ROR Developer

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled Product Engineer to join our dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity to work on innovative FinTech solutions and contribute to the future of global payments. If you're passionate about backend development, API design, and scalable architecture, we'd love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend systems.
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code while following best practices.
• Build and optimize RESTful APIs and database queries.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver 0 to 1 products.
• Ensure smooth CI/CD pipeline implementation and deployment automation.
• Contribute to open-source projects and stay updated with industry trends.
• Maintain a strong focus on security, performance, and reliability.
• Work with payment protocols and financial regulations to ensure compliance.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• ✅ 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• ✅ Proficiency in any backend language (with preference for Ruby on Rails).
• ✅ Strong foundation in architecture, design, and database optimization.
• ✅ Experience in building APIs and working with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• ✅ Familiarity with CI/CD practices and automation tools.
• ✅ Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• ✅ Strong track record of open-source contributions (minimum 50 stars on GitHub).
• ✅ Passion for FinTech and payment systems.
• ✅ Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team.

Nice to Have

• Prior experience in financial services or payment systems.
• Exposure to microservices architecture and cloud platforms.
• Knowledge of containerization tools like Docker & Kubernetes.

Seeking passionate Software Engineers having 2+ years of experience in Ruby on Rails.

• Excellent verbal & written communication skills. And you enjoy collaborating with others
• 2+ year of experience with Ruby on Rails or other Ruby frameworks
• Sound knowledge of object-oriented programming concepts and design patterns
• Strong knowledge of relational database concepts, PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.
• Working knowledge of Javascript, DOM, CSS, HTML
• Strong experience with Git versioning systems

• Experience with modern Javascript libraries, frameworks & its ecosystem will be a huge plus. Example: React.js / Ember.js / Angular.js / Vue.js etc.
• Experience with Micro-service Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), GraphQL, and REST APIs will be a huge plus
• Working knowledge or understanding of the SaaS ecosystem will be a plus
• Contribution to open source projects, have participated in some technical community or meetups or interest group or have written or spoken in public about their technical ideas
• Inclination to develop your own gems or reusable components or libraries

• We're a remote-friendly and calm company
• We use the latest and powerful hardware for software development
• We are heavy on extreme programming and agile methodology. Our DNA is engineering practices like TDD, CI, CD, Code reviews, Pair programming, etc
• We love to collaborate and contribute to open source projects (check: https://www.github.com/kiprosh">Kiprosh Github)
• We encourage and help you to blog about your development experience with the rest of the world. (check: https://blog.kiprosh.com/">Kiprosh Engineering Blogs)
• Our dedicated CoE (Center of Excellence) group ensures that company-wide we all achieve excellence in the area of our interest, learn the latest and greatest, and keep sharing product & technology topics regularly across the organization
• Company-wide, we conduct monthly events to have fun together as a One Kiprosh team.
• We are big on rewards and recognition. We celebrate spotlight awards every quarter. We have yearly award ceremonies and celebrations. (check: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kiprosh">Kiprosh Linkedin Page)
• We have company-wide outings twice a year (but pause for a year since March 2020 due to Covid19 pandemic)
• We are a passionate group of humble, kind, and fun-loving individuals

• 3 - 5 years of progressive IT experience with a minimum of 1+ years in building Ruby on Rails Web applications and RESTful API endpoints
• Proficient with scripting languages, specifically Python and Bash
• Experience in Object Oriented Java Script.
• Must have Linux command line experience.
• Good experience in developing and integrating reliable REST web services.
• Possess good communication, organizational and creative thinking skills.
• Multi-tasking individual that likes to work both in a team environment and individually
• Excellent technical abilities, leadership, decision making, and adaptability to new technology
• Good knowledge of Agile processes and practice
• Team player

1. Building products that impact millions
2. Working on really tough problems that challenge you
3. Being part of a small team where you are impactful

1. 50K+ API requests/min
2. 25K+ concurrent users every second

• A team that loves coding & building exceptional quality products
• Challenges that will push you beyond your limits
• A democratic place where everyone is heard & aware
• No hierarchy, politics, bosses, managers or anything like that
• And most importantly, Happy Vibes!