Ruby on Rails Architect

As a back-end developer, you’ll work on our back-end app that is built with Ruby on Rails. You’ll help to plan and develop new features, review other people’s code, fix bugs, help in technological and business decisions, and support the internal team.

Responsibilities

• Work in our main app back end built with Ruby on Rails
• Act as an architect of new features
• Review other people's code
• Fix bugs
• Help in decisions of technology and business
• Support internal team
• Refactor code

Requirements

• At least 3 years of industry experience
• At least 1 year of experience working on Ruby on Rails projects
• Comfortable in dealing with server infrastructure and deployment processes
• Experience with continuous delivery and automated testing.
• Experience with refactoring Ruby on Rails applications
• Experience in designing, developing and maintaining APIs
• Can work for at least a couple of hours during Japanese business hours

Nice to haves

These aren’t required, but be sure to mention them in your application if you have them.

• UI/UX design principles
• Good understanding of coding best practices and design patterns
• Understanding of security technologies (encryption, authentication, OAuth 2.0)
• Contribution to open source projects
• Interest and ability to learn other coding languages as needed
• Agile Development experience

Design, develop and support real time data monitoring application and a dashboard for a VoIP network

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Ruby code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems

Required Skills:

• 3+ yrs of experience developing Ruby applications on Linux platform with exposure to HTML, CSS and javascripts
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
• Experience with any one NoSQL solution like Redis, MongoDB, CouchDB is a must
• Deep understanding of high traffic, highly scalable, complex web applications
• Ability to work in a dev-automation environment with some source control, continuous integration/delivery systems
• Good problem solving/analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication

Preferred Skills:

• Conversant with Elasticsearch, Neo4j and D3.js
• Inclination to GO programming
• Experience working with open source projects

The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, multi-tasker, and demonstrated team-player. You will be a lead developer responsible for the development of new software products and enhancements to existing products. You should excel in working with large-scale applications and frameworks and have outstanding communication and leadership skills. 

Responsibilities

• Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code
• Develop and support software including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements
• Coordinate cross-functionally to insure project meets business objectives and compliance standards
• Support test and deployment of new products and features
• Participate in code reviews
• Technical Lead experience exploring other open source frameworks and technologies and integrating with project

Qualifications

• 5+ years of development experience at least two or more of the following languages (Python, Ruby, javascript and Java)
• Expertise in object oriented design and design patterns
• Experience releasing highly scalable enterprise products full lifecycle
• Experience mentoring and training others on complex technical issues
• Experience with implementing algorithms to solve complex real world problems
• Solid coding practices including good design documentation, unit testing, peer code reviews
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• A proven ability to learn and adapt to new, complex development environments with deep dive analytical skills
• Strong object-oriented programming skills, knowledge of design patterns, and an uncanny ability to design intuitive module and class-level interfaces
• Experience in algorithm design and problem solving
• Experience leading small teams of engineers
• Experience with technologies like MongoDB, DynamoDB is highly desirable
• Experience developing full stack web applications using Perl, Java, Python or PHP
• Experience in any of the top JavaScript MVC frameworks, like Backbone, Angular, Ember, Spine or Knockout
• Passion for creating efficient, scalable, highly usable web interfaces
• Candidates from  Product Start-up companies would be highly preferred.

About Actionboard

https://www.myactionboard.com">Actionboard is comprehensive suite of tools designed to provide actionable insights to entrepreneurs and business people proactively and on demand. Apart from this, Actionboard also provides extensive automation tools to accountants that lets them save time and improve the quality of their work.

What you will do:

• Implement features from end-to-end across the stack
• Work with product managers to understand business requirements and choose appropriate solutions
• Participate and actively contribute to the technical and product discussions

Our tech stack:

1. Ruby on Rails
2. Sidekiq
3. Vue.js
4. PostgreSQL
5. Google Cloud Platform

We handle problems that involve huge amounts of data and apply a lot of machine learning techniques in addition to regular web development work.

