Ruby Technical Lead

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.

What you need to have:

Flexiple's infrastructure is heavily powered by Ruby on Rails, and we're keen to onboard smart Ruby developers with some experience on JavaScript to help us build amazing web apps!

You'll be part of Flexiple's core engineering team and get a chance to work on multiple Ruby/JS apps, that are built for performance & scale. A typical day of engineering work at Flexiple would involve backend ruby work and getting your hands dirty in the frontend.

Our apps are built for internal & external users, and a few of them get 1 million+ monthly hits! We'd love for you to help us build performant systems that function at such scale.

We don't make compromises in design or code and all our apps are robust, fast and well-tested. However, we also focus equally on speed of development, which is typical of the startup dev culture. So you'll see the best of both worlds at Flexiple!

This is a fully remote position that can be done from anywhere. The CTC can be increased based on the experience of the individual (up to 20 lpa).

If you're backend Ruby developer, who also loves to tinker on the frontend, then this is the right opportunity for you.

• Build & deploy robust, well-tested products/features that are used by millions of users.
• Write crisp, clean & efficient Ruby and JavaScipt code, with equal focus on being easy to maintain and debug.
• Write clean & elegant CSS to bring static wireframes/mockups to life.
• Communicate effectively, contribute to improving the dev processes and brainstorm ideas.
• Share feedback with others, mentor your teammates and grow as a part of the team.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies.

First week:

• Join the team, understand Flexiple's practices & processes.
• Set up your local dev environment
• Get familiar with our tech stack & products.
• Create your first pull request.

First month:

• Get acquainted with the different products and their business domain.
• Contribute actively to the development of one or more products.
• Develop a deeper understanding of Flexiple's product suite, technology and processes.

First six months:

• Contribute actively to product planning, software development, testing and maintenance.
• Suggest and implement improvements to our dev processes and codebase.
• Lead tech initiatives for Flexiple's products.

• 1+ years of software development experience
• Past experience with Ruby on Rails and HTML/CSS/JavaScript
• Developed at least 2-4 production-quality web apps (at work or personal projects; can be any technology/ stack)
• Excellent grasp over algorithms and data structures
• Ability to learn and master new technologies quickly
• Passionate about building robust web/ mobile/ desktop apps and stay updated with the latest technologies/ frameworks
• Outstanding written and communication skills

• A fully remote (work from anywhere) role
• Receive a more-than-competitive salary plus benefits
• A flat and transparent culture
• Support for setting up home office
• Enjoy a culture with opportunities for growth and learning

You will be directly working with Hrishikesh, co-founder at Flexiple. More about him can be found on his https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrishikeshpardeshi/">LinkedIn and https://twitter.com/hrishiptweets">Twitter profiles.

• Part of the core team responsible for powering the various apps and moving parts of the product
• Design, build and own key technology decisions and implementations
• Wear multiple hats - that of an architect, developer, or product owner
• Collaborate with other team members to find optimal solutions and engineering workarounds based on resource/time constraints
• Communicate development status and features to the rest of the team members
• Manage interactions with designers, testers, and other developers

Required Skills :

• 4-6 years of overall software development experience
• 2+ years of development experience with Ruby on Rails
• Experience with support of high-availability, high-performance, customer-facing web applications
• Expert in configuring and deploying multiple rails applications quickly
• Experience with collaborative code development in small agile teams and managing releases (Git, Continuous Integration, Capistrano)
• Experience building internal and external APIs and RESTful web services
• Strong foundation in Database ( SQL / Postgres )
• Experience deploying and managing applications on cloud-based infrastructure (Heroku/AWS)
• Outstanding understanding of software design and architecture

It will be good if you also have:

• Worked in a web startup before and been part of the core development during a high growth phase
• Practical experience with building scalable, high availability, and high-performance systems
• Hands-on background with agile development practices including test-driven development and scrums
• Contributed to open-source projects on Github
• Familiarity with a variety of programming languages and development tools

We are looking for passionate engineers and researchers that want to contribute in this exciting and fast moving field of Deep Learning and Research.

We are looking for a full stack developer to produce scalable software solutions.

As a full stack developer, you should be comfortable around both front-end and back-end coding languages, development frameworks and third-party libraries. You should also be a team player with a knack for visual design and utility.

If you’re also familiar with Agile methodologies, we’d like to meet you.

Responsibilities:

• Developing front end website architecture.
• Designing user interactions on web pages.
• Developing back end website applications.
• Creating servers and databases for functionality.
• Ensuring cross-platform optimization for mobile phones.
• Ensuring responsiveness of applications.
• Working alongside graphic designers for web design features.
• Seeing through a project from conception to finished product.
• Designing and developing APIs.
• Meeting both technical and consumer needs.
• Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages.

Requirements:

• Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Proficiency with fundamental front end languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks such as Angular JS, React and Amber.
• Proficiency with server side languages such as Python, Ruby, Java, PHP and .Net.
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, Oracle and MongoDB.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Good problem solving skills.
• Attention to detail.

Reporting directly to the Founder

The job requires a great deal of responsibility early on, but we're working on something exciting and there's lots of opportunity of growth and learning.

The job is full-time, remotely based, and with flexible hours.