Software Architect, Back-End

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🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $175k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🔙 Backend Engineer

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TED Conferences

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

✈️ Travel

Consulting • Marketing • Travel

TED Conferences is a nonprofit organization devoted to spreading ideas through powerful talks that last 18 minutes or less. Founded in 1984, TED began as a conference intersecting Technology, Entertainment, and Design, but has expanded to cover a vast array of topics including science, business, and global issues. TED hosts a global community and provides a platform for TEDx events, allowing local communities to share ideas and knowledge. Through TED. com, the organization builds a repository of free knowledge from influential thinkers and encourages engagement and discussion among individuals who seek a deeper understanding of the world.

📋 Description

• Own the back-end systems and architecture powering TED’s media, identity, and associated systems • Build and maintain large-scale Ruby on Rails systems backed by MySQL • Ensure reliable delivery of services to millions of people • Ensure successful delivery of TED’s digital platform through coding standards, test-driven development, CI/CD, observability, alerting, and documentation • Deliver a back-end technology platform meeting demanding 24/7/365 SLAs • Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders on delivery expectations • Participate in program management practices, scrum-style meetings, standups, department meetings, and ticketing/tracking processes • Promote pairing and conduct code reviews • Foster the growth of other back-end engineers through collaborative code reviews • Analyze user requirements and design solutions for new features • Design tools and libraries for back-end engineers and company-wide use • Manage and monitor back-end testing, performance, and code quality • Influence and guide the back-end direction of conference products • Experiment with new technologies and share discoveries with the team • Use AI-enabled workflows to accelerate team work • Contribute as needed to ensure overall effectiveness • Perform other duties and special projects as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of Ruby on Rails experience, including gem development or Rails engines • 10+ years of MySQL experience • 12+ years of overall professional software development experience • Experience with DevOps technologies, including containerization solutions; Docker/AWS preferred • GraphQL API authoring and delivery strongly preferred • Demonstrated success designing complex ecosystems of web services • Experience using AI technology to accelerate coding productivity without sacrificing quality • Experience with scalability, uptime, and quality of service • Experience with data security and privacy • Experience with additional relational and document-based database technologies • Strong focus on code quality, documentation, test-driven development, performance, scalability, monitoring, and readability • Ability to debug and test problems through complex, interconnected web services • Curiosity and knowledge of new web technologies and frameworks • Ability to refactor legacy projects and perform greenfield development • Ability to drive projects from inception through completion while balancing quality and speed • Values cross-functional collaboration and a diverse workplace • Familiarity with Git, version control, and Unix/Linux command-line best practices • Some experience with JavaScript back-end technology; Express/Node a plus • Some experience with JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and related Web APIs a plus • Ability to use common office equipment and software including MS Office, Mac programs, Google Docs, and functional databases • Cover letter, resume, and writing sample or portfolio required

🏖️ Benefits

• Employees can work remotely • Equal opportunity/affirmative action employment • Travel upon request