Staff Software Engineer

Published on February 25, 2024

Our mission at Wrapbook is to increase the prosperity of the project economy. A significant shift has occurred within the workforce recently and 50M Americans are now engaged in freelance or project-based work. The popularity of project based employment has introduced flexibility for both employers and employees but also added complexities from a compensation and administrative standpoint. Our vertical fintech platform enables companies to seamlessly onboard, pay and insure their workforces. We're building the best product for the entertainment industry but operate in a 50B market and have big goals we want to achieve. With over 130M USD raised from Tiger Global Management, Andreessen Horowitz, Equal Ventures, Uncork Capital, Jeffrey Katzenberg and CAA co-founder Michael Ovitz, we are at an exciting stage of growth and there isn't a better time to join!

About Us:

Wrapbook is a smart, intuitive platform that makes production payroll and accounting easier, faster, and more secure. We provide a unified payroll platform that seamlessly connects your entire team—production, accounting, cast, and crew—all in one place. Wrapbook empowers production teams to manage projects, pay cast and crew, track expenses, and generate data-driven insights, while enabling workers to manage timecards, track pay, and onboard to new projects from any device. Wrapbook brings clarity and dependability to production payroll, while increasing the productivity of your whole team.

Trusted by companies of all sizes, Wrapbook powers payroll for some of the industry’s top production companies, including SMUGGLER, Tuff, and GhostRobot. Our growing team of 250+ people across the USA and Canada, including entertainment and technology experts from SAG-AFTRA, DGA, IATSE, Teamsters, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, and more. Wrapbook is backed by top-tier investors, including Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo, Andreessen Horowitz, and A* Capital. We have raised $130M and are in a strong financial position.

The Opportunity – Staff Software Engineer - Ruby on Rails (Remote - USA / Canada)

Wrapbook is looking for a Staff Engineer (Ruby on Rails) who will play a hands-on role in driving our mission to build an outstanding technology company. You are a product minded engineering leader that will drive our product development from the ground up, and continue to iterate through rapid experimentation. You will be working as part of a cross-functional team, driving our core features from start to finish.

The Production Accounting group at Wrapbook owns a suite of cost-management and accounting tools used by film and television clients. Production Accountants can manage purchase orders, track actuals against their budget, and pay vendors with a click—all in real time, all in one place.

What you'll do:

  • Establish the core architecture roadmap for our product and partner with the cross-functional teams to take the product/ features to market
  • Leading/contributing to high-impact tech initiatives that shape how developers write and ship code.
  • Improve the overall development process by identifying gaps or inefficiencies in workflows and suggesting solutions.
  • Evangelizing and driving the adoption of best practices in code health, testability, maintainability, and scalability.
  • Implement and automate development best practices and strategies.
  • Develop and track key metrics for engineering performance, drive their improvement over time, and communicate their status.
  • Provide technical expertise throughout the product life cycle including design, implementation, and delivery of scalable build/test/release infrastructure.
  • Define the strategy and roadmap for the adoption of developer tools and test infrastructure across Engineering organization.
  • Collaborate with leadership and key stakeholders on a regular basis.

What you’ll have:

  • 8+ years of experience in building production web application (Agile or Lean environment)
  • At least one year experience as a tech lead or team lead
  • Enjoy mentoring other developers and helping them grow
  • Experience in building Ruby on Rails applications and APIs
  • Understanding of how to write, analyze and optimize SQL queries (PostgreSQL is a plus)
  • Experience designing and documenting RESTful APIs
  • Attention to detail, a customer centric approach and emphasis on quality
  • Understanding of when it's appropriate to incur technical debt and when to pay it down
  • Experience with Accounting is a bonus

Our Tech Stack:

  • Full stack Ruby on Rails (Frontend & Backend)
  • StimulusJS
  • Redis
  • Sidekiq
  • PostgreSQL
  • Kubernetes

Why Join Us

At Wrapbook, creativity meets technology — and not just in the product.

In addition to a competitive salary and all the benefits you can expect from a fast-growing technology company, you’ll get access to a team of creative problem solvers and the chance to see your contributions make large impacts. Benefits include:

  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Work from anywhere in Canada and USA
  • Health and Dental benefits
  • Up to $1500 towards IT set up for your home
  • Up to 2% matching RRSP / 401K
  • Learning and Development opportunities
  • Up to $50 USD/ $66.50 CAD towards Internet/Cell phone service

Our Pledge to Fostering an Inclusive and Safe Workplace:

Wrapbook pledges to be a harassment- and discrimination-free space for everyone, regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, nationality, neurotype, personal appearance, political affiliation, professional background, race, religion, or sexual identity or orientation.

Base Salary Range: $192,000 - $294,000 (This is not inclusive of any bonus, commission, benefits or equity that might exist in your total compensation package.)

Wrapbook employs individuals across the United States and Canada, and this salary range spans multiple geographic zones based on market benchmark data. Your zone is dependent on where you live. Please discuss with your Talent Partner at Wrapbook to get further details on your zone-specific pay range.

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