Software Engineer

Forj is a growth-stage SaaS company with a bold vision for how members will engage and learn in modern communities of practice. By connecting community with learning, our reimagined platform will encourage member engagement with content and human connections, leading to a more vibrant community experience that delivers more value to members while helping their organizations grow.
We empower the professionals who make our world better.

Consider joining us if you are:

• Eager to thrive in a fast-paced, innovative company environment, contributing to a high performing, collaborative team.
• Passionate about our purpose and personally aligned with our values: We forge ahead. We innovate. We build relationships. We learn and grow, always. We win together.
• Self-motivated, resourceful, scrappy and pragmatic when it comes to getting things done.
• A lifelong learner who is always curious and keeps an open mind when solving difficult problems.

As a Software Engineer at Forj, you'll be responsible for delivering high value products and end-user experiences while improving yourself and those around you each day. You are both service- and detail-oriented, comfortable individually shepherding ideas into reality, as well as pairing up with other teammates on large, complex projects. Strong collaborators with craftsperson tendencies and an inherent sense of ownership will thrive here.

In this role, you will specialize in:

• Building performant APIs and end-user experiences
• Integrating monitoring, alerting, and data into your decision-making process while delivering production software to customers
• A reputation for reliably delivering well-considered, well-tested and performant code product(s)
• Contributions to our evolving development and testing standards and best practices
• High collaboration with Design + Product, ensuring balanced code complexity and UX

We are looking for someone with:

• Experience: 3-5 years of experience in software engineering creating web applications using React and Ruby on Rails.
• Education: A bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science is beneficial.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in writing Javascript and CSS (ES6/7, CSS3, Semantic markup); designing REST APIs; experience with modern developer workflows and tools (Git/Github, CI, etc); experience writing tests for your code at all layers (RSpec, Jasmine/Jest); solid understanding of foundational software design patterns
• Communication Skills: Your philosophy aligns with Agile methodologies and processes; comfort with and confidence in giving and receiving feedback in code reviews; confidence pairing with other engineer
• Must be in Madison, Milwaukee or Chicago area

What will make you stand out:

• Strong refactoring skills to upgrade user workflows from Angular to React
• Experience creating responsive user interfaces for different device types