Senior Software Engineer

 
Big Think is a new media publisher exploring the world’s biggest questions with the world’s biggest thinkers. We release short-form interview videos with academics, researchers, scientists, innovators, entrepreneurs, and activists who are grappling with the world’s biggest and most interesting questions.

Big Think and our e-Learning platform, Big Think+, are part of Freethink Media, a platform for people and ideas that are changing the world. Across our two flagship sites, Freethink and Big Think, we publish over 50 new articles and short documentaries every week to a community of more than 13 million followers and subscribers. 




 
Watch this video to see what we're all about: www.freethink.com/about/careers




 
About the Role




 
Our learning product, Big Think+, is disrupting the traditional market of bland and generic training content taught by no-name moderators. Big Think+ provides a highly-curated library of expert-led, L&D-designed lessons that enable transformation and drive culture by focusing on developing mindsets and behaviors instead of skills.




 
What You’ll Do




 
Own the Big Think+ platform – Form the core of a new team focused on building the Big Think+ platform.  Work with the CTO to develop and realize the product roadmap, select technologies, and drive the platform forward.
 
Develop and maintain the documentation and test suite – Make both the application documentation and its test suite first class citizens.
 
Mentor the team – As a senior engineer, mentor current and future engineers of varying skill levels and backgrounds, helping them to grow professionally in what might be their first role.
 
Collaborate across the business – Work with the Big Think+ content and sales teams, among others, to understand internal and external customer needs and to design and implement the features to meet those needs.
 
Monitor, analyze, and improve the stack – Analyze the performance and security characteristics of the full application stack to ensure the platform stays available, performant, and secure for our large and growing business customer base.


 
What You’ll Need




 
Positive, can-do attitude 
 
Excellent communication, problem-solving, organizational, and time management skills
 
4-7 years of experience working with web-based applications as a software engineer
 
Strong, recent experience with the modern Rails stack
 
Knowledge of and skill with one or more of PostgreSQL, Heroku (or other PaaS), full-stack development, multi-tenant architectures, web application performance, secure software development, learning management systems, and enterprise IT integration


 
What You’ll Get Out Of this Opportunity




 
Work from home – we’ve been remote-first from inception
 
Form the core of a new team, with significant influence and autonomy to shape its growth as well as your own role
 
Collaborative culture in a startup environment
 
Growth opportunities within a fast-growing company
 
Competitive salary and benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability Insurance, 401(k), Commuter Benefits, Mobile Phone Stipend, and more!


 
Do you meet most, but not all of the qualifications for this role? No worries - we invite you to apply if you think you'd be a great match!