We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Software Engineer to join the Lease Market Experience team. In this role, you'll take a leading role on high-impact, customer-facing projects on a major business line and help advance VTS's evolution into an AI-powered platform. You will build products and support a platform that directly impacts our end users, tackling the challenges of complex, tightly integrated applications and services.

As a senior member of the team, you will collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality features, maintain a stable and scalable platform, and champion rigorous development practices and standards.


** Please note that this opportunity is located in New York, NY, and requires this hire to work from our office four days a week. **

To thrive in this role, you have:

• A strong command of fundamental design principles and the architectural patterns behind scalable applications, with proven expertise in delivering high-quality, clean, and maintainable code using frameworks like Ruby and Rails, React, and Typescript.
• Experience designing and implementing database schemas that effectively represent and support complex business processes.
• A passion for mentoring other engineers through thoughtful code reviews, technical guidance, and pair programming.
• The ability to own and drive complex features from concept to completion, including identifying requirements, creating work breakdowns, and managing your delivery schedule.
• A strategic mindset for identifying and resolving ambiguous technical issues, making informed trade-offs to advance broad initiatives.
• The ability to thrive in a highly collaborative environment and a commitment to elevating the skills and knowledge of the entire team.
• A keen interest in building AI-backed features and leveraging AI as an engineering productivity tool.

What you'll do:

• Own the end-to-end development lifecycle for major features, from technical design and implementation to testing and deployment.
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code for complex, customer-facing applications.
• Mentor and guide other engineers on the team, helping to level-up their skills and fostering engineering best practices.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineering leads to refine requirements and shape the technical roadmap.
• Work effectively with data storage solutions like Postgres, Snowflake, and S3.
• Write comprehensive unit, integration, and regression tests with tools like RSpec and Jest.
• Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, bugs, and architectural weaknesses to improve the platform.
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation, and manage codebase dependencies and framework upgrades.
• Participate actively in all sprint rituals and communicate effectively with a distributed team using tools like Zoom, Slack, and JIRA.
  
  

Our Tech Stack

• Required: Experience with Ruby, Rails, Typescript, React, PostgresSQL, RSpec, Sidekiq, and cloud platforms (preferably AWS).
• Nice-to-have: Familiarity with Python, Go, Terraform, dbt, or Snowflake.
• CI/CD: We use tools for continuous integration and deployment like Github Actions, Kubernetes, and Docker.

What VTS Values & How We Show It

• Strive for Excellence - We know your potential is unlimited. Take advantage of our executive coaches and our training and career development programs available to all employees! 
• Be Customer Obsessed - We’re employee obsessed too! VTS offers competitive compensation, comprehensive health benefits (including dental and vision), pre-tax commuter benefits, and a 401(k) plan. Not to mention the fun stuff - quarterly happy hours, wellness events, clubs, and team lunches! 
• Be Curious - Benefit from a culture that promotes new learning. VTS offers an education stipend to all employees! 
• Move as One - We work in an open floor plan to promote cross-functional collaboration. 
• Take Ownership - Be an owner of the company you’re building with our equity packages. 
• Appreciate the Difference - VTS embraces and celebrates diversity. We understand the importance of a strong work-life balance. We offer a flexible PTO policy, generous family leave program, and more!