Ruby on Rails Developer

Job Summary:

We are looking for a skilled and motivated Backend Engineer with 2 to 4 years of professional experience to join our dynamic engineering team. You will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining the backend systems that power our products. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions that align with business and user needs.

This role is ideal for engineers ready to take ownership of systems, contribute to architectural decisions, and solve complex backend challenges.

Website: https://www.thealteroffice.com/about

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain robust backend systems and APIs that are scalable and maintainable.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, and DevOps teams to deliver seamless, end-to-end solutions.
• Model and manage data using SQL (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Redis), incorporating caching where needed.
• Implement and manage authentication, authorization, and data security practices.
• Write clean, well-documented, and well-tested code following best practices.
• Work with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) to deploy, monitor, and scale services effectively.
• Use tools like Docker (and optionally Kubernetes) for containerization and orchestration of backend services.
• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines for faster and safer deployments.
• Monitor and debug production issues, using observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) for root cause analysis.
• Participate in code reviews, contribute to improving development standards, and provide support to less experienced engineers.
• Work with event-driven or microservices-based architecture, and optionally use technologies like GraphQL, WebSockets, or message brokers such as Kafka or RabbitMQ when suitable for the solution.

Requirements:

• 2 to 4 years of professional experience as a Backend Engineer or similar role.
• Proficiency in at least one backend programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Go, Ruby, etc.).
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design, asynchronous programming, and scalable architecture patterns.
• Solid experience with both relational and NoSQL databases, including designing and optimizing data models.
• Familiarity with Docker, Git, and modern CI/CD workflows.
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and deployment processes (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Exposure to monitoring, logging, and performance profiling practices in production environments.
• A good understanding of security best practices in backend systems.
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, agile environment with evolving priorities.

COMPANY- LIGHTWAVE CONSULTANTS

Position: Ruby on Rails Developer

Experience : 3-7yrs

Location : Lower Parel, Mumbai (Hybrid Work Model)

Job Overview:

We are seeking a proficient Ruby on Rails Developer who brings strong object-oriented programming (OOP) principles, an API-first approach, and experience building scalable applications. The ideal candidate should be comfortable working with modern frontend frameworks, integrating APIs, and contributing to robust, maintainable, and performant backend systems. Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes is a plus. Exposure to other backend languages like Python, Go, or Elixir is an added advantage.

Key Responsibilities:

● Design, build, and maintain scalable web applications using Ruby on Rails.

● Apply OOP principles and design patterns to ensure maintainable and modular codebases.

● Build and maintain RESTful and GraphǪL APIs to support frontend and external integrations.

● Collaborate with frontend teams to ensure seamless integration with modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Vue, etc.).

● Write clean, efficient, and secure code following best practices in performance, testing, and documentation.

● Ensure the system is scalable and performant, capable of handling large-scale data and user interactions.

● Participate in code reviews, system architecture discussions, and continuous improvement processes.

● Work in agile teams, using CI/CD pipelines and version control effectively.

● Implement containerized services and deployments using Docker and optionally Kubernetes.

● Actively contribute to technical decision-making, mentoring junior developers, and maintaining high engineering standards.

Required Skills & Ǫualifications:

●Strong hands-on experience with Ruby on Rails and solid understanding of Ruby language constructs.

● Sound knowledge of OOPs concepts, SOLID principles, and design patterns.

• Proven experience building and maintaining APIs (RESTful and/or GraphǪL).

● Comfortable working with frontend developers and integrating with modern frameworks (React, Vue, etc.).

● Experience working on scalable, production-grade systems.

● Familiarity with SǪL and ActiveRecord, performance tuning, and caching strategies.

● Version control expertise using Git and experience with code review workflows.

● Strong hands-on experience with TDD using RSpec and a clear understanding of testing strategies.

● Comfortable with debugging, profiling, and monitoring production systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

● Exposure to Docker and basic container orchestration with Kubernetes.

● Experience with background job processing (Sidekiq, Resque).

● Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and infrastructure-as-code practices.

● Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools for backend services.

● Experience working in a microservices or service-oriented architecture (SOA) setup.

● Working knowledge of additional backend languages such as Python, Go (Golang), or Elixir.

● Understanding of security best practices in web development and API design.

● Familiarity with service observability, logs, metrics, and tracing tools

Responsibilities :

• Lead the development of the backend systems for our client's first product.
• Build reliable, secure, and performant backend systems.
• Drive test coverage and continuous delivery automation within the team.
• Mentor and provide feedback to teammates.
• You should have a min of 8 years of software development experience and management.
• Can write code that is readable, maintainable, secure, and performant.
• Know the importance of tests and how to approach writing different types of tests, good intuition for REST API design
• Deep understanding of relational databases, transactions, entity-relationship modeling.
• Comfortable writing highly concurrent systems.
• Experienced in using profilers, tuning garbage collection, optimizing SQL queries.

• Golang, Java, Python, Ruby, Node.

Please find below the required skill set

Skillsets:

• Strong Experience in Ruby on Rails
• Solid understanding of Ruby principles and core concepts.
• Good understanding of Object Oriented Concepts and principles.
• Understanding of RESTful/ SOAP APIs.
• Good understanding of front-end technologies including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, ReactJS and Bootstrap framework.
• Knowledge/ Experience in SQL and PL/SQL programming.
• Excellent communication Skill.