Ruby on Rails developer

What’s the opportunity?

Are you a backend developer looking to fast-track your learning and growth? Have you looked at world-class products like Asana, Notion, or Airtable, and felt “I wish I were part of the early team that built these products”?

We’re a team that has previously built and rolled out globally successful SaaS products used by tens of thousands of customers. We’re laser-focused on delivering a world-class product again, and looking for an ambitious backend engineer to join our existing team of 9 engineers. 

If it excites you to think of a fast-paced start-up environment, building something big from scratch, breaking down new problems, creating new APIs, working on performance issues, getting hands-on with DevOps initiatives, and showcasing demos of your work every Friday with a happy and passionate team, then this is the right opportunity for you.

Some of the tech problems you get to work on as a backend engineer would be to build the backend for a modern spreadsheet experience from scratch, work on infra as code, write robust code that is fault-tolerant, work on performant code that adheres to SLOs set by the organization.

About you:

● 3- 5 years of experience

● Expertise in the following areas ○ Java ○ HTTP Protocol

● You’ve heard of or worked with some of the following tech stacks/products ○ Spring ○ PostgreSQL ○ Redis ○ Docker ○ Message brokers ○ GitHub

● These non-functional areas are familiar to you ○ Performance ○ Debugging ○ Log management

Nice to have:

● Familiarity with AWS

What’s in it for me?

● Great opportunity: We genuinely care about everyone we hire. You’ll learn new things and grow no matter how experienced you are; you will be working with founders who have more than three decades of collective experience in building significant B2B SaaS startups.

● Great team: Work with a world-class, high-velocity team that truly embodies the values of empathy, curiosity, and customer-centricity. Check out the MTT(Meet The Team) videos on our LinkedIn.

● Great culture: An open, fun, and exciting startup culture that empowers its people to champion big problems with the freedom to think and innovate.

● Growth: You could easily and quickly transition into other roles you might like.

● Impact: You get to be part of a global, passionate team in a fast-paced and growth-oriented environment. The team has a work philosophy of being high on ambition, ownership, and a bias for action.

● Monetary rewards and benefits: Competitive stipend, flexible leave policy, and more

• Proficient in .NET Framework, C#, ASP.NET, MVC, Web API, Entity Framework. Strong design capabilities with SOLID principles using C#. Working knowledge in WCF. Database knowledge in SQL Design, and deliver innovative software solutions in collaboration with Technology teams. Develop high-quality production code Experience in HTML, CSS, Javascript. Experience in React / Angular or Typescript preferred

• Process driven software development has been essential to the growth of Dess and this exciting position is looking for a dynamic professional to further build and develop the software development processes and performance.
• Senior Software Engineer needs to be a self-motivated performer with high levels of ethics, trustworthiness and attention to detail. An ideal candidate would have rich experience in design,development and documentation from initial design through production. The position will require the candidate to perform in a fast paced environment

• Gain a clear understanding of customers' businesses and requirements;
• Plan execution methodology and identify fulfillment plan to address the requirements;
• Full lifecycle application development
• Designing, coding and debugging applications.
• Software analysis, code analysis, requirements analysis, software review, identification of code metrics, system risk analysis, software reliability analysis
• Support, maintain and document software functionality
• Programming analytical skill with highly logical and analytical approach
• Manage documentation by working with other teams and consolidating all required types of reports for future use and test case scenarios.
• Ability to visualize data, concepts and work flows to create diagrams, charts and illustrations to supplement documentation.
• Maintain quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by benchmarking state-of-the-art practices.
• Timely reporting to provide visibility of performance to goal.
• Be data driven and flexible to changes with a natural passion for problem solving.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.

• 4+ years of rich experience in the software development with advanced knowledge of JavaScript, C#,
• ASP.Net and SQL Server.
• A self-starter with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to work well in a results oriented environment with firm deadlines;
• Ability to perform multiple tasks effectively while being results-driven and patient
• Able to work both independently and as part of a team
• High degree of attention to detail and trustworthiness
• Strong analytical skills
• Capable of making timely, independent decisions
• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communications skill
• Ability to think outside the box and generate and implement new ideas.
• Natural interest in team building and leadership with coaching/training skills.
• Excellent organizational skills

• Rewrite existing APIs in NodeJS. 
• Remodel the APIs into Micro services-based architecture. 
• Implement a caching layer wherever possible. 
• Optimize the API for high performance and scalability. 
• Write unit tests for API Testing.
• Automate the code testing and deployment process.

Skills Required: 

• At least 2 years of experience developing Backends using NodeJS — should be well versed with its asynchronous nature & event loop, and know its quirks and workarounds. 
• Excellent hands-on experience using MySQL or any other SQL Database. 
• Good knowledge of MongoDB or any other NoSQL Database. 
• Good knowledge in postgre
• Good knowledge of Redis, its data types, and their use cases. 
• Experience with graph-based databases like GraphQL and Neo4j. 
• Experience developing and deploying REST APIs. 
• Good knowledge of Unit Testing and available Test Frameworks. 
• Good understanding of advanced JS libraries and frameworks. 
• Experience with Web sockets, Service Workers, and Web Push Notifications. 
• Familiar with NodeJS profiling tools. 
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git. 
• Good knowledge of creating and maintaining DevOps infrastructure on cloud platforms. 
• Should be a fast learner and a go-getter — without any fear of trying out new things Preferences. 
• Experience building a large scale social or location-based app