Ruby on Rails Backend Engineer

We are currently seeking a Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer to join our team. This is a fantastic opportunity for a highly skilled individual to bring their expertise to a growing and innovative technology company. The Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer will work closely with our talented team, designing, developing, and maintaining advanced software applications.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain reliable systems in Ruby and Ruby on Rails.
• Integrate user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems.
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation.
• Develop new system features, optimize existing ones, and maintain our existing portfolio of applications.
• Collaborate with product, design, and other software engineers to define product roadmap and milestones.
• Lead code reviews and mentor junior developers.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, or a related field, or ability to demonstrate expertise in modern development philosophy, operating systems, networking, Linux, SQL, and system architecture.
• Have a strong understanding of how code should be organized, reused, and maintained.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with Ruby on Rails, along with other common libraries such as Sidekiq.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming.
• Familiarity with concepts of MVC, Mocking, ORM, RESTful, and GraphQL.
• Expertise in the following Ruby gems: Devise, Sidekiq, CarrierWave/Paperclip/ActiveStorage, Puma, ActionCable;
• Comfortable writing SQL when ActiveRecord is getting in the way;
• Enjoys designing data models and APIs;
• PostgreSQL
• Experience with front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Knowledge of server-side templating languages such as Liquid, Slim, HAML, etc.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
• Able to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
• Familiarity with development-aiding tools such as Bundler, Rake, etc.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and independently.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience integrating Stripe, Sendgrid, Drip, Mailchimp, Twilio
• Experience with ES6 or Typescript;
• Experience in a programming language other than Ruby or Javascript;
• Comfortable using the terminal in macOS or Linux.
• Familiarity with continuous integration and deployment.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodologies.
• Prior experience in a software development studio or similar environment.
• Prior experience leading a team or mentoring junior developers

Compensation and benefits:

• Competitive salary;
• Home office stipend;
• Remote work;
• Interesting products to work on;
• Exposure to a variety of industries and technologies;