Origin is a platform empowering tour operators and guiding companies to bring their operations online and take direct bookings from their websites. We’re passionate about solving the everyday business problems that hold guides and operators back from a more efficient business. From enabling businesses to take bookings 24/7, to keeping track of guide schedules and availability, Origin is built to bring the industry online.
This Role We’re searching for a Senior Full Stack Ruby on Rails expert to join our founding team and lead development efforts on core features.
After getting up to speed and gaining a comprehensive understanding of the Origin platform, you'll implement improvements, diagnose issues/opportunities, propose solutions, and iterate. You'll work closely with our CTO and be an integral part of creating the tech culture at Origin.
Objectives
- Build new features that improve tour operator and guide experience on the platform
- Understand user challenges
- Fix bugs and help our users with support tickets
- Help plan our product roadmap and make product decisions
- Help decide technical direction and hire new engineers
- Groom tickets in a “lower-case agile” environment
- Work closely with Sales and Marketing team
You value
- Clean, simple, readable code
- Robust, automated testing (ideally RSpec/Capybara)
- Full code ownership
- DRY and YAGNI
- Small, frequent releases to production
- Providing user value quickly
Requirements
- Extensive experience (5+ years) developing with Ruby on Rails
- Extensive experience with HTML, CSS, JS
- Comfortable working with both front end and back end
- Comfortable working in a 100% remote environment
Preferred qualifications
- Prior startup experience
- Familiarity with a modern JS frontend like React, Vue, or Angular
- Experience with MySql
- Experience with WordPress is a plus
- Experience in the travel industry is a plus
- Local to Boulder/Denver area for occasional team meet ups
Salary, Benefits, and Perks
- $120,000 - $150,000 annualized salary based on experience
- Opportunity for generous stock options
- Fully remote position forever
- Platinum healthcare, vision and dental
- Meaningful impact, great people, balanced life, positive culture
- Work remotely on whatever schedule works best for you. We care about results, not 9-5
- Flexible vacation policy and paid holidays
- Hardware and tools of your choice
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