Software Development Engineer II

Editorialist melds personal styling, editorial content, and shopping into one seamless digital experience powered by proprietary technology and e-commerce tools.Editorialist.com, our media property, delivers sophisticated content and commerce to aspirational and affluent consumers. Our stories connect readers with bespoke product and service solutions for fashion, accessories, beauty, and wellness needs. The cornerstone of our tech platform—the Editorialist app—blends content, digital services, and e-commerce for our elite clientele, individuals with an average net worth in excess of $550 million. Our co-founder and CEO Rafael Ortiz previously co-founded NexTag, the largest comparison shopping site for products and services, and was responsible for marketing and business development until its sale for $1.2 billion.

About the candidate::
• We are looking for a sharp and experienced Backend Software Engineer with expertise in Ruby/Rails, Java and microservice architecture to join our dynamic Private Client Backend Team. This team powers the backend data systems that drive everything visible on our luxury App Editorialist, ensuring high-quality, accurate, and performant data delivery for a seamless user experience.
• This role is ideal for someone who thrives in building scalable, high-performance web applications, has a strong grasp of backend architecture, and is comfortable leading projects end-to-end. As an SDE-2, we expect you to own systems, make informed architectural choices, and collaborate with peers to deliver high-impact features efficiently.

Key Responsibilities::
• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services in Ruby and Java.
• Develop RESTful APIs and integrations with internal teams and external third-party systems.
• Work with PostgreSQL for database design, optimization, and complex query handling and contribute to backend workers and asynchronous processing pipelines (Sidekiq, background jobs).
• Implement caching, load balancing, and performance optimizations to ensure low latency and high reliability.
• Write unit tests to ensure robust and well-tested services, following best practices for test-driven development.
• Set up monitoring and alerting to identify and resolve production issues proactively.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and production troubleshooting.
• Own deployments and infrastructure on AWS + Docker containers, ensuring scalability and cost efficiency.
• Contribute to system design decisions involving security (OAuth, auth layers, data protection) and high-availability services.

More About You:
• Bachelors in Technology from a Tier 1 University.
• 3–5 years of hands-on experience with strong expertise in any backend programming languages (preferably Ruby/Java)
• Solid understanding of REST APIs, authentication (OAuth/JWT), and API security best practices.
• Hands-on experience with relational databases (like Postgres) – schema design, indexing, query optimization..
• Knowledge of caching layers (Redis/Memcached) and async job processing (Sidekiq, Celery, or equivalent).
• Familiarity with Docker, AWS services (EC2, ECS, S3, RDS, Load Balancers, SQS etc).
• Familiarity with modern AI-powered developer tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, AI code search, code review tools) and ability to use them effectively as productivity multipliers.
• Exposure to frontend collaboration (React-based dashboards/extensions) is a plus.
• Comfortable with version control (Git) and collaborating via pull requests.
• Write unit tests to ensure robust and well-tested services, following best practices for test-driven development.
• Set up monitoring and alerting to identify and resolve production issues proactively.
• Ability to break down and drive a module end-to-end by collaborating with peers (design, backend, DevOps).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in a remote-first environment.
• Get hands-on with new technologies and be open to learning and experimentation.

Bonus points::
• Best in class compensation and benefits.
• A fast-paced, tech-savvy startup environment where your code has real-world, measurable impact.
• End to end ownership of features and systems—your decisions will shape user experience and architecture.
• Opportunity to work with state of the art tech, modern, performance-focused JavaScript stack.
• Exposure to international teams across the US, Europe, and Asia.