Why work on Actionboard:

• Challenging work: Actionboard handles a large volume of data which turns boring day-to-days tasks into interesting challenges. There is also a huge scope for applying machine learning and data science techniques if that sort of thing interests you.
• Work culture: We are serious but we like to have fun. We work hard but not to the point of burnout nor do we ever do all-nighters. Our team is filled with smart, hard-working, diligent types with a can-do attitude when presented with challenges. We are an intentionally small and agile team.
• Growth potentail: We have a half-yearly review process where we make it clear what objectives are needed to be achieved in order to advance to the next level. Promotions and pay increases are based on skills acquired and work performed.

Technical skills are we looking for:

• HTML/CSS/JavaScript experience
• At least a year of experience working with Rails
• Working knowledge in SQL
• Experience in a Test Driven Development approach

How your growth trajectory will look like at Actionboard:

We are a small company with no bureaucracy where rewards follow results very quickly. Below is the ladder a new developer in our team climbs.

Programmer in Training ( 0 - 6 months experience)

• Learn fundamentals of developing a web application with rails
• No ownership expected. No work related initiatives expected.
• Work will be extensively reviewed. And detailed feedback will be given.
• Works on simple routine problems

Junior Programmer (6m to 12m)

• Strengthen fundamentals of ruby, javascript, sql, html, css
• No ownership expected. No work related initiatives expected.
• Work will be heavily reviewed. And detailed feedback will be given.
• Works on simple routine problems but turns around much faster than person in training

Programmer (12m to 18m):

• Work is reviewed with the occasional need for significant direction or implementation changes.
• Follows established patterns and approaches within existing code bases with ease.
• Co-owns a feature along with a Sr. Programmer
• Works mostly on clearly defined and scoped individual features or problems.

Senior Programmer (18 months to 3 years)

• Work doesn't need to be reviewed, but general direction may be.
• Fully capable of taking substantial features from concept to shipping as the sole programmer (alongside a designer).
• Can provide feedback on the work of junior programmers and programmers.
• Deep expertise within at least one programming environment.
• Basic proficiency in at least one additional programming environment.

Lead Programmer (3 years to 5 years)

• Work happens completely autonomously with no regular need for review.
• Fully capable of owning and running entire subsystems of work (e.g. entire inbound/outbound Tally Sync worklow).
• Helps set and maintain professional standards for the entire organization.
• Deep, substantial expertise in multiple domains. e.g. Design
• Capable of running and directing small teams for substantial projects.

Principal Programmer (5 years to 8 years)

• Fully capable of designing, owning, and running entirely new, novel systems (design user activity tracking systems)
• Capable of running and directing larger teams for large, long-running projects.
• Invents new concepts, pushes the whole organization forward regularly. (e.g. Report Builder)

Full Stack Developer with excellent and strong experience in the design and development of secure and high performing applications/products using MEAN Stack on Cloud-based architecture using DevOps processes.

Roles and 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.

Technical Experience/skills & Qualifications required:

• Degree in Computer Science
• 6 to 8 years of experience in Information Technology with at least 4+ years in MEAN stack development
• Highly experienced with back-end programming languages Ex: Python, Ruby, Java, .NET, JavaScript etc
• Proficient experience using advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as AngularJS, ReactJS, Node JS, KnockoutJS, BackboneJS, etc.
• Development experience for both mobile and desktop.
• Understanding of server-side languages including such-as Jade, EJS, Jinja, etc.
• Experience with cloud message APIs and usage of push notifications
• Experience in development using the DevOps tools like Kubernetes, GitHub, Jenkins
• Experience in developing applications on the cloud platform especially AWS
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL, Oracle, and MongoDB
• Understanding and implementation of security and data protection.
• Experience working with JIRA and Gitlab
• Maintain code integrity and organization
• Experience working with graphic designers and converting designs to visual elements.

Other Generic and Behavioural Skills

• Experience in Healthcare domain and HIPAA compliance awareness would be a big plus
• Strong team player and ability to adapt to a dynamic and agile environment
• Design thinking and ability to deliver innovative solutions
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Attention to details

Why should you apply:

• Great opportunity to be a part of booming Healthcare sector and ride the wave
• Big opportunity to work with the leadership team which promotes and encourages innovation-driven thought process and execution
• Opportunity to work with young minds using the latest technologies
• Ability to work in an environment that will enable you to realize ownership with the freedom to learn and deliver a great product
• Fantastic opportunity to grow with the company and achieve great heights of success.

Ability to interact with team members and stakeholders from different cultures within and outside India

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.
• 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.