ROR developer

As a Software Development Engineer II in Hiver’s Strategic Initiative department, you will have a critical role to play in building solutions that hold high strategic value for the business. You will get a chance to work with and mentor a group of smart engineers as well as learn and grow yourself working with very good mentors. Expect lots of challenges and high levels of ownership and autonomy. You’ll get the opportunity to work on complex technical challenges, building frameworks to monitor and improve the performance of our systems, and improving reliability and performance.

You will be working on

• Building, maintaining and scaling APIs and microservices. You will own all aspects of SDLC including documentation, data modeling, and deployment.
• Participate in solution brainstorming, release planning and code reviews.
• This is the early phase of the project and you will do foundational work on multiple aspects and help define and improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
• Collaborating closely with co-developers, designers and other stakeholders to build dynamic and compelling user experiences while embracing emerging standards.

We are looking for

• 3+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining production-grade services that are being used by a good number of active customers.
• 1+ year of professional experience with Ruby-on-Rails.
• Command on web fundamentals and high level knowhow frontend ecosystem and modern development practices
• Sound knowledge of design patterns and best practices for writing clean, linted, maintainable and reusable code
• Deep understanding of relational databases (eg, MySql) and data modeling concepts
• Solid foundation in Computer Science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
• An architect's mindset - we want a fast time to market but without undermining long-term prospects. You will have to continuously assess the various trade-offs when considering long-term vs. short-term benefits/drawbacks and make informed choices about the optimal approach.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills - you should be able to troubleshoot and solve issues in a timely manner.
• Ability to iterate and deliver at a fast pace - speed is of the essence.
• Solid understanding of cloud concepts and latest infra stack (AWS).
• Track record of assessing complex initiatives and coming up fairly accurate expected time of arrival (ETA) and working with a team to meet these timelines with high confidence
• Good communication skills - you should have good communication skills, both written and verbal. You should be proficient in English and be able to communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders.
• Nice to have: (optional)
• Frontend (full-stack) experience (VueJS) is a major plus

At Hiver, we value diversity and inclusion and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply. If you're ready to make an impact and be part of our innovative team, please apply here.

Key responsibilities

Write simple, understandable, testable, and efficient code with focus on solid technical stability and performance.

Drive technical improvement by applying software craftsmanship in everyday work as well as by identifying and executing larger refactoring/improvement initiatives.

Contribute in implementation of complex features and design work within the team.

Being part of cross team technical initiatives

Participate in and contribute to the team's Agile practices.

Take responsibility in maintaining high engineering standards, commitment to the product and respect and attitude towards others.

Skills:

Hands-on experience with modern Ruby on Rails practices and development. (1-2 years)

Experience with writing clean, maintainable and scalable code

Good awareness of the Ruby on Rails ecosystems and being in touch with the latest developments in this area

Experience in developing backend APIs/services, micro-service architecture.

Have a clear understanding of database technologies

Awareness/experience with testing methodologies like RSpec

A high-performance mindset to deliver good quality code and also an understanding of the product

Openness with working in a culture of inclusiveness and individual responsibility and experience with Agile methodologies.

Good communication skills – good knowledge of English, both written and oral

Good to have:

Working knowledge of react or other JS based frameworks.

Hands on experience with python, nodeJS, mongo db