
Ruby on Rails Developer
at Service company, helps businesses harness the power of data



Job Title: Ruby on Rails - Developer / Technical Lead
Job Description
About the Company:
We are a Data as a Service company that helps businesses harness the power of data. Our technology fuels some of the most interesting big data projects in the world. We are a small bunch of people working towards shaping the imminent data-driven future by solving some of its fundamental and toughest challenges.
The experience is about striving to become the best version of ourselves holistically, an experience that lasts a lifetime. We tend to have clear growth paths for every role and level in the org so the learning never stops. We believe in a work-life blend, and hence encourage responsible flexibility, which is particularly important in a fully remote setup we have. We trust our people with the impact they can create, and let them choose how they want to do so. We are on a mission to put reliable data at the heart of every business to fuel success and intend to transform the lives we touch (of our customers and our people) while on this journey.
Roles and Responsibilities:
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Leading development projects end to end in all stages of the iterative product development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to testing.
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Break down problem statements and come up with a scalable design, implementation plan, test plan and execute them with the team on promised timelines.
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Being a strong advocate for object-oriented design and guide/coach other team members with best practices on Development and QA
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Collaborate with different teams and own up technical initiatives, bringing in new tools and technologies that help us in strengthening scalability, security, and maintainability of our codebase.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
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Hands-on experience with modern Ruby on Rails practices and development.
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Write highly scalable and maintainable code while keeping agility in mind.
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Demonstrable knowledge of front-end technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS and JQuery
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Experience with SQL Databases and NoSQL datastores; with previous experience with MySQL and ElasticSearch being a bonus
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Substantial experience with BDD or TDD and testing frameworks
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Experience in Linux environment and basic Linux commands.
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Awareness/experience in setting up and configuring rails applications and other related services is a big plus – eg: Nginx, puma, Redis.
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Awareness/experience in any one of the modern front-end frameworks Angular, Ember, React, Vue.
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A high-performance mindset to deliver good quality code and also an understanding of the product with a keen attention to detail.
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Great communication, particularly in explaining your coding processes, suggestions for best practices, and identifying ways to improve the team's coding quality.
Years of Experience:
1 - 6 Years
Skills: ROR, RUBY ON RAILS
Perks
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An environment where each employee is celebrated.
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A one-time home office setup allowance, monthly allowances for internet bills, child care allowance for new mothers/single parents.
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Half-yearly performance appraisals
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Flexible working hours
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Competitive salary

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Job Description
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- Creation of data queries and optimization of database processes with SQL
- Use of bash scripts for system administration, automation and deployment processes
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- Managing, optimizing and querying large amounts of data in an Exasol database (prospectively Snowflake)
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- Knowledge of agile methodologies and working in cross-functional, collaborative teams.
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