Software Engineer, Backend at Folio (Remote)
Role details
Work type
Remote
Employment
Full-Time
Job description
Come build the rails of B2B commerce in hospitality, starting with hotels
What excites you
- You’re someone who has worked on early-stage teams, perhaps even as a founder, and love wearing multiple hats (to a healthy extent).
- You've seen products come to life from just a spark of an idea, and even if things don't quite pan out, you're motivated by the process of making something from nothing.
- You want to work on software that has real, tangible value to deliver to the people who need it, even if the solution can be basic or 'unsexy' sometimes.
- You're an expert at prioritization and time management who can gracefully adapt to new facts on the fly as you make tradeoffs between customer and business needs.
- You're focused on quality, not quantity. You can distill complex systems in the service of building delightful yet powerful applications.
What excites us
- You have 8+ years of hands-on experience as a senior contributor to teams that have proved they can ship great products.
- You're a backend specialist with deep expertise in server-side technologies (Ruby on Rails / Node.js / Postgres) and API design.
- You have solid object-oriented design and programming skills with experience architecting solutions for complex data-intensive systems.
- You have hands-on experience with DevOps practices, infrastructure automation, and cloud deployment (AWS, Docker, CI/CD pipelines)
- You understand system scalability, performance optimization, monitoring, and have experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform).
- You have experience building software that enables money movement with a penchant for digitizing historically paper-based processes.
- You have experience with data modeling, database optimization, and ensuring data integrity in financial systems.
- You have experience building and maintaining search infrastructure, ideally with Elasticsearch or similar technologies.
- You try to give back to the development community as a contributor to Open Source Software projects or other pro-bono avenues.
Working at Folio
- Folio is a Ruby on Rails app with Typescript Node.js automations and Elasticsearch deployed to AWS.
- Our engineering team meets daily for standup (except Friday) and otherwise keep meetings to a minimum.
- We're a remote-first company. Quarterly, we travel to work together in-person and stay with one of our hotel partners.
- For the most part, we rely on Google Meet, GitHub, Linear, Notion, and Slack to make decisions and get things done day-to-day.
What we value
- Craft. We take pride in our work, find joy in execution, and believe that the best companies are built at a steady yet resilient pace.
- Optimism. We believe in ourselves and each other and know anything is possible with the right amount of hustle and grit.
- Ownership. We love making things better and have a strong sense of shared responsibility over everything we create together.
- Hospitality. The industry we’re building for has a culture of service to others, and we bring that energy to how we work together each day.
Why work at Folio
- Culture: Values include Hospitality, Ownership, Craft, and Optimism. The company emphasizes a supportive, high-agency environment where the team is "relentless in their pursuit of better."
- Work Model: Remote-first. Employees can work from anywhere or from hubs in San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, or Durham, NC. The company hosts quarterly in-person gatherings called Folio Jams at partner hotels to connect the team and customers.
- Engineering Culture: Led by Head of Engineering Charlie Harrington. The tech stack is modern, with a focus on building reliable, connected infrastructure. The team is small (16 people) and growing, offering significant ownership and impact.
- Team Background: Composed of fintech veterans from companies like Plaid, Bain & Company, Cruise, and Pendo.io, providing a strong peer group for learning and growth.
- Perks: Home office setup or co-working space provided.