Associate Software Engineer

Debt Book is an industry‑leading fintech software platform that revolutionizes the way local government, higher education, and healthcare finance teams work. Our powerful, cloud‑based software helps these organizations manage all aspects of their debt, cash, leases, and subscriptions, streamline financial reporting, and share information simply with others. We are passionate about modernizing treasury management and simplifying accounting compliance in the public sector, allowing organizations to break through operational barriers to unlock strategic insights.

• Our application is a Majestic Monolith built with Ruby on Rails, React, and Postgre
  
  SQL. Our app is hosted in AWS, and we use Git Lab for our CI/CD pipelines and deployments. We use feature flags to allow us to continually integrate our code.
• Our front‑end is built with React, Type Script, and MUI React. We have an in‑house library of accessible components documented in Story Book. These components are being used in new development, and we are in the process of updating existing pages to use them.
• Our back‑end is a Ruby on Rails JSON API that communicates with a React SPA (single page application).
• All of our engineers work on the front‑end, back‑end and database. We have some engineers who are much more experienced in one, but we can all do some work in any part of the stack.
• We have a small dedicated infrastructure team, but our teams deploy and monitor their own code.
• Engineers collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and industry specialists to understand problems and design solutions. Engineers manage breaking down work into tickets and planning and managing projects.

• Participate in all stages of the SDLC: solution shaping, system design, ticket writing/breakdown, write full‑stack code, review code, perform deployments, participate in monitoring, and gather data for reporting.
• Own the quality of your work. Write tests and work with your team to ensure everything works before merging and releasing.
• Work cross‑functionally on your team to ensure work is scoped to deliver quickly and deliver the right functionality.
• Work collaboratively with other cross functional product‑focused teams.

• Experience with Ruby or React
• Some familiarity with front‑end and back‑end web development
• Ability to communicate complicated technical concepts well with teammates in all functions, including non‑technical roles

Debt Book is a fast‑growing company where we dream big, move fast, make an impact, and bring joy to everything we do. Our core values drive our success as an organization, and we are looking for talented teammates who share our passion for challenging the status quo, innovating in all we do, and wanting to make a difference.

We offer:

• Annual salary range is $75,000‑85,000 based on experience
• Up to 5% annual bonus
• Equity (stock options) for all employees
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with 4% employer match
• Flexible work schedules and generous leave policies
• Stipend for remote workers to set up their ideal work space
• Annual Company Onsite

• 30 min - Introduction Call
• 30 min - Behavioral Interview with Engineering Manager (Video call)
• 2 hr - Technical Interview with Engineers (Video call)
• Our technical assessment is a pair programming session designed to be very similar to our daily work. It is a collaborative session and it covers FE (React), BE (Ruby on Rails), and SQL schema design.
• 2 hr - Onsite Interview with members from the Product, Design, and Engineering teams
• This will be multiple panel interviews each containing 1‑2 team members.

• We believe in continuous improvement, never accepting the status quo as good enough, and iterating to move quickly without compromising on quality.
• We are energized by the fast‑paced rate of change that growth demands and see new challenges as opportunities for resilience and personal development.
• We are driven by curiosity to think creatively, innovate, and experiment, and we humbly incorporate lessons learned from success and failure along the journey.

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