Senior Software Engineer - Fullstack

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      "text": "The Role",
      "content": "<div>\n<p>HONK is seeking a Senior Software Engineer- Fullstack to help architect, build, and scale our core platform and customer-facing products. This role works closely with the CTO and engineering team to develop high-performance applications across the stack, including frontend experiences, backend services, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.</p>\n<p>This is a hands-on role ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex technical problems, shipping quickly, and contributing to product and technical direction in a collaborative startup environment.<br><br>This position reports directly to the CTO and is expected to work from our Chicago office 3-5 days per week.</p>\n</div>"
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      "text": "What You’ll Own",
      "content": "<div>\n\n<li>\n<p>Design, build, and maintain scalable full-stack applications and services.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Develop responsive frontend applications using React and TypeScript.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Build and enhance backend systems using Ruby on Rails and Java.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Architect APIs, real-time systems, and high-throughput microservices, with a heavy focus on <strong>optimizing our core dispatch and logistics engine</strong>.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Define testing and review practices</strong>, introducing automated frameworks into our release process to improve reliability.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Improve platform scalability and reliability by <strong>anticipating scaling limits, raising reliability risks early, and improving system observability</strong>.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Take ownership of a technical area and its <strong>downstream impacts</strong>, ensuring decisions align with product goals and do not negatively affect dependent systems or the business.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Collaborate with Product, UX, and Engineering teams to ship customer-facing features.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Support AI-enabled initiatives and automation efforts across internal tools and workflows.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Mentor engineers, provide architectural guidance, and help drive engineering excellence across the team.</p>\n</li>\n\n</div>"
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      "content": "<div>\n\n<li>\n<p>8+ years of experience building and shipping scalable web applications and distributed systems, ideally with experience preparing platforms for significant (3-5x) scale.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Deep expertise in Ruby on Rails and Java (our core backend languages).</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Strong frontend engineering experience with modern JavaScript frameworks, particularly React and TypeScript.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Demonstrated experience with AWS cloud infrastructure.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Domain expertise in logistics, routing, mapping, or dispatch systems</strong> (familiarity with route optimization is a significant plus).</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>A proven track record of <strong>establishing automated testing frameworks and CI/CD quality gates from scratch</strong>, rather than simply participating in an existing testing culture.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Strong systems context awareness, demonstrating the ability to consider downstream effects across adjacent systems to avoid cascading failures.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Experience contributing to operational excellence, including establishing observability metrics, monitoring, and proactive debugging of performance issues.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Strong communication skills with the ability to facilitate discussions, clearly communicate technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders, and align teams on technical direction.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>Curiosity about emerging technologies and experience leveraging AI tools and workflows to improve development velocity.</p>\n</li>\n\n</div>"
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