ROR Developer

Role Overview: 

Zolvit is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with expertise in Ruby on Rails to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will have 4+ years of experience building scalable backend and frontend systems. This role involves designing and developing robust applications, implementing scalable architectures, and mentoring junior engineers. 

Responsibilities: 

• Design and implement scalable backend systems using Ruby on Rails.
• Work with event-driven middleware like Kafka to manage asynchronous communication between services. 
• Design, implement, and manage SQL and NoSQL databases with a strong understanding of tradeoffs. 
• Develop comprehensive high-level and low-level system designs and document them clearly for knowledge sharing. 
• Mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, and foster an environment of engineering excellence. 
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for seamless integration and deployment.

Requirements: 

• 4+ years of experience developing scalable applications using Ruby on Rails.
• Strong understanding of event-driven architecture and experience with middleware like Kafka. 
• Solid experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases and their tradeoffs.
• Expertise in high-level and low-level system design, with the ability to communicate designs to engineers effectively. 
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
• Strong knowledge of coding principles, design patterns, and best practices.
• Proficiency in leveraging AWS services for scalable deployments. 
• Strong communication skills with the ability to mentor junior engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams. 

What We Offer: 

• Opportunity to work on impactful projects in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• A collaborative and supportive team culture that encourages learning and innovation.
• Growth opportunities with a focus on enhancing technical and leadership skills.
• Competitive compensation aligned with your experience and contributions.

*Performs analysis of functional and business requirements

*Applies in-depth or broad technical knowledge to maintain data engineering functions performs solution design.

*Applies the company, open source, and 3rd party technologies to highly complex infrastructure and software solutions.

*Introduce new product features and enhance the platform

*Ability to translate business reporting requirements into a production report.

1. Hands on programming skills.
2. Monitoring application and infrastructure health by using monitoring tools
3. Build and deployment automation tools on AWS
4. Design and coding experience in Java/golang
5. Design and coding experience in Java/golang
6. Hands on exposure to GitLab or Github

We are looking for a Ruby on Rails developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition, and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Ruby code
• Integration of data storage solutions 
• Integration of 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 automatization
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Skills

• Experience with Ruby on Rails, along with other common libraries such as RSpec and Resque
• Good understanding of the syntax of Ruby and its nuances
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
• Good understanding of server-side templating languages 
• Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors 
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Familiarity with concepts of MVC, Mocking, ORM, and RESTful
• A knack for writing clean, readable Ruby code
• Ability to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Able to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools 
• Familiarity with development aiding tool familiarity with continuous integration

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Lead one of the product verticals in the development of technology strategy, planning, hiring and execution of the next iteration of the WeInvest platform.

• Institutionalize a strong software engineering culture and facilitate a rapid, iterative, layered development approach.

• Be hands on with the coding, evaluate design and architecture choices, do in-depth code reviews, and implement standards and practices for software development.

• Inspire the engineering team to build quality, scalable code by pairing with team members periodically.

• Participate in the definition and management of high-quality product roadmaps based on business, product & tech strategy.

• Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair the team’s ability to meet strategic, financial, and technical goals.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Masters /BE/ B.Tech from a reputed institute

• About 6-10 years professional experience in software development.

• Excellent logical and analytical reasoning capabilities combined with strong knowledge of core

computer science concepts like algorithms, data structures, software design patterns, OOP etc.

• Should have experience in all the phases of SDLC

• Must have experience in leading a team. (At least 2-3 people)

• Be an expert in ruby on rails with experience OR from Fintech, Wealth Management OR Investment

• Management Domain with experience in any of the programming languages (Java/Python/Ruby).

• Breadth of experience in multiple technologies, tools, frameworks and processes is a big plus.

• Excellent understanding of core computer science concepts like algorithms, data structure,

Software design patterns, OOP etc. Be able to lead the team in design & architecture discussions,

introduce new tools, concepts & process to the team and guide other members of the team.

• Experience working in an agile team with software engineering practices like automated testing,

test- driven-development, continuous integration etc is a big plus.

• Excellent oral and written communication.