Lead Backend Engineer

Oxford Valuation Partners

(New York, New York)

Full Time

Job Posting Details

About Oxford Valuation Partners

Oxford Valuation Partners is a leading provider of independent valuation advisory and valuation education services to limited partners, HNW individuals, private companies, public companies and attorneys across the United States and globally. We offer clients a range of services to help determine and realize the value of their holdings. Oxford Valuation Partners is the preferred choice of discerning executives worldwide.

Responsibilities

- As a developer, you should be a strong problem solver with a focus on simplicity, performance, and security. 
- It is your job, literally, to make sure that our clients’ finances are calculated correctly and that their information is held securely. At the same time, we expect our tools to be on par with the best consumer-oriented websites in terms of utility, interface, and performance. A solid core will enable us to do that well.
- This role initially entails implementing features related to equity modeling and management and user messaging. Over time, we expect you to architecting and implement components all across the application.
- Our application is Ruby on Rails using PostgresQL as the data store. In keeping with modern programming standards, we’re working towards an API-first, continuously integrated system.  
- As the lead backend developer for the project, you have a key role in making the application shine, and we expect you to be fluent with modern patterns and expectations.
- You’ll also be responsible for leading API integrations with complementary tools and for designing and implementing our own APIs.
- The team is distributed so strong communication skills and openness to collaboration are important as well. We use Git and Slack as our primary collaboration tools.
- This role is a full-time contract role. It may evolve into a staff position based on personal performance and the success of the application.

As a developer, you should be a strong problem solver with a focus on simplicity, performance, and security.
It is your job, literally, to make sure that our clients’ finances are calculated correctly and that their information is held securely. At the same time, we expect our tools to be on par with the best consumer-oriented websites in terms of utility, interface, and performance. A solid core will enable us to do that well.
This role initially entails implementing features related to equity modeling and management and user messaging. Over time, we expect you to architecting and implement components all across the application.
Our application is Ruby on Rails using PostgresQL as the data store. In keeping with modern programming standards, we’re working towards an API-first, continuously integrated system.
As the lead backend developer for the project, you have a key role in making the application shine, and we expect you to be fluent with modern patterns and expectations.
You’ll also be responsible for leading API integrations with complementary tools and for designing and implementing our own APIs.
The team is distributed so strong communication skills and openness to collaboration are important as well. We use Git and Slack as our primary collaboration tools.
This role is a full-time contract role. It may evolve into a staff position based on personal performance and the success of the application.

Ideal Candidate

Strong analytical skills and the ability to design and document well-architected systems.
Knowledge of common design patterns and relevant libraries.
Experience consuming and creating REST APIs.
Fluency in security and the ability to be intelligently paranoid.
Some DevOps chops: Automation, Instrumentation and Configuration.
Strong communications skills.
Self-motivation: Being a proactive self-starter is essential for distributed teams.

Compensation and Working Conditions