Ruby on Rails Programmer

About Thrillophilia :

At Thrillophilia, we are building multiple digital travel brands leveraging our proficiency in ecommerce, technology, distribution and marketing. We love to start from “Zeroes”. We plan, build and scale travel marvels from scratch and are absolutely obsessed about creating the best travel experiences for our customers. Our goal is to create 100+ sizable travel brands across the globe by 2027.

Thrillophilia is one of the key brands under 53 Takeoffs umbrella. Today, 100 Million+ travelers use our brands to discover and book diverse travel experiences. With multiple tourism and start-up awards as well as global recognition under our belt, we have scaled ten-fold over the past three years. You might know us from early Thrillophilia’s days. The journey of Thrillophilia is rooted in a passion for travel, technology, and people. It began back in 2011 when the global market was still too young for online travel. Ever since we have grown to become India’s largest online platform for booking affordable travel experiences across 55+ countries. Our offerings are diverse and wholesome, with 24,000+ products and services ranging from tours and activities to luxury and culture stays, powered by exclusive deals and extra effort to bring joy to all our travelers.

Awards we won at Thrillophilia -

• YourStory’s best places to work!
• ISB’s BizQuest.
• Singapore Bash’s best startup.
• London Mayor’s IE20.

About our people - Ah, let's talk a bit about the folks over at Thrillophilia, where hard work and ownership run rampant, and problem-solving is the name of the game. The team here doesn't just punch the clock and head home. They're in it to win it, do the best work of their life by taking ownership of their work and striving for excellence in everything they do.

Whether it's finding the best hidden gem in the world or developing tech solutions, there is a deep ownership and accountability and Remarkable is one word to summarize their work!

They're a fun-loving bunch, they party really hard and share a passion for travel, and they're not afraid to let loose and enjoy the journey. From backpacking through Southeast Asia to exploring the hidden corners of their own cities, these adventure seekers somehow always manage to take out time to party and travel the world.

So, if you're looking for some inspiration, just take a look at the people of Thrillophilia. They're living proof that with hard work, ownership, and a vision to solve problems at scale, anything is possible.

We are seeking a highly skilled and passionate Senior Software Developer with expertise in Ruby on Rails and React.js to join our dynamic and innovative tech team. As a Senior Software Developer, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and implementing high-quality software solutions that drive the success of our travel platform. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including product development, UI/UX design, and quality assurance, to ensure seamless integration of features and deliver exceptional user experiences.

Responsibilities:

- Develop and maintain robust, scalable, and efficient web applications using Ruby on Rails and React.js.

- Collaborate with product managers, UI/UX designers, and fellow developers to understand requirements, translate them into technical solutions, and deliver high-quality software products.

- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following industry best practices and coding standards.

- Conduct thorough code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and mentor junior developers to enhance team productivity and code quality.

- Optimize application performance and ensure efficient resource utilization by conducting performance testing, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

- Stay updated with the latest industry trends, tools, and technologies related to Ruby on Rails and React.js, and share knowledge with the team.

- Collaborate with the DevOps team to deploy and maintain applications in cloud-based environments.

- Contribute to the continuous improvement of development processes, tools, and methodologies.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

- Proven experience as a Senior Software Developer / Module Lead, preferably with a focus on Ruby on Rails and React.js. (At least 4+ years of experience)

- Strong expertise in Ruby on Rails and React.js, with a solid understanding of their core principles, frameworks, and ecosystem.

- Proficient in front-end development technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

- Experience with database systems, including SQL and NoSQL databases especially PostgresSQL.

- Familiarity with version control systems, such as Git.

- Ability to write efficient, maintainable, and testable code, with a strong emphasis on software quality and best practices.

- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to tackle complex technical challenges and provide innovative solutions.

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.

- Self-motivated and detail-oriented, with a passion for continuous learning and staying updated with emerging technologies.

If you are passionate about building revolutionary travel products, thrive in a collaborative and innovative environment, and are ready to take on exciting challenges, we would love to hear from you.

Apply now and embark on a transformative journey to redefine the future of travel!

