Ruby On Rails Developer

We're seeking passionate, next-gen minded engineers who are excited about solving complex technical challenges and building innovative, first-of-its-kind products which make a tangible difference for our customers. As a Backend SDE-1, you will play a key role in driving strategic initiatives, collaborating with cross-functional teams across business, product, and operations to solve exciting problems. This role demands strong technical acumen, leadership capabilities, and a mindset focused on innovation and operational excellence.

We value individuals who think independently, challenge the status quo, and bring creativity and curiosity to the table—not those who simply follow instructions. If you're passionate about solving problems and making an impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning: Work closely with senior leadership to develop and implement engineering strategies that support business objectives. Understand broader organization goals and constantly prioritise your own work.
• Technical Excellence: Understand the onground problems, explore and design various possible solutions to conclude and implement scalable, extensible and secure software systems. Implement and learn best practices in technical architecture, coding standards, and software testing to ensure product delivery with highest speed AND quality.
• Project and Program Management: Setting up aggressive as well as realistic timelines with all the stakeholders, ensure the successful delivery of engineering projects as per the defined timelines with best quality standards ensuring budget constraints are met. Use agile methodologies to manage the development process and resolve bottlenecks.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate with Product Managers, Design, Business, and Operations teams to define project requirements and deliverables. Ensure the smooth integration of engineering efforts across the organization.
• Risk Management: Anticipate and mitigate technical risks and roadblocks. Proactively identify areas of technical debt and drive initiatives to reduce it.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 1+ years of experience in software engineering
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Strong understanding of software design principles and patterns.
• Hands on with multiple programming languages and modern development frameworks.
• Understanding of relational and non-relational databases.
• Experience with Redis, ElasticSearch.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and inspire teams and stakeholders at all levels.

Skills:- MySQL, Python, Django, AWS, NoSQL, Kafka, Redis, ElasticSearch

As Staff Engineer Backend, you will play a key role in building a product that will impact the way users experience Yoga and Fitness. Working closely with our CTO, head of engineering and our wider technical and product leadership you will help solve for securing the performance, experience and scalability of our product. With your erudite experience, you will play a key part in our product and growth roadmap.

About you

• At least 4 years of experience in product development and backend technologies, with strong understanding of the technology and familiarity with latest trends in backend technology developments.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science.
• 2+ years of hand on experience of Go programming language, paradigms, constructs, and idioms. Knowledge of NodeJS / Python will be an advantage.
• Strong experience with designing and maintaining large-scale databases (SQL and NoSQL) and knowledge of performance optimization techniques.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and cloud-native architectures (containers, serverless, microservices) is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with modern software development practices, including CI/CD, test automation, and Agile methodologies.
• Hold yourself accountable: proactively go above and beyond to deliver on promises and drive outcomes.
• Proven ability to solve complex engineering problems with innovative solutions and practical thinking.
• Able to effectively investigate reported software defects, and debugging skills.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally and influence technical direction across teams.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• At least 4 years of experience in product development and backend technologies, with strong understanding of the technology and familiarity with latest trends in backend technology developments.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs, ensuring high performance and reliability.
• Lead the architecture and implementation of new features, driving projects from concept to deployment.
• Optimize application performance and ensure high availability across systems.
• Implement robust security and data protection measures to safeguard critical information.
• Contribute to technical decision-making and architectural planning, ensuring long-term scalability and efficiency.
• Create and maintain clear, concise technical documentation for new systems, architectures, and codebases. Lead knowledge-sharing sessions to promote best practices across teams.
• Provide technical leadership to a team of engineers, guiding them through complex problem-solving, architectural decisions, and best practices. Mentor junior engineers and lead code reviews to ensure high standards of code quality.
• Work closely with product managers, front-end developers, and other stakeholders to define requirements, design systems, and deliver impactful product features within reasonable timelines.
• Continuously identify opportunities for system improvements, automation, and optimizations. Lead efforts to implement new technologies and processes that enhance engineering productivity and product performance.
• Take ownership of critical incidents, performing root cause analysis and implementing long-term solutions to minimize downtime and ensure business continuity.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively at various levels - intra-team, inter-group, spoken skills, and written skills - including email, presentation and articulation skills.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for career advancement and professional growth.
• A supportive and dynamic team environment where innovation and creativity are encouraged.

