Ruby on Rails Developer

Software Architect

Bangalore, India / Engineering/ Full-time

Job Overview:

As a Software Architect, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining robust and scalable backend solutions for our software applications. You will be responsible for making strategic technical decisions, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful delivery of high-quality software products with scalable backend infrastructure. 

Responsibilities:

• System Architecture:
• Design and architect scalable, efficient, and maintainable backend systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Technical Leadership:
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the development team, ensuring best practices and coding standards are followed.
• Mentor and coach team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Backend Development:
• Lead the development of backend components, modules, and features primarily on Ruby on Rails tech stack and also be open to contribute in other tech stacks based on Java/Kotlin and Python.
• Implement and maintain APIs, data models, and database structures to support application functionality.
• Performance Optimization:
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks, ensuring optimal system response times and resource utilization.
• Implement caching strategies and other performance optimization techniques.
• Collaboration:
• Collaborate with frontend developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to integrate frontend and backend components seamlessly.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, adherence to standards, and knowledge sharing within the team.
• Security and Compliance:
• Implement and enforce security best practices to safeguard sensitive data.
• Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure compliance and security standards are met.
• Documentation:
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for the backend architecture, APIs, and development processes.
• Continuous Improvement:
• Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement and contribute to the evolution of development methodologies and practices.

Qualifications:

• Overall 10+ years of experience, with 2+ years as a Software Architect with a focus on backend development using Ruby on Rails.
• In-depth knowledge of Ruby on Rails framework, database design, and API development.
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices.
• Experience with performance optimization, scalability, and security considerations.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Leadership experience with a demonstrated ability to mentor and guide development teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).

Bonus points:

• Familiarity with front-end technologies and frameworks(ReactJs).
• Experience with other programming languages.(Kotlin/Python)
• Experience with cloud platforms and microservices architecture.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools.(AWS, Kubernetes, )

Join us in revolutionizing the way software solutions are developed, and contribute to building cutting-edge applications that make a positive impact on our users and the industry.

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.

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.