As an early hire on the core team, you’ll work on shaping projects, big and small, over short three week sprints. We’re a small team, but we get a lot of features shipped. You would be responsible for driving full-stack projects from prototype to finished stage with a lot of autonomy and creativity. This is an exciting time to join the team. We've found solid early traction, have strong basic foundations and are pushing aggressively into some incredible new feature builds. We have a small team, so you can make an incredible impact on our product very quickly. 

Responsibilities:

• Own the design of the overall architecture of the web application
• Implement a robust set of services and effective APIs to power the web application
• Build reusable and manageable code and libraries for future use
• Optimize the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Translate UI/UX wireframes to visual elements
• Develop and handle well-functioning databases and applications
• Test software to ensure responsiveness and efficiency 
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
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Experience:

• Proven expertise in shipping features in Ruby on Rails. Strong background in Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Strong experience in driving thought leadership and technical architecture
• Experience with mentoring juniors in the team

You are a fit if :

• You are a skilled coder. We need candidates with a strong history of shipping features in Rails with clean maintainable code. 
• You are a good communicator and a really good writer. Since we are async and remote most of our work is written. You'll need to be able to proactively communicate in concise, clear, simple writing.
• You are an expert project manager. You need to be able to break down a large, complex business deliverable into executable pieces that can be managed as individual user stories. You need to be able to keep a project on track and cut scope when needed.
• You don't need babysitting and are a Manager of One. We love people who have started companies or have freelanced in the past. You take ownership and take things across the finish line. Especially in our remote async approach, you'll need to be intrinsically motivated and keep your projects on track.
• You have strong business and product acumen. This job isn't just writing code, we solve real business problems for real people. That means you need to be able to look beyond the user story, have empathy for our end users, and solve real problems for them.

About Us:

We're solving a problem that 62% of Americans have

62% of Americans last year thought about starting a business. The #1 reason they didn’t was because they didn’t know where to start. Currents options are:

1. Going independent which is risky: no support or direction
2. Paying a franchise which is expensive:  franchises charge $100K+ fees to get started, take 10% of topline revenue, don't provide marketing support or technology

The market we're going after is bigger than e-Commerce

We’re disrupting the $2.3T franchise industry by removing the franchise fee and offering a tech-enabled franchise like product.

We’re starting with home painting where our biggest competitor is https://certapro.com/">CertaPro a $550M revenue franchise (1% market share) before quickly taking on https://www.neighborlybrands.com/our-brands/">Neighborly Brands as we expand categories (pest control, lawn care, etc.).

As we expand categories, our customer does not change

Our customer is an aspiring business owner, like https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicklaforest">Nick or https://www.linkedin.com/in/hardin-h-hawes-9ba6a72/">Hardin who doesn't care what type of business they start, as long as it is profitable. Our customers are not actually the one painting houses or completing roofing jobs, rather they are the one that hires people to do the job. Our customer has years of experience in sales and general management, which makes them suitable for any type of business — which is why as we expand to 100 categories, our customer does not change.

Our solution is an end to end platform to help you start, grow and run a business

Main Street is a combination of well-known technology platforms that provides an Uber-like simple experience in starting a business

• https://stripe.com/atlas">Stripe Atlas: Helping you incorporate and set up legal logistics for your business
• https://www.duolingo.com/">Duolingo: Learn a new skill (in our case it is about a specific type of business)
• https://www.shopify.com/online/ecommerce-solutions">Shopify: The operating tools to run your business
• https://www.womply.com/">Womply: A marketing stack to drive your customer

We're backed by top investors and built a world-class team

We're a seed-stage startup and have raised $10M+ from top investors including Greylock and Khosla. Our team previously worked at places like DoorDash, OpenDoor, Amazon, and OYO.

• Primary responsibility is to take up product development as a full stack developer and ability to work with the larger product team, arrive at best architectural approach, choose most appropriate frameworks, code and deliver
• Shown success as an individual contributor. Should have consistently demonstrated ability and commitment to deliver major initiatives in a timely manner
• Embrace good development practices including design specification, coding standards, unit testing and code reviews
• A self­starter, who loves to take on hard problems, loves solving service scalability problems, enjoys breaking things and enthusiastic to learn new technologies and working in startup environments