[Remote] Software Engineer, Feature Team

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Smartleaf is a Boston-based investment portfolio rebalancing service handling over $90 billion in assets. They are seeking a versatile generalist Software Engineer to work on investment portfolio management, focusing on UI, JS, and backend development to enhance user experience and scalability. The role involves close collaboration with product management and users to design solutions and requires strong analytical and communication skills.ResponsibilitiesAs a member of our feature team, you’ll dive into our UI, JS and back end to make investment portfolio management scalable and easy to useYou’ll work closely with our product management team and our users to gather requirements and design solutions that make this happenTo solve the technical challenges, you’ll need to quickly wrap your head around complex user workflowsYou’ll need a solid understanding of computing principles, strong analytical skills and good technical intuitionYou’ll also need good communication skills to explain issues, potential solutions and tradeoffs in ways that make sense to a variety of stakeholdersWhenever you need to build internal tools or pick up new skills to achieve our goals, you’re able to roll up your sleeves and bootstrap quicklySkills2-6+ years of experience building production web applicationsExperience building interactive web applications using JavascriptStrong understanding of computing fundamentalsProficiency in Ruby on Rails or similar MVC frameworks with demonstrated ability to learn our stackDemonstrated ability to understand user workflows and user experienceCompetence working in a Linux environment: familiarity with common command-line utilities and Unix process management; comfortable with bash scriptingAre a strong individual contributor who can gather requirements, propose a variety of solutions and follow through with implementationAre able to dive into unfamiliar codebases and quickly build up working knowledge of how multiple components interactEnjoy learning domain and application logicAre communicative and self-organizingHave a habit of effectively gaining new skills to suit the taskAre constantly improving your own process to make yourself more effectiveCompany OverviewSimartleaf is a financial service business that offers portfolio management solutions. It was founded in 1999, and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is http://www.smartleaf.com/.