Software Engineer

5 years in software development (Minimum 3 years)

Strong expertise in Ruby on Rails (3-5 years)

Knowledge of Python is a plus

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#Skills:

Proficiency in scalable app techniques: caching, APM, microservices architecture

Ability to write high-quality code independently

Experience mentoring junior engineers (0-2 years of experience)

What We Offer:

An opportunity to work with a dynamic team

A challenging environment where your skills will be put to the test

A chance to make a real impact by guiding and mentoring others

Ready to make your mark? If you're based out of or willing to relocate to Gurgaon and have the experience we're looking for, apply now!

• Writing, developing, testing, and implementing new software and web applications in Ruby
• Develop back-end components and integrate them with front-end
• Testing and improving existing Ruby software
• Create sufficient documentation of the software
• Offer customers specific advice and suggestions in the Ruby area
• Creation, administration, and maintenance of APIs
• Carry out troubleshooting in appropriate cases
• Good understanding of the syntax of the Ruby language
• Knowledge of RoR and libraries (Resque or RSpec)
• Knowledge of OOP
• Front-end technologies – such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Familiarity with automated testing, continuous integration
• Experience in handling and developing APIs
• Knowledge of Mocking, MVC, RESTful
• Ability to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Knowledge of basic design principles for an app
• Skilled at code versioning tools such as Git, Mercurial, or SVN
• Enthusiasm for emerging technologies and methods
• Pragmatism, reliability, and curiosity
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
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Desired Candidate Profile

•  Software Architecture and Design.

•  Development and Testing.

•  Deployments and Operations.

Roles & Responsibilities :

We are looking for Senior Software Developer (Elixir/ROR) who have past experience in Elixir or Erlang.

• Design and write with the cutting edge Elixir/ ROR language to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of the company's range of products.
• Work with the engineering team to explore and create new design/architectures geared towards scale and performance.
• Participate in code and design reviews to maintain our high development standards.
• Engage in service capacity and demand planning, software performance analysis, tuning and optimization.
• Collaborate with product and experience teams to define and prototype feature specifications.
• Work closely with the infrastructure team in building and scaling back-end services as well as performing root cause analysis investigations.
• Design, build, analyze and fix large-scale distributed systems.

Qualifications :

We are looking for developers with 5+ years of experience of which 1-2 yrs of past work experience with ROR / Elixir or Erlang. In terms of Elixir we expect the following:

• You should be aware of idiomatic programming in Elixir, and should have good awareness of concepts such as pattern matching, recursion, and behaviors.
• You should be well versed with concurrency and processes in Elixir. 
• You should be hands on with Genservers, Tasks, Agents, Supervisors, and other OTP concepts in Elixir.
• Plus points if you have worked with data processing libraries such as Genstage, Flow and Broadway.
• 5+ years of overall software engineering experience.
• You should have good experience working with relational and non-relational databases. We use Postgres and Cassandra.
• Good to have but not mandatory working experience with caching tools such as Redis, Queue mechanism setup with RabbitMQ.
• Good knowledge of version management with Git.
• Awareness of TDD. 
• CI/CD knowledge would be a huge advantage.
• Will to design and maintain large scale distributed systems.
• Past experience in building complex applications, either by yourself, or as part of a larger team
• Desire (obsessive?) for maintainability.
• Experience of working with cross-functional remote teams in an Agile software development framework.
• Experience in designing APIs with proper documentation.
• Ability to write useful and maintainable tests.
• Good understanding of the common architectural patterns and design principles.
• Solid understanding of how modern web applications work.
• (Nice to have) Being an active member of the Elixir community (writing blog posts, giving presentations in meetups, etc).
• Strong written and verbal communications skills in English to engage a variety of large audiences, internally and externally.
• Strong analytical and reasoning skills.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in any relevant discipline.

• Work with product owners, architects, developers, testers, and other stakeholders in the client's organization and in the company to build and maintain software solutions
• Get specifications/wireframes/ mock-ups and translate them into scalable, high-performance, robust web apps!
• Responsible to write and maintain clean, well-written code, as per the best practices.
• Very comfortable with daily stand-up with clients, update daily work progress via Project Management systems, voice/video calls, online collaboration using screen-sharing tools.
• Exposure/experience in agile development practices

Desired Qualification, Skills, and Experience

• Education: B.E. / B.Tech.

Mandatory Skills:

• Expert level skills in OOPS concepts
• Excellent in Ruby, metaprogramming.
• Excellent knowledge of Rails 4.x+
• Experience in using Rails Engine.
• Full-stack web development expertise (HTML, Javascript, CSS/Less, React, Redux)
• Good experience with active accounts on Git, Github/Bitbucket, or similar SCM tools.
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills [Client side, Server side, Database]
• Knowledge and skills in static code analysis and performance management tools [Client side, Server side, Database]
• Databases: Expert level skills in one or more of MySQL, PostgreSQL
• Exposure to Release, Build Management, Deployment steps, and methodologies.

Nice to have Skills:

• MongoDB, Redis, Memcached, RSpec, Enzyme, Jest
• Experience:2-4 year

Icicle is looking for an experienced RoR developer who can effortlessly build with us the cleanest of all designs. We're looking for passionate Ruby on Rails developers to join our IT team in Mumbai.

Icicle builds Web & Mobile products for Startups, Brands, Digital Agencies and Enterprises, helping in bringing their ideas to life. More - www.icicletech.com

The team consists of bright young designers, hackers, senior developers, startup specialists. We are distributed with offices in Mumbai, Bangalore and New York. More - www.icicletech.com

What will you do?

As a Ruby on Rails developer, you will get to:

• Participates as an independent contributor on an agile development team working closely with team members to effectively deliver high quality code.
• Complete ownership of a product or feature from development to launch.
• Coordinate and participate in the code review process to ensure delivery of high-quality, testable code using best practices and current software patterns.
• Review and mentor other team members. Be a team player!
• Get complete control of the product with active involvement in deciding stack and architecture.

What we are looking for

• Minimum 3+ years in depth hard core experience in Ruby on Rails
• Deep understanding of object-orientated programming
• A knack for writing clean, readable maintainable Ruby code.
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems.
• Skillset in Testing using Rspec
• Demonstrated skills and experience with writing testable code and using related best practices.
• Understanding of web services technologies such as REST is required.
• Good experience and understanding of continuous integration and deployment process.
• Knowledge in working with AWS or other cloud platform
• Experience in working with limited direction while exceeding delivery expectations.
• Great communication, particularly in explaining your coding processes, suggestions for best practices, and identifying ways to improve the teams coding quality.

Technical Expertise
Core

Ruby, Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS3, JavaScript, Rest API
Databases

PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Memcached
Testing

Rspec (or any other Unit testing framework)
Cloud/Deployments

Capistrano, Docker, Heroku, AWS, Kubernetes

Desirable Skills

• Participation in open-source projects.
• Actively involved in solving problems on Github, Stackoverflow.com and groups.
• Experience working in JS and front end frameworks (React)
• Interest in learning new technologies.

Why Icicle

• 100% work-life balance
• Competitive salary
• Perks of getting free Gym Membership vouchers.
• Medical checkup Vouchers with topnotch hospitals and coupons for medical bills.
• Exposure to futuristic technology, mentally stimulating work environment.
• Opportunity to work with a big team of experienced, committed, talented people with a great sense of humour.
• Stability of a legacy company and agility of a startup - best of both the world.
• A healthy work environment with no politics, no bureaucracy.
• Encouraged to learn new skills, grow together, not just maintain the status quo

So, if you have 3+ years of experience developing applications with Ruby on Rails, apply today!