Ruby on Rails Developer

Responsibilities

• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Writing reusable, testable, and efficient code
• Own & build new modules/features end-to-end independently.
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.
• Work in an agile environment to rapidly build high-quality and robust features.
• Participate in DevOps.
• Implementation of security and data protection.

Required Skills

• Master in Node.js and frameworks available for it. (Nest.js / Loopback / AdonisJS)
• Excellent understanding of ES6 and OOP.
• Good understanding of SQL & No-SQL Databases. (MySQL / PostgreSQL)
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds.
• Open Source and DevOps enthusiast.
• Comfortable with Test Driven Development.
• Can learn and adapt fast, as well as identify and solve problems.

Bonus Skills

• Hands-on with TypeScript

Job Perks

• Get to work with a highly passionate team of engineers.
• Open and embracing culture towards the latest hot technologies.
• A high level of freedom & responsibility.

Join the Team! Full Stack Developer | 3-4 yrs experience | Remote

Do you want first-hand experience in building a startup with a small and growing team? Do you think data and tech can be a game changer?

Welcome to Co.labx: Co.labx is a tech-enabled, leadership consulting firm. At Co.labx, we are challenging the status quo & helping organisations become a force for good. We are a gender-neutral company, work remotely, partner on challenging projects with our clients, and strive to create a balance between people, planet, & profit. We now wish to enhance the role that technology plays in our work. And we have identified some exciting problem statements to push our boundaries in the next 1 year.

About the Role: At Co.labx, we’re proud to build products that accelerate the growth of organisations. To this end, we are looking to onboard a full-stack developer with previous experience working with early-stage startups. We’re looking for a candidate with 3-4 years of experience building, testing, and deploying web or mobile based applications. This individual would possess a strong product mindset, be user-centric, and be willing to experiment and build tools that enable teams to thrive.

Competencies

3-4 years of experience in the software development sector (service / product)

Experience with backend development using Ruby on Rails, Python Django, Java Spring or any other server side framework

Experience with Javascript, CSS and HTML and some frontend frameworks like React.js, Angular.js or equivalent

Experience working with relational databases (eg. MySQL or PostgreSQL)

Familiarity with RES APIs and developing endpoints in a RESTful manner

Experience writing industry-grade, well-tested code for a web-based product or service

Ability to work with uncertainty and rapidly adapting to changes

Strong leadership skills and ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders to see a product to completion

Excellent communication skills

Expectations

Help plan and develop new software products for the organisation

Write clean, maintainable and scalable code that is production ready and well-tested

Gather requirements and understand need of new products from various teams

Use basic analytics tools and techniques to understand user behaviour and suggest changes to existing products (or enable other team members to do so)

Our pay scale for this role is between 12-15 lacs

Still here? Great, these are the next steps & an overview of the selection process:

Reach out: We love talking about our work, so drop us an email if you want to know more. And if this opportunity excites you, apply with your resume.

Showcase your work: We will share 2 short pre-works with you. We love original, well thought out work. Insider Tip - Work speaks louder than words!

Interview & Selection

If interested, reach out right away and we’re excited to get to know you!

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

• Understands detailed requirements and demonstrates excellent problem solving skills
• Deep understanding of software engineering practices, Design Patterns, Data Structures, Algorithms
• Excellent programming skills in ROR, Golang, NodeJS, Python or Java
• Strong communication skills
• Strong sense of ownership, drive and ability to deliver results
• 2+ years of experience in product driven organization