Job Software Developer/ Engineer/ Architect

Sr. Ruby Software Engineer

The Role

This Senior Ruby Engineer position is a key member of our Development Team. The Development Team is responsible for the scalability and quality of our product platform to meet the needs of the business. We host enterprise clients’ data on one hand and high-volume streaming IoT data on the other. We employ auto-scaling cloud technologies to handle spikey-loads and high throughput. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the server-side logic for the central database, testing performance, troubleshooting, and integrating front-end elements into the application.

This role is hands-on: you will be writing and maintaining beautiful, working, timely, idiomatic code that gets the job done. You will participate in code reviews and help increase our code quality companywide. Your thought leadership will upskill the team, easily earning the respect of your peers. You will help each of us become better programmers, thinkers, and doers.

Your mastery of modern web technologies, languages, and frameworks makes you immediately valuable; whereas your deep understanding of the principles of computer science and software engineering make you immensely adaptable.

This role reports to the Engineering Manager.

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s in computer science/software engineering or a related field
  • 5+ years’ experience with Ruby on Rails
  • Must be able to identify and solve problems independently
  • Must be able to weight business needs against technical purity
  • Familiar with modern web frameworks: Ruby on Rails, Python Flask/Django, Javascript/Typescript, NodeJS, GraphQL, Java Spring Boot
  • Knowledge of React or equivalent framework would be an advantage
  • Experience with polyglot persistence (SQL, NoSQL, NewSQL) and query optimization skills
  • Experience with object orientated design
  • Experience with distributed systems and their inherent complexities
  • Understanding of Agile Software Development principles
  • Fluency of communicating with colleagues around the world
  • Strong leadership skills, including communicating vision, coaching, and mentoring