Rails Engineer, HopSkipDrive
$130-150k
Salary dependent on location. + Equity stock options
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Safe youth transportation solution
Job no longer available
Safe youth transportation solution
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$130-150k
Salary dependent on location. + Equity stock options
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create opportunity for all through mobility.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years experience with Ruby on Rails
- 3+ years of professional software engineering
- Solid experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL
- A thirst for knowledge and continuous learning
- Experience working on a team in a professional setting
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate well with a team
- Demonstrated ability to learn from mistakes
- Demonstrated ability to unblock themselves, asks for help where necessary
- Demonstrated good communication skills with teammates and showed a good degree of emotional and professional maturity
- A connection to HopSkipDrive’s mission and values
What the job involves
- Communicate well with all members of the team
- Perform well-defined engineering tasks; doesn’t get caught up in the unknown, works to figure it out, asks questions
- Alert manager/team to any issues preventing their work from being accomplished, asks for help
- Actively pursue improving engineering skills, including but not limited to problem solving, writing readable/testable/efficient code, mastering technology in our stack, and learning to anticipate scaling issues
- Seek to tie stories back to user value and impact for our drivers and organizers
- Contribute meaningfully to the definition of stories
- Pick up any story and suggest a solution for completing it
- Lean into challenges when they offer the potential to create large impact, and does so with productivity and positivity
- Be able to dive in to an area of the code/product that you’re not familiar with and make changes
- Make sure your code is readable & easy to maintain
- Make sure your code is tested appropriately
- Review other engineers’ code and provide constructive feedback
- Monitor changes in production and rollback if necessary
- Have production access and use it responsibly
Our take
Across the US, school transportation is under pressure as driver shortages, budget cuts, and rigid bus routes are making it harder for students to get to school safely and on time. This has opened the door for smaller vehicles and ride-hailing services to step in and support those students who don't fit neatly into traditional routes. HopSkipDrive has grown within this space, offering a flexible alternative that helps schools fill these gaps.
HopSkipDrive connects children with carefully vetted caregivers (often grandparents, nurses or childcare processionals) who then provide reliable rides when buses or public transport falls short. Operating in 17 states and supporting over 10,000 schools, the services has certainly eased commutes for many families.
And now the company is focsued on strenghtening its impact with technology and innovation. With its RouteWise AI platform it helps districts cut costs, improve efficiency and manage driver shortages, all while new safety modules and AI-driven planning tools continue to raise industry standards. With these advancements and a growing network of partners, the company is ready to keep shaping a more flexible futur for school transportation.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2022
$37m
SERIES D
Aug 2021
$25m
SERIES C
Total funding: $107m
Company benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Health Spending Account
- Mental Health Resources
- Employee Assistance Program
- Short- & Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401K Plan
- Company Ownership/Equity
- Medical & Dependent Care FSA
- Travel Insurance
- Supplemental Legal
- Fully Remote Work Option
- Flexible Time Off
- 11 Annual Paid Holidays
- Week Closure at End of Year
- Sick Time Off for You and Family
- Home Internet Reimbursement
- Professional Development & Learning Stipend
- Remote & In-Person Quarterly Team Events
- Internal Rewards & Recognition Program
- Employee Referral Bonuses
Company HQ
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA
Leadership
Joanna McFarland
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Board Member at the Marketplace Industry Association and LA Tech.org.
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