Ruby on Rails Architect

Responsibilities:

• Software Development: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including front-end developers, designers, and product managers, to design, develop, test, and maintain web applications using Ruby on Rails.
• Feature Development: Participate in the full software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering and technical design to implementation and deployment of new features and enhancements.
• Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code while following best practices and coding standards. Perform code reviews to ensure code quality across the team.
• Database Management: Work with relational databases (e. g., PostgreSQL) to design, optimize, and maintain database schemas and queries.
• Bug Fixing and Troubleshooting: Identify and resolve software defects and performance issues. Conduct debugging and troubleshooting as needed.
• Testing: Develop and execute unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests to ensure the reliability and stability of the applications.
• API Integration: Integrate with third-party APIs and services as required for application functionality.
• Scalability: Contribute to the scalability of our applications to handle increased load and user traffic.
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of code, processes, and systems to facilitate knowledge sharing and onboarding of new team members.
• Collaboration: Actively participate in Agile or Scrum development processes, attend sprint planning meetings, and provide status updates on tasks.
• Continuous Learning: Stay up-to-date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies relevant to Ruby on Rails development.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Proven experience as a Ruby on Rails developer, typically 3-8 years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency in Ruby, Rails, and associated libraries and frameworks.
• Strong understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Experience with version control systems (e. g., Git) and collaboration tools (e. g., GitHub or GitLab).
• Knowledge of SQL and experience working with relational databases.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and integration of third-party services.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Any additional certifications or experience with cloud services (e. g., AWS, Azure) would be a plus.

Procol is India's fastest-growing procurement technology company.

Founded in 2018, Procol's solutions have been securely deployed at many $1B+ global companies helping procurement teams reduce costs, digitize procurements, improve compliance by replacing emails and excel workflows with the world's most easy-to-use and secure e-sourcing platform managing a spend of ₹5000 Cr+. Procol is rated 4.9/5 ⭐️ by trusted enterprises on G2 and has been featured by Forbes.

We're a team of ex-Google New York, Zomato, OYO who've worked at high-impact, growth companies and believe that we're on the journey of building one. Backed by investors like Blume Ventures, Sequoia Surge, Beenext, and Rainmatter.

Hiring Technical Lead

You will scale and lead Procol’s engineering teams. You’ll be instrumental in driving the product vision and will be responsible for hiring, developing and leading engineers to seamlessly execute our technical roadmap.

You come from experience but are not as psyched with your current pursuits and believe that there’s something more important to be done with your time.  If you are a hustler who likes to take challenges and want to join a team of like-minded enthusiastic individuals then we want you on-board.

What you’ll bring

• You have 4+ years of experience with system architecture and have built scalable software infrastructure.
• You are a hands-on programmer and prefer to spend 20-30% of your time writing production grade code with your team.
• You have sound understanding of software engineering principles, both for code and for people
• You have experience of leading engineering teams. 
• You are emphatic and highly customer obsessed.
• You have an eye for great products and can work effectively with product managers, engineers and designers to build them.

What you'll do

• Build, scale, develop and manage teams that are collaborative, inclusive, and respectful of each other.
• Scope and lead large technical projects with enormous impact. 
• Manage the processes necessary to operate the engineering teams effectively.
• Drive and contribute to company-wide engineering initiatives.
• Plan and prioritize short term and long term engineering goals and guide teams through planning, prioritization, and execution of work.
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of your team members. Focus on developing their careers, and assign them to projects suitable to their skill levels, work styles, and professional goals.
• Own your team’s deliverables and ensure we continue to ship scalable, highly-available products that delight our customers.
• Support the engineering and product teams in achieving a high level of technical quality, reliability, and ease-of-use.

Why you'll love Procol

• Learn and grow fast with a growing startup which impacts millions of businesses
• Work closely with the founding team and become a part of building a successful company
• Openly collaborate with few of India’s most talented folks, who will challenge you every day
• Industry competitive salary and benefits

• Get advance salaries every month
• Employee health insurance covered by us
• Flexible working hours

Procol is an equal opportunity employer and we believe diversity is key to our success.

Seeking passionate and senior software engineers having 5+ years of experience in Ruby on Rails.

You are a full-stack engineer with an innate passion for writing elegant, idiomatic & pragmatic code.

• Excellent verbal & written communication skills. And you enjoy collaborating with others
• 5+ years 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 system, PR review process, and Code quality metrics
• You understand the importance of concepts like "Test Driven Development" and utilize them to bring more stability & predictability in applications. We are a heavy user of RSpec, Unit Testing, Continuous Integration (CI) & Continuous Deployments (CD)

• Experience with modern Javascript libraries, frameworks & its ecosystem will be a huge plus. Example: React.js / Ember.js / Angular.js / Vue.js etc.
• Working knowledge or understanding of the SaaS ecosystem will be a plus
• Experience with Micro-service Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), GraphQL, and REST APIs will be a huge plus
• Knowledge of Sidekiq, Redis, Solr, Heroku, AWS will be a huge plus
• Experience working with Payment Gateways like Chargify, or Stripe 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
• Exposure to cloud deployment on Amazon or deployment on Heroku or standalone virtual servers etc. (or exposure to PaaS)
• 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

What you need to have:

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