Ruby on Rails Developer

As a Software Development Engineer II in Hiver’s Strategic Initiative department, you will have a critical role to play in building solutions that hold high strategic value for the business. You will get a chance to work with and mentor a group of smart engineers as well as learn and grow yourself working with very good mentors. Expect lots of challenges and high levels of ownership and autonomy. You’ll get the opportunity to work on complex technical challenges, building frameworks to monitor and improve the performance of our systems, and improving reliability and performance.

You will be working on

• Building, maintaining and scaling APIs and microservices. You will own all aspects of SDLC including documentation, data modeling, and deployment.
• Participate in solution brainstorming, release planning and code reviews.
• This is the early phase of the project and you will do foundational work on multiple aspects and help define and improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.
• Collaborating closely with co-developers, designers and other stakeholders to build dynamic and compelling user experiences while embracing emerging standards.

We are looking for

• 3+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining production-grade services that are being used by a good number of active customers.
• 1+ year of professional experience with Ruby-on-Rails.
• Command on web fundamentals and high level knowhow frontend ecosystem and modern development practices
• Sound knowledge of design patterns and best practices for writing clean, linted, maintainable and reusable code
• Deep understanding of relational databases (eg, MySql) and data modeling concepts
• Solid foundation in Computer Science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design.
• An architect's mindset - we want a fast time to market but without undermining long-term prospects. You will have to continuously assess the various trade-offs when considering long-term vs. short-term benefits/drawbacks and make informed choices about the optimal approach.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills - you should be able to troubleshoot and solve issues in a timely manner.
• Ability to iterate and deliver at a fast pace - speed is of the essence.
• Solid understanding of cloud concepts and latest infra stack (AWS).
• Track record of assessing complex initiatives and coming up fairly accurate expected time of arrival (ETA) and working with a team to meet these timelines with high confidence
• Good communication skills - you should have good communication skills, both written and verbal. You should be proficient in English and be able to communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders.
• Nice to have: (optional)
• Frontend (full-stack) experience (VueJS) is a major plus

At Hiver, we value diversity and inclusion and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply. If you're ready to make an impact and be part of our innovative team, please apply here.

• Implement best practices for the engineering team across code hygiene, overall architecture design, testing, and deployment activities
• Drive technical decisions for building data pipelines, data lakes, and analyst access.
• Act as a leader within the engineering team, providing support and mentorship for teammates across functions
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent job experience
• Experienced developer in large data environments
• Experience using Git productively in a team environment
• Experience with Docker
• Experience with Amazon Web Services
• Ability to sit with business or technical SMEs to listen, learn and propose technical solutions to business problems

·       Experience using and adapting to new technologies

·       Take and understand business requirements and goals

·       Work collaboratively with project managers and stakeholders to make sure that all aspects of the project are delivered as planned

·       Strong SQL skills with MySQL or PostgreSQL

• Experience with non-relational databases and their role in web architectures desired

 Knowledge and Experience:

• Good experience with Elixir and functional programming a plus

• Several years of python experience
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent organizational skills

Proven verbal and written cross-department and customer communication skills

What you need to have:

Qualification

•     Total Experience level of 2 to 4 years of software development
•     Strong problem-solving skills, data structures, and algorithms
•     Experience with distributed systems handling a large amount of data
•     Excellent coding skills in any one/more among Ruby/ROR.
•     Good understanding of Web Technologies (RestFul APIs, Authentication)
•     Good understanding of Database Systems
•     Experience in working on Data Science problems is a plus
•     B.Tech/BE/M. Tech in Computer Science or equivalent

Responsibilities

We believe in a setup where our engineers get to experience most components of our platform though they might be experts in one/few areas. Here are some areas where based on your choice & experience you would be working on:

Enhancing various components of our AI platform (e.g Context engine, Feed Integration pipeline, Configuration Manager etc)

Managing bot development/on-boarding for existing/new clients which includes building Bot UI flows, integration of client APIs etc

Exploring new capabilities and integrating external systems (e.g Google Vision APIs, Greatschool.org APIs etc) into bot platforms based on use cases

Building/enhancing customer/employee facing Admin Site for reporting, setup, customer onboarding, configurations, AI training, Monitoring and alerting etc

Building/managing RESTful APIs for various features within the core bot platform

Exploring/integrating/enhancing with various third-party messaging systems (e.g FB Messenger, Twitter, Viber, Alexa, Zendesk, Salesforce etc) as these platforms evolve in capabilities

Building/managing AWS clusters for clients

Automating test cases, build process.

About Insyncai

Insyncai is the leading Customer Experience automation platform for enterprises who need to up-level the entire customer journey. eCommerce penetration has increased more in the last year than it has over the last decade, therefore brands are looking to move beyond legacy systems. Insyncai provides a solution that provides a world-class customer experience for any team. Insyncai’s platform does not require any work from their partners, builds a custom, AI solution in under 4 weeks, and has been shown to automate up to 75% of a customer's journey including support, product discovery, product education and purchase. Having grown 300% YoY, we work with large Fortune 500 brands like Verizon Media, Stamps.com, and more.

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We are looking for a Ruby on Rails developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition, and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Ruby code
• Integration of data storage solutions 
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
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Skills

• Experience with Ruby on Rails, along with other common libraries such as RSpec and Resque
• Good understanding of the syntax of Ruby and its nuances
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
• Good understanding of server-side templating languages 
• Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors 
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Familiarity with concepts of MVC, Mocking, ORM, and RESTful
• A knack for writing clean, readable Ruby code
• Ability to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Able to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools 
• Familiarity with development aiding tool familiarity with continuous integration