Lead Full Stack Engineer

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Job Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified

Roo (www.roo.vet) has created the first B2B labor marketplace in animal healthcare that connects veterinary professionals with hospitals through innovative technology, with opportunities to expand and offer more opportunities for both our demand & supply of users. Our dynamic platform enables hospitals to fulfill personnel needs in real time, while allowing high-quality veterinary professionals to secure work at the click of a button. Beyond the platform, Roo represents a growing opportunity to help hospitals meet all-things staffing, and a growing community of resilient vet industry professionals who value flexibility and work-life balance, in addition to providing the best possible outcomes for clients and their pets. Our aim is to combine experienced healthcare expertise with Silicon Valley talent to shake up this industry and change the way veterinarians and hospitals work!

Requirements

• Minimum Experience: 5-7 years of professional experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer.
• Technical Skills:
  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Node.js
  • TypeScript
  • CSS
  • SQL (Proficient at writing and optimizing efficient SQL queries)
  • Cloud Computing Platforms
  • Relational Databases
  • Automated Testing and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience: Experience working with a growing team and early-stage startup.
• Soft Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication, empathy and collaboration skills; attention to detail; self-driven; passion for problem-solving and research.
• Methodology: Agile and flexible.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to build out new products and features for the Roo platform.
• Partner with your fellow engineering leaders to help shape Roo’s technical architecture and tech stack, and help us set ourselves up for success during our next phase of growth.
• Assume leadership of new projects from conceptualization to deployment.
• Help lead the design and development of scalable code architecture and write clear maintainable code on the front and back-end.
• Monitor project progress and manage resources to meet project goals.
• Identify and mitigate risks and issues, and provide solutions to ensure project success.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and technologies, and make recommendations for improvement.
• Spend approximately 20% of your time managing and mentoring a small team of engineers, providing guidance and support in their professional growth, and the rest of your time will be hands-on in the code, working through tasks with the team and leading by example.