ABOUT ROADRUNNER

At RoadRunner, our daily motivation is to accelerate the road to Zero Waste™ while providing maximum value for our customers and our communities. We achieve this through efficient, cost-effective and sustainable waste operations. Our team cares deeply about each other and our planet, and we are dedicated to leveraging technology and innovation to modernize a vital industry with integrity, expertise and a passion for create a future where waste is a problem of the past™.
Technology, artificial intelligence and data-driven strategies are the backbone for our team of waste experts to reliably provide our customers with the most streamlined, cost effective and sustainable waste and recycling services. Since RoadRunner’s creation in 2014, we’ve helped more than 12,000 customer locations achieve an average between 10 - 20% savings on their monthly waste bills while also improving their recycling efficiencies. We’re proud that RoadRunner’s industry-leading model has been recognized by the SEAL Business Sustainability Awards 2023, Pittsburgh Business Times’ Best Place to Work 2022, and Pittsburgh Inno’s 2022 Fire Awards.
Our Glassdoor reviews are fantastic (3.3/5 on 283 reviews), our CEO’s approval rating is 71%, and 67% of our reviewers would recommend working here. Our Indeed ratings have consistently improved as we’ve been expanding our teams (3.4/5 on 79 reviews) and we now have over 13K followers on LinkedIn.

JOB SUMMARY:

Calling all full-stack coding maestros! As a Senior Software Engineer at Roadrunner, you’ll lead the charge on building and testing complex web applications with an enterprise-wide view. Get ready to innovate with the latest tech, own the entire software lifecycle, and make a massive impact. If you’re passionate about code, architecture, and driving real change, join our mission!

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• At least 4 years of full-stack web development with at least one popular front-end and back-end web framework.
• Experience and proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and Ruby on Rails is preferred.
• Expertise in database design and querying, including advanced knowledge of SQL (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL).
• Designing and implementing web solutions at scale.
• Solid computer science fundamentals are required.
• Experience in a popular cloud platform (AWS preferred, Azure and GCP).
• Familiar with software release cycle through continuous integration and deployment.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Be able to articulate complex problems, technical approaches, and decisions in a business context.
• Comfortable taking a leadership role on an agile team and close collaboration in a remote setting.
• Takes ownership on the solutions or components with minimal supervision. Holds self and team members accountable for overall success.
• Comfort with ambiguity, ability to act without having the whole picture using sound judgment and strong decision-making skills.
• Proven ability to quickly adapt to ever changing business needs and priorities.
• Experience mentoring junior developers.
• Enthusiasm for our sustainability-driven mission

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, engineering or related field required

• 40% - Work alongside all departments to develop high quality tools and applications
• 30% - Maintain and Refactor existing tools and applications
• 10% - Contribute in shaping the Technical Stack for future products
• 10% - Mentor the next generation of engineers
• 10% - Lead technical products working with Product in project planning, requirement analysis, design, development, quality assurance and documentation