Software Engineer

Vydia is seeking a Software Engineer to design, develop, and enhance our core platform. Reporting to the Senior Software Engineering Manager, this role will build scalable, high-quality software solutions that power experiences for customers, partners, and internal teams across our proprietary platform.


The ideal candidate is a collaborative, full-stack engineer with strong problem-solving skills and a passion for building reliable, maintainable software. This role requires the ability to translate business and technical requirements into efficient, well-designed solutions while balancing performance, scalability, and long-term maintainability. The successful candidate will work closely with Product Managers, UX/UI Designers, and fellow Engineers to deliver secure, high-quality software that enhances the overall user experience and supports Vydia's continued growth.


Candidate must be located in a Vydia-registered state, which includes: CA, FL, IL, MA, NJ, NY, PA, TN, TX


Job Responsibilities:

• Work within our custom Ruby app to build and maintain features
• Technical Architecture Design
• Help to design code and database structures and patterns that are maintainable, scalable/extensible, efficient, reusable, readable, and meet business needs
• Implement well-tested code that fails gracefully
• Continued enhancement of our Server Monitoring/Logging/Alerting systems.
• Analyze performance and architect solutions
• Integrate with 3rd party APIs
• Work with AWS microservices related to storage, load balancing, serverless architecture, etc.
• Perform code reviews and collaborate with other engineers
• Work closely with Product Managers to meet business requirements
• Participate in Sprint meetings and processes
• Write and maintain documentation
• Actively participate in the expression of new ideas to help enhance the technology, business, and team
• Actively enhance skills needed to perform job duties and progress on career growth path
• Take ownership of projects
• Plan new features by developing and documenting phases to get us from MVP to polished, and tasks needed for each phase
• Participate in the rotating tech on-call schedule (currently once every 7 weeks)

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of practical software engineering experience required, a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field is preferred, but not required
• Professional software engineering experience developing and maintaining web-based applications
• Proficiency in at least one modern backend language or framework (e.g., Ruby on Rails, Python, Node.js, Go, Java), with a demonstrated ability to adapt quickly and learn new languages or stacks
• Experience or familiarity with modern frontend web technologies and frameworks (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Vue, or HTML/CSS) to support full-stack application development
• Experience building and maintaining SaaS, enterprise, or other scalable web-based software applications
• Strong understanding of software architecture, object-oriented programming principles, design patterns, and scalable application development
• Experience working with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL or MySQL), including schema design, query optimization, and performance tuning
• Experience integrating with third-party APIs, RESTful web services, and external platforms
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure) and core cloud architectural concepts, such as serverless, object storage, and managed databases
• Familiarity with microservices, serverless architectures, or distributed systems
• Experience with Git version control, collaborative development workflows, and Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Experience writing automated tests and delivering secure, reliable, and maintainable code
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and DevOps best practices
• Experience with application monitoring, logging, observability, and production performance optimization
• Experience participating in code reviews, providing constructive feedback, and contributing to engineering best practices
• Experience troubleshooting production issues and participating in an on-call support rotation is preferred
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical challenges
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across Engineering, Product, and Design teams
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, take ownership of projects, and deliver high-quality results
• Proven track record as a fast, adaptable learner capable of grasping new technical concepts independently, with a strong focus on delivering high-quality user and customer experiences