About Company:

MyYogaTeacher is a fast-growing health tech startup with a mission to improve the physical and mental well-being of the entire planet. We are the first online marketplace to connect qualified Fitness and Yoga coaches from India with consumers worldwide to provide personalized 1-on-1 sessions via live video conference (app, web). We started in 2019 and have been showing tremendous traction with rave customer reviews.

• Over 200,000 happy customers
• Over 335,000 5 star reviews
• Over 150 Highly qualified coaches on the platform
• 95% of sessions are being completed with 5-star rating

Headquartered in California, with operations based in Bangalore, we are dedicated to providing exceptional service and promoting the benefits of yoga and fitness coaching worldwide. To learn more about us, visit https://myyogateacher.com/aboutus

We put our employees' well-being at the forefront by providing competitive industry salaries and robust benefits packages. Were proud to foster an inclusive workplace and make a positive impact on the community. Additionally, we actively promote internal mobility and professional development at every stage of your career.

Read more on our mission and culture at https://myyogateacher.com/articles/company-mission-culture

Experience 2- 6 years within SW development

Excellent C/C++ and object-oriented programming skills

Excellent design analysis skills, including experience with software modeling,

Excellent on Linux for CLI or SNMP management related layer for L2 or L3 switches

Experience in telecom is a plus

Flexible, innovative, and driven

Structured and thorough with analytical and troubleshooting skills

Highly motivated team player

Agile way of working

· Write effective and scalable code in Ruby

· Build back-end components for web applications

· Test applications for performance, responsiveness, and security

· Review and debug junior developers’ code

· Integrate data storage and data processing solutions

· Build, install, and share gems and plugins

· Create automated test scripts

· Improve and maintain applications after deployment

· Coordinate with team members who work on different layers of infrastructure

·      4+ years of experience as a Python Developer.

·      Good Understanding of Object-Oriented Concepts and Solid principles.

·      Good Understanding in Programming and analytical skills.

·      Should have hands on experience in AWS Cloud Service like S3, Lambda functions Knowledge. (Must Have)

·      Should have experience Working with large datasets (Must Have)

·      Proficient in using NumPy, Pandas. (Must Have)

·      Should have hands on experience on Mysql (Must Have)

·      Should have experience in debugging Python applications (Must have)

·      Knowledge of working on Flask.

·      Knowledge of object-relational mapping (ORM).

·      Able to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system

·      Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git, SVN

·      Strong at problem-solving and logical abilities

·      Sound knowledge of Front-end technologies like HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript 

·      Strong commitment and desire to learn and grow.

About Gobillion

Gobillion is a YCombinator backed IIM-NIT alumni co-founded social commerce startup headquartered in San Francisco, USA with offices in New Delhi, Bangalore and Guwahati. We are bringing e-commerce 2.0 to the next 400 million online customers across India, through a community and social driven approach. Our co-founding has diversified experience with prestigious organizations including McKinsey & Company, Deloitte US, EY, Adobe and SAP Labs.

Gobillion has been rapidly scaling and is backed by some of the world’s most prestigious investors from US, Europe, SE Asia and India including - YCombinator, Justin Mateen (Founder - Tinder), Pioneer Fund, Soma Capital, Venture Souq, Goodwater Capital, LetsVenture, Vikalp Sahni (Co-Founder- Gobibibo) amongst others.

We have been selected for and globally validated by the world’s leading investors/accelerators including YCombinator, Founder Institute Silicon Valley, NASSCOM 10000 Startups - India and Assam Startup. We have been named as the Top 10 Global startup for YCombinator S21 by Alex Mitchell.

