What are the responsibilities and job description for the Backend Developer position at Highway?
About the Company :
Highway is the fastest-growing freight tech provider in North America. We serve the largest freight brokers in the industry, solving one of their biggest pain points : who is really hauling their freight. We answer the question of Carrier Identity, protecting brokers’ networks, preventing fraud and increasing transparency. Serving and protecting our customers is our top priority, and we are proud that our best marketing is our customer referrals and testimonials.
Role Description
Freight brokers put an incredible amount of trust in Highway and that trust will be extended to you. This role will report directly to the Chief Development Officer and will be responsible for backend development of Highway’s products.
Your role :
- Responsible for the development of backend solutions for Highway.
- Build and maintain the backend (Ruby on Rails) codebase, along with other team members.
- Periodically monitor backend application and associated AWS stack, along with other team members.
- Work cohesively with other developers on the team.
- Participate in daily stand-ups.
- Conduct code reviews with other developers.
- Manage project / task progress in JIRA.
Qualifications :
