Ruby on Rails developer

We are looking for a Senior backend engineer who can work closely with our product team to build and maintain our core product.

Responsibilities:
● Collaborate with engineering, design and product teams to design and ship new
features. Identify and solve bottlenecks and fix bugs.
Desirable Qualifications:
● Deep knowledge of Ruby on Rails (RoR) practices and commonly used modules; deep
understanding of RoR internals like databases, API, caching, proxies, web services,
performance and scalability.
● Experience creating self-contained, reusable, and testable modules and components.
● Experience in SQL and NoSql databases in production environments. Experience
working with Git, AWS/GCP.
● Good communication skills
● 4+ years of relevant experience as a software engineer

We are looking to hire a talented ruby on rails developer to manage the interchange of data between our users and the server. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining the server-side logic for the central database, testing performance, troubleshooting, and integrating front-end elements into the application.

To ensure success as a ruby on rails developer, you should have extensive experience working with ruby and back-end integration techniques. Ultimately, a top-level ruby on rails developer can create clean, functional code that perfectly suits the needs of the company.

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What you need to have:

• Deep understanding of one or more of Java/Go/Scala/C++. Ability to understand and critique
the core library/language constructs.
• Knowledge of processor, memory, network and storage internals. Familiarity with I/O optimized
algorithms.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems including fault modeling, concurrency, isolation,
consensus etc.
• Internals of a RDBMS like MySQL
• Conversant with the internals of systems like Kafka, Cassandra/Scylla, Redis, RocksDB etc
• Working knowledge of hosting and network infrastructure (K8s, Envoy, etc)
• Familiarity with binary serialization protocols like thrift/protobuf/flatbuffers etc
• Familiar with gRPC, HTTP/2, QUIC, etc.
• Troubleshooting memory issues, GC tuning, resource leaks etc.
• Strong problem-solving skills, algorithmic skills and data structures.
• Productionizing machine learning pipelines using Spark/Flink/TensorFlow etc
• Familiarity with big data concepts - HDFS, hive, presto, spark, oozie, ambari, airflow, atlas,
ranger, etc. Familiarity with formats like avro, parquet, orc, arrow etc
• Good understanding of branching, build, deployment, continuous integration methodologies
• Experience in leading a team and mentoring engineers
• Attitude to get Stuff Done!
• Ability to make decisions independently.
Desired Background:
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering from premier institutes preferred
• 8+ years of experience in software design, development & architecture

About the Role:

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with experience in ROR/GoLang , having 3+ yrs of experience on how best to leverage and exploit the language’s unique paradigms, idioms, and syntax. Your primary focus will be on developing Enterprise Grade Systems and programs that are scalable and maintainable. You will ensure that these packages and programs are well documented and has a reasonable test coverage. You will coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. A commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality product is essential.

What You'll Do

• Writing scalable, robust, testable, efficient, and easily maintainable code
• Translating software requirements into stable, working, high performance software
• Playing a key role in architectural and design decisions, building toward an efficient micro services distributed architecture

What You'll Need

• Working experience on Ruby-on-Rails(ROR)/Golang.
• Worked on enterprise grade systems
• Have designed web services
• Know how to scale systems that have database bottlenecks etc. 
• Having good exposure to Microservices architecture added value.
• Familiarity with OAuth, JWT, SSO, Authentication, and Identity Federation is an added advantage.
• Familiar with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes, Pods and Meshes are added advantage.
• Experience in MySQL, Snowflake, and MongoDB is an added advantage

Tech Stack:

Golang, Microservices (AWS ECS, App Mesh), Ruby, Rails, MySQL, Postgres, Redis, NATS.

Required Skills:

- 5+ years of experience with Ruby on Rails OR 2+ years of experience with Golang.

- 5+ years of experience with MySQL or Postgres and relational data modelling.

- Experience consuming and writing REST APIs.

- Focus on writing clear, maintainable, tested code.

- Experience with Git, continuous integration and regular deployments.

- Experience with complex Rails projects and design principles.

- Strong willingness to learn and use Golang at work.

- Experience with CI (continuous integration).

- Strong understanding of Linux.

- Strong understanding of Docker.

- You must be a strong communicator who can explain complex ideas to anyone regardless of background.

 

Preferred Skills:

- 2+ years of experience with Golang.

- Experience with Microservices deployed in Kubernetes.

- Experience with AWS ECS, App Mesh and Lambda.

- Ability and interest in mentoring junior engineers a plus.

- Excellent written communication skills and diligent ability to contribute to the team by performing code reviews.

- B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience

Job Description 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 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 translation of the UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual elements of the application. You will work with the UI/UX designer and bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation, taking an active role on both sides and defining how the application looks as well as how it works. Therefore, a good understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well. Responsibilities • Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Ruby code • Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems • Help maintain code quality, organization and automatization • Develop new user-facing features • Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs • Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability • Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end Skills and Qualifications • 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 • Ability to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system • Able to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests • Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3 • Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS • Proficient understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks, including jQuery • Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX • Basic knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image. Familiarity with tools such as Photoshop is a plus. • Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them. • Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git • Good understanding of SEO principles and ensuring that application will adhere to them.

Who We Are iii Consulting Pvt. Ltd. is a startup studio founded in 2015 with an aim to spearhead the growth of the Indian startup ecosystem, the three i s that we stand for are Ideate, Incubate and Incorporate. We help organizations to leverage latest technology to help grow their businesses. Senior Backend Developer Job Description We are looking for an experienced Back-end developer to join our tech team. You will be responsible for the server side of our web applications. If you have excellent programming skills and a passion for developing applications or improving existing ones, we would like to meet you. As a Back-end developer, you’ll work closely with our engineers to ensure system consistency and improve user experience. Ultimately, you should be able to develop and maintain functional and stable web applications to meet our company’s needs. Responsibilities • Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focusing on coding and debugging. • Write clean code to develop functional web applications. • Troubleshoot and debug applications. • Perform UI tests to optimize performance. • Manage cutting-edge technologies to improve legacy applications. • Collaborate with Front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic. • Gather and address technical and design requirements. • Provide training and support to internal teams. • Build reusable code and libraries for future use. • Liaise with developers, designers and system administrators to identify new features. • Follow emerging technologies. Requirements • 3-5 Years of work experience as a Back-end developer. • In-depth understanding of the entire web development process (design, development and deployment). • Hands on experience with programming languages like Java, Ruby, PHP and Python. • Working knowledge of CMS framework. • Familiarity with front-end languages (e.g. HTML, JavaScript, AngularJS and CSS). • Excellent analytical and time management skills. • Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude. • BSc or B-tech degree in Computer Science or relevant field. M-tech degree in relevant field is preferred but not required.

Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Ruby code Integration of data storage solutions (may include databases, key-value stores, blob stores, etc.) 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