Senior Software Engineer - Remote Eligible

Feature Engineering Team Leader

Recurly, Inc., a SaaS company, provides a versatile subscription management platform to manage the entire subscription lifecycle for market-leading brands worldwide. Subscription businesses such as Sling TV, FabFitFun, Cinemark and Fubo.tv depend on Recurly to harness the power of the subscription model and drive recurring revenue growth. Since its launch in 2009, Recurly has deployed subscription billing for thousands of companies across 55 countries. Our platform empowers billions of credit card transactions and has enabled customers to recover nearly $1.3 billion in revenue in 2024.

Recurly is backed by Accel-KKR, a leading technology-focused private equity firm with over $10 billion in capital commitments. The partnership offers Recurly access to significant capital and resources to make continued investments in technology and platform innovation and expand our go-to-market initiatives.

The Feature Engineering organization is looking for an individual with extensive experience in software development and a track record of building strong engineering teams. In this role, you will guide and mentor the Subscription Management and Billing/Invoicing engineering teams, leading them through technical challenges and encouraging best practices in software design, UI/UX, and Agile methodologies. Your contributions will extend beyond technical leadership, as you will shape our engineering culture, elevate standards, enhance team efficiency, and optimize delivery predictability within your teams.

Responsibilities:

• Communication: Collaborate on and inform cross-functional teams of new feature technical design, technical requirements, limitations, and implementation.
• Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the development team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth. Lead by example in writing clean, efficient, and well-documented code.
• Architectural Design: Collaborate with other engineering leaders and product stakeholders to design robust, scalable, and high-performance software architecture, adhering to industry standards and best practices.
• Full-Stack Development: Utilize your expertise in Ruby on Rails, Go-Lang, and Node.JS to contribute to the development of various components of our software applications, encompassing both frontend and backend functionalities.
• Code Review and Quality Assurance: Conduct regular code reviews, identify potential issues, and ensure that the team delivers high-quality code that is secure, maintainable, and efficient.
• Performance Optimization: Identify performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations to enhance the overall system performance and response times.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to understand business requirements, provide technical insights, recommend best-practice and/or alternate approaches, and contribute to product planning and roadmaps.
• Agile Practices: Follow an iterative software development methodology and contribute to all phases of the software development lifecycle and support and articulate development status to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Research and Innovation: Stay up-to-date with the latest trends, tools, and technologies related to Ruby on Rails, Go-Lang, Node.JS, and other relevant areas. Apply this knowledge to drive innovation and improvements in our software development processes.
• Troubleshooting and Bug Fixing: Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring the stability and reliability of our platform and services.
• Growth: Continually refine business acumen and establish domain/industry vertical expertise.