Summary of role: As a Developer, you will be working alongside our product team in the conceptualization, design and development of server side components. You will be doing the following on the job

• Write clean, manageable code and maintain proper documentation
• Create, test and deploy and maintain the applications on production servers
• Continuously discover, analyze, and implement new technologies and frameworks to maximize development efficiency
• Lead team in crafting solutions in different areas and ensure timely delivery
• Ensure secure architecture for Servers

Why Join Us?

• You will have a chance to be a leader and have the responsibility to scale Gobillon across India's most fast growing cities
• The opportunity to join one of India’s fastest growing companies at an early stage - We are giving our early team members to benefit from a strong ESOP pool and be part of our growth journey
• Joining an amazing team of Gobillion rockstars from colleges like IIMs, IITs, NITs etc. and from organizations including McKinsey & Company, Deloitte US, EY, Adobe, SAP Labs, Urban Company, Udaan, Amazon, Delivery, Ninjacart, Accenture etc.
• Wear the Gobillion badge with pride - We are looking for owners with a founder’s mindset - not just employees. If you are passionate about our mission about making e-commerce social for the next 400M customers in India and serve as culture carriers - we are the right place for you!

Key Responsibilities of this Role:

• Experience with DevOps and writing REST APIs & Micro services architecture
• Strong programming expertise in Node js, Nest Js
• Good understanding of Mongo databases and other NoSql Databases and SQL Database
• Solid hold on Data structures and Algorithm
• Good understanding of System Design
• Development expertise in AWS services like Lambda, SQS, SNS
• Good understanding of DevOps and Server security
• Exposure to Cloud Platforms like AWS (preferred), Azure or Google Cloud
• Unix command line experience
• Well-versed with Software Development Life Cycle
• Demonstrate the ability to be a self-starter and learn quickly
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Passion for learning and implementing new technologies
• Excellent understanding of software Architectures

• Coding and creating functional web applications and optimizing code for increasing response time and efficiency.
• Coordinating with front-end developers and providing server-side algorithms of user-facing web application elements.
• Analyzing the goals and requirements, handling bugs and errors and providing solutions for the same.
• Interacting with the database for storing data and ensuring that every user has access to what they search.

• Accomplishing the projects and goals within the deadline.
• Managing APIs that are executed across the devices.
• Participating in defining the architecture of the system.

Required skills

• Proven knowledge of front-end technologies, such as Angular, React, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript will be preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of PHP and related frameworks. Knowledge of Ruby, Python, NodeJs, and Java will be an added advantage.
• Good Communication, Analytical, Logical, and Leadership skills.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies such as Angular, React, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript will be preferred.
• Ability to manage a hosting environment along with database administration such as MySQL, Oracle.
• Excellent knowledge of APIs (REST, SOAP) and Web services.
• Capable of scaling applications to handle the load changes.
• Knowledge of version control, such as GIT.
• Knowledge of accessibility and security compliance.

• Bachelors/master’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in developing web-based, E-Commerce applications on Salesforce Commerce Cloud (SFCC).
• Object oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.
• Experience in working with ISML, Pipelines, Pipelets, JS-Controllers, Digital Scripts, 
• B2C Commerce API.
• Knowledge on SGJC is must and SFRA is an added advantage.
• Experience in working with Forms, Service and Job / Integration frameworks. 
• Experience in working with REST and SOAP webservices.
• Experience in integrating with third party LINK cartridges like Payment, Tax, Analytics, Ratings & Reviews etc. along with developing custom cartridges.
• Good understanding on SFCC Business Manager Configurations.
• SFCC Developer certification is an added advantage.
• Knowledge on build and deployment.
• Knowledge on Source Control Management System like GitHub/BitBucket.

• Flexible and proactive/self-motivated working style with strong personal ownership of problem resolution 
• Ability to multi-task under pressure and work independently. 
• Should be a problem solver with good analytical and critical thinking.
• Ability to Work on the priorities under pressure.
• Good communicator (written and verbal, formal and informal).
• Should be able to finish the work with minimum supervision.
• Experience: Minimum 2 Yrs. of relevant experience.