-end technologies including HTML, CSS and JavaScript frameworks Cloud computing platforms (preferably AWS) SQL & NoSQL database development, management and maintenance Integrated payment systems, Stripe or similar Knowledge of industry-standard continuous integration and delivery best practices for releasing software

It would be nice if you also have: Experience as a lead developer and/or technical team manager on previous projects An interest in music, events and/or urban culture