Ruby on Rails Developer

We are looking for a talented, passionate Senior Ruby on Rails Developer who is interested in working for a growing, dynamic technology business, where building great software is fundamental to the company’s success. This is an opportunity to work for a progressive forward thinking company that will allow you to grow your career and advance your skills whilst having some fun and working with some great people along the way.

Responsibilities 

• Develop API for modern cross-platform responsible SPA from the ground up 
• Participate in design and planning discussions, contribute architecture ideas 
• Develop and test new user-facing features 
• Write highly scalable, reusable and testable code 
• Optimize application for maximum speed and performance 
• Collaborate with other team members 

Skills, Knowledge, and Experience: 

• Knowledge of Agile principles, open-source ecosystem, Test Driven Development (TDD). 
• Experience in OOP and MVC design and development patterns. Good understanding of data structures and design patterns. 
• 2+ years of back-end development experience in building large, complex, highly scalable web applications using Ruby on Rails framework. 
• Solid understanding of Ruby syntax, its nuances and core concepts. Ability to write clean and readable code. 
• Familiarity with concepts of RESTful. 
• Experience building API's, including authentication, cleanliness, and role-based access permissions. 
• Experience with SQL or NoSQL database technologies (e.g. MySQL, ElasticSearch, CouchBase, Redis, etc.) 
• Comfortable with source version control software (Git). 
• Knowledge and understanding of server-side architecture best practices. 
• Deep understanding of the HTTP protocol and networking. 
• Knowledge or experience with Cloud computing technologies and environments (AWS) 

Desirable: 

• Experience working in a UNIX environment. 
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3. 
• Familiarity with Angular/React/Vue or similar frontend frameworks. 
• Having a Github portfolio or link to open source work. 

What's in it for you 

• Our center of excellence (CoE) brings together all team members from across the organization to share best practices, support, advice, industry knowledge and to create a strong community. 
• Close cooperation with client 
• Dynamic and challenging tasks 
• Ability to influence project technologies 
• Team of professionals: learn from colleagues and gain recognition of your skills 
• Continuous self-improvement