Senior Software Engineer (Full-stack)

 About RoadRunner

At RoadRunner, our daily motivation is to accelerate the road to Zero Waste™ while providing maximum value for our customers and our communities. We achieve this through efficient, cost-effective and sustainable waste operations.

Our team cares deeply about each other and our planet, and we are dedicated to leveraging technology and innovation to modernize a vital industry with integrity, expertise and a passion for create a future where waste is a problem of the past™.

Technology, artificial intelligence and data-driven strategies are the backbone for our team of waste experts to reliably provide our customers with the most streamlined, cost effective and sustainable waste and recycling services.

Since RoadRunner’s creation in 2014, we’ve helped more than 12,000 customer locations achieve an average between 10 - 20% savings on their monthly waste bills while also improving their recycling efficiencies. We’re proud that RoadRunner’s industry-leading model has been recognized by the SEAL Business Sustainability Awards 2023, Pittsburgh Business Times’ Best Place to Work 2022, and Pittsburgh Inno’s 2022 Fire Awards. 

Our Glassdoor reviews are fantastic (3.7/5 on 255 reviews), our CEO’s approval rating is 78%, and 72% of our reviewers would recommend working here. Our Indeed ratings have consistently improved as we’ve been expanding our teams (3.4/5 on 76 reviews) and we now have over 13K followers on LinkedIn.

***Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Core hours: 9am - 6pm EST

Job Summary: 

The Sr. Software Engineer (SSE) is a full-stack web-application engineering leadership role that codes and tests complex modules and applications for RoadRunner's business needs. An SSE takes an enterprise-wide, architectural view of our technology platform and uses the technical stack that best meets the needs of the platform. The SSE is involved in every part of the software application build process from idea generation, business review, technical design and uses the latest technologies and design patterns. 

Primary Duties Including % of time:

• 40% - Work alongside all departments to develop high quality tools and applications
• 30% - Maintain and Refactor existing tools and applications
• 10% - Contribute in shaping the Technical Stack for future products
• 10% - Mentor the next generation of engineers
• 10% - Lead technical products working with Product in project planning, requirement analysis, design, development, quality assurance and documentation

Organizational Relationship:

• Reports To:   Software Engineering Manager
• Direct Reports:  None
• Interacts with:  Software Engineers, Product Management and Product Design Teams

Skills and Experience:

• At least 3 years of full-stack web development with at least one popular front-end and 
  back-end web framework.
• Experience leading and mentoring Jr. Developers
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and Ruby on Rails is preferred.
• Expertise in database design and querying, including advanced knowledge of SQL (e.g. 
  PostgreSQL, MySQL).
• Designing and implementing web solutions at scale.
• Solid computer science fundamentals are required.
• Experience in a popular cloud platform (AWS preferred, Azure and GCP).
• Familiar with software release cycle through continuous integration and deployment.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Be able to articulate complex problems, technical approaches, and decisions in a 
  business context.