Ruby on Rails Developer

Job Description

• Strong understanding of the Ruby programming language and Rails framework
• Proficiency in Javascript including experience with React, Angular or Vue.
• Database understanding (Postgres / MySQL).
• Previous experience maintaining production applications.
• Focus on writing clear, maintainable, tested code.

Skills Required

• Navigating and understanding a large codebase.
• Experience with Git, continuous integration and regular deployments.  Understanding and appreciation of UX and usability.
• Excellent communication skills and diligent ability to contribute to the team by performing code reviews.
• Writing tests using Rsp,c and Capybara.

Numerator is a data and technology company reinventing market research. Headquartered in Chicago, IL, Numerator has 1,600 employees worldwide. The company blends proprietary data with advanced technology to create unique insights for the market research industry that has been slow to change.  The majority of Fortune 100 companies are Numerator clients. 

Job Description

What We Do and How?

We are a market research company, revolutionizing how it's done! We mix fast paced development and unique approaches to bring best practices and strategy to our technology. Our tech stack is deep, leveraging several languages and frameworks including Python, C#, Java, Kotlin, React, Angular, and Django among others. Our engineering hurdles sit at the intersection of technologies ranging from mobile, computer vision and crowdsourcing, to machine learning and big data analytics.

Our Team

From San Francisco to Chicago to Ottawa, our R&D team is comprised of talented individuals spanning across a robust tech stack. The R&D team is comprised of product, data analytics, engineers across Front End, Back End, DevOps, Business Intelligence, ETL, Data Science, Mobile Apps, and much more. Across these different groups we work towards one common goal: To build products into efficient and seamless user experiences that help our clients succeed.

About the Role

We’re looking for a well-rounded and passionate Full Stack Software Developer to join our team in creating an amazing client experience. If you’re interested in working on all layers of a system from developing new UI controls to creating flexible and scalable data architectures with the latest technologies and tools then Numerator is for you.

This person should be self-motivated. We’re not big on constant oversight and micromanagement. We’re looking for software engineers that can take a task, get clarity as needed, and run with it to produce well-designed quality code. You need to love to code and care about quality and design.

We understand that iteration is important to good design and development. We need a person who can take iterative steps toward delivering a solution. Working with the business the entire way to stay on target and deliver amazing results.

Skills & Requirements

• Minimum 4+ years of relevant experience in Ruby
• Demonstrated experience working on application development projects and test-driven development
• A strong engineer with excellent Ruby experience working with Ruby on Rails
• Experience with Javascript and related frameworks -- Backbone, Angular, React, etc
• Experience with SQL databases – Elasticsearch is a plus
• Experience with REST services and API design
• Knowledge of unit & integration testing
• Knowledge of agile development process
• Experience with version control systems (Git, Subversion etc.)

Having experience in any of the following would be a valuable asset:

•  Experience working with AWS
• Experience working with Node.js
• Basic understanding of the HTTP protocol
• Knowledge of business rules engines
• Programming experience on Unix based infrastructure

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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