Software Engineer at iProspect (Fort Worth, TX)

Were looking for a Software Engineer to join our Technology Team.  This position will help us support a major expansion in the breadth and depth of iProspects platforms, including the set of analytics applications it drives. We firmly believe in the DevOps mentality and are looking for Engineers who not only want to build software platforms, but also the tooling and systems that allow us to efficiently operate them.  We also believe that while the experiences our applications deliver are important, the data pipelines we craft off those experiences are equally critical. The position will help us not only dramatically augment the capacity of our technology platform to deliver experiences and process events at an ever-increasing scale, but also to provide our operators with the tooling needed to onboard and manage a stream of new clients and their needs.  

As with all of our team members, youll be afforded the opportunity to continuously learn, and to practice sharing that expertise with other team members in a variety of structured and informal teaching forums.

Responsibilities

Building, Delivering, and Operating Our Platforms

• Working inside of a team to implement solutions that best meet our users needs and will be easy to operate

• Following best practices, leveraging technology and frameworks effectively, and ensuring work fits well into its application/system

• Monitoring our applications and systems and investigating issues that arise

• Understanding impact work can have on the health of our systems and acting to minimize risks

Communicating Inside the Team

• Communicating with Technology Team members to facilitate implementation of their work

• Presenting materials that help advance and inform their team

Leading by Example

• Working with fellow engineers cover knowledge gaps and identify solutions to problems

• Demonstrating and modelling proactive and thoughtful identification of issues and opportunities for technical improvements

Qualifications

• A minimum of two years of experience in software development; demonstrating successful build, rollout and ongoing delivery of business-critical consumer-facing applications and data pipelines starting from raw business requirements.

• Successful experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.

• Ability to provide guidance and mentoring to junior team members.

• Experience with languages like Python, Ruby and JavaScript.

• Professional experience using web application frameworks (Angular, Rails, Sinatra, Django, or Flask are ideal, but others are acceptable also) to build high-traffic websites, applications, and services.

• Knowledge of pragmatic engineering practices like iterative releases, test-driven development, continuous integration, and the use of version control systems (Git/GitHub is our primary system, but experience with TFS would be helpful too).

• Non-trivial experience with any SQL-based RDBMS (PostgreSQL and SQL*Server experience is especially useful).

• Experience with noSQL data stores (Redis) and asynchronous task processing.

• Experience with digital marketing or advertising a plus.

• Microservices architecture experience is a plus.

About the Team

iProspect's Technology team looks much more like a startup team than an IT team. Were a 50-person team of people with Engineering and Product backgrounds. Our culture is a teaching hospital, so we hire people from a lot of different backgrounds and experiences. As a result, we tend to focus on building and developing talent as a means to build great software and systems, which makes our clients very, very successful and grows our business. Were an Open Source shop. We use Python, Ruby, and JavaScript; PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ and Redis; Consul, Ansible, Terraform, and Prometheus.  We do use some commercial tools, though, like SQL*Server and Tableau. Our core platforms are built out in a multi-cloud infrastructure in AWS and Azure.

We like to be open-minded and pragmatic. We use Agile/Scrum to run our teams, but more importantly, we dedicate a lot of effort to team developmentmaking sure teams have the resources and environment most conducive to their success.Perks

Leapfrog is a great place to work. We have competitive pay, a matching 401k package, life & disability insurance as well as bonus potential. We focus on education, training and inclusivity on our teams in our day-to-day work, and by encouraging and financially supporting our employees to attend relevant training and conferences. We have a casual environment and strive to maintain a work/life balance, including flexible work scheduling options and parental leave. We are currently located in Evanston, however, we are in the process of building out a brand-new office space at 515 N. State in Chicagos River North.  Weve enjoyed our space in Evanston for many years, but are even more excited to move into our new state-of-the-art space in late spring/early summer.

The real perk of this job is the ability to contribute to a profitable and growing company that strives to give employees the ability to master their craft, increase their skills and be autonomous in their work. We are a small enough division that you can witness and be rewarded for your contributions, but are part of large network that allows us to partner with Fortune 100 companies. We support an individual's contribution to the community at large with multiple philanthropic activities and encourage employees to be part of their larger working collective by attending and supporting prominent conferences.

What's Next

Please submit your resume and cover letter (we really like cover letters). Consider your background, what you know, what you want to learn in your career, and how you feel you fit this position. Links to a personal blog and/or GitHub repository that would help represent the quality of your work are also greatly appreciated. If you want to know more about us and what we do, here is our tech blog: http://bit.ly/2Kyrf5p.

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