Sr. Ruby on Rails

• Architecting and designing scalable backend systems
• Integration and development of various microservices
• Creating unit tests using RSpec
• Reviewing other developers code as well as suggesting improvements
• Algorithm development and general optimization
• Setting up CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborating with various stakeholders including QA, DevOps, PMs and other
developers
• At Least 4 years solid experience on Ruby on Rails, including at least one start to
finish project where you were the lead developer or a primary contributor.
• Solid understanding of deploying and maintaining Rails apps within the AWS
environment.
• Ability to set up workers and deploy across multiple instances.
• Git experience, some would say you are a git master.
• If I asked your previous co-workers about you, they would say you were a good
team player
6 Months Deliverable:
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and other software developers to
deliver compelling user-facing products
• Lead teams of developers in architecting efficient and reusable systems that drive
complex applications across the stack
• Create instrumentation, monitoring, and alerting tools to ensure
availability/scalability during peak traffic times and implement solutions to
maximize uptime
• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues
Requirements
• A strong drive and sense of ownership of the challenges we take on, coupled with a
team-oriented, can-do attitude
• Working knowledge of standard CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms,
complexity analysis)
• A professional proficiency in English
• A systematic debugging and problem solving methodology
• Minimum of four years of experience with Rails 4/5
Benefits
• Health and wellness benefits
• Performance-based bonuses and stock options
• Employee friendly policies
• Generous vacation and time off benefits, including paid holidays
• Generally flexible working hours

Requirements

Salary up to 60 LPA (depending upon your experience)

5+ years of solid experience with a wide range of web, backend, or mobile technologies.
● Mastery of Ruby on Rails in a cloud-based ecosystem
● Experience presenting technical solutions to peers and managers.
● A proven track record of designing scalable and maintainable technical solutions.
• Experience coordinating development efforts across multiple managing projects in
parallel.
● Experience working with off-shore/outsourced developers across different time zones.
● Experience with code review tools and practices to ensure best practices are followed
and code quality gates are achieved.
● Experience with creating documentation, unit tests, integration tests, security, and load
tests.
● Solid Understanding of GitOps principles.
Nice to have:
● Working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitLab CI/CD pipelines
● Comfortable with open source monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Loki
● Experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, and Digital Ocean

About Simpl:
Simpl (Fintech of the year - 2020) is a platform that empowers retailers to grow by building long term trusted relationships with their customers, one transaction at a time. For consumers, Simpl provides frictionless access to e-commerce, trust, safety and effortless budgeting, in 1-click.
Under the hood, we are building the payments infrastructure (identity, trust score and security) ground up for a world that is mobile first, where consumers frequently buy on the go & love convenience.

Everyone at Simpl is an internal entrepreneur who is given a lot of bandwidth and resources to create the next breakthrough towