Fullstack Engineer (Ruby on Rails & React)

What we are looking for

DirectShifts is growing rapidly and looking for a full stack engineer in Manhattan, NYC. We are looking for incredibly tenacious engineers who are not only great engineers but who can bring unique value to our rapidly growing team. We are big fans of focusing mainly on two things: 1) talk to users and 2) build product. 

You will be responsible for implementing ideas and mocks for our app (web and mobile) which is used daily by healthcare professionals, internal users and healthcare employers - you will own the frontend development as well as the building blocks and the APIs that power the web app (and the mobile apps). You need to be comfortable dabbling with some basic infrastructure management on AWS.

Ideal Qualifications

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• 2+ years of work experience, primarily as a full-stack developer
• Strong foundation of Ruby on Rails
• Strong HTML, Javascript & CSS skills
• High ownership at all stages of product development - from conception to maintenance
• Adaptability - learn new technologies as and when needed
• Good communication skills to get your point across
• Bachelors in Computer Science
• Ability to work remotely

Bonus Skills

• React and Redux experience
• Experience with REST APIs
• Experience with cloud services (preferably AWS)

Specifically, you will…

You will work closely with the founders and senior management across various functions. You will have the opportunity to influence the trajectory of the products and of the company. This is a great opportunity to help healthcare systems & professionals become more efficient which directly helps them provide better care, improve outcomes and save more lives!

You will excel if you have...

An ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and ability to iterate quickly by understanding what users want. 

More about us: 

DirectShifts connects healthcare workers with employers for short term clinical work (in-person/telemedicine). We have been called the “Uber of healthcare workers and employers”. At heart we are fast growing technology company bridging the gap in staffing for employers to enable. We work with leading employers such as Mount Sinai, Northwell health, Walmart etc.

Additional highlights

We are funded by world leading investors such as YCombinator (first investor of Airbnb, Dropbox etc), Soma Capital (owners of Sacramento Kings), Signalfire, PeakState ventures, Medstartr Ventures etc. Our HQ is next to Bryant park in Manhattan, NYC.

Named top 10 healthcare startups. 

Located one block away from Bryant Park

Why join DirectShifts?

If you want a front-row seat in seeing a company disrupt a massive industry and you love the idea of helping improving healthcare in the United States by ensuring every patient has easy access to healthcare workers, this is your place. At DirectShifts, everyone has a voice to create change and move the needle. No hierarchy, no bureaucracy, no politics, no BS...just real people working on solving real problems.