[Hiring] Senior Fullstack Engineer @Toptal

Role Description

The Billing Team is dedicated to building, maintaining, and evolving the technological backbone and functionality that underpin Toptal’s financial operations across all business areas. We’re looking for a full-stack engineer with a front-end focus who is comfortable working across the front-end and back-end, and who is keen to lead initiatives and work closely with our Product team.

By joining the team, you’ll have the opportunity to work on multiple applications, mainly in React front-end and Ruby on Rails back-end. We love TypeScript and Ruby, and heavily use GraphQL for communication between our front-end SPA apps and their back-ends. At Toptal, we push the boundaries of what’s possible every single day, and we’d love for you to be a part of it.

We strive to build performant, scalable, and well-organized apps that are aligned with business goals and non-functional requirements. This is a remote position. We do not offer visa sponsorship or assistance. Resumes and communication must be submitted in English.

Responsibilities

• Write elegant, efficient, and testable React and Ruby code that is easy to maintain and debug.
• Write, update, and integrate your features with React front-end components.
• Implement and maintain Ruby on Rails APIs to support seamless communication between front-end and back-end systems.
• Cover code with tests and perform manual testing of features, while reviewing the work of colleagues.
• Continuously improve the team’s processes, brainstorm ideas, and communicate statuses and progress.
• Mentor other people, provide feedback, and grow as a part of the team.
• Learn new concepts and technologies.

Expectations

• In the first week, expect to:
  • Be introduced to Toptal’s practices and processes.
  • Start participating in company-wide training sessions.
  • Set up your local environment and get familiar with our tech stack.
  • Create your first pull request.
• In the first month, expect to:
  • Familiarize yourself with the team’s business domain.
  • Contribute to our product development.
  • Develop a deeper understanding of our technology, processes, and product pipeline.
• In the first three months, expect to:
  • Actively supply software planning, development, and maintenance.
  • Suggest and implement improvements to Toptal’s processes and codebase, while exercising discretion and independent judgment.
• In the first six months, expect to:
  • Lead technical initiatives in our team.
  • Drive improvements to the codebase and processes.
  • Take part in the on-call rotation.
• In the first year, expect to:
  • Have a detailed understanding of Toptal’s technical stack, collaboration rituals, processes, and performance.
  • Mentor Toptal’s new team members.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of web development experience.
• Proficient in React and TypeScript, capable of integrating front-end components with back-end systems.
• Hands-on experience with Ruby on Rails.
• Demonstrable understanding of back-end and development principles, databases, clean code, and best testing practices.
• Proactive and adaptable, able to lead projects and work effectively within cross-functional teams.
• Consider multiple quality dimensions like user impact, failure tolerance, code maintenance, implementation time, availability, security breaches, and performance.
• Tackle complex problems but also consider multiple solutions, weigh them, and decide on the best course of action.
• Genuinely interested in technology and love to try new things.
• Strong communication skills, capable of clearly explaining complex concepts.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly growing company and handle a wide variety of challenges, deadlines, and a diverse array of contacts.
• You must be a world-class individual contributor to thrive at Toptal. You will not be here just to tell other people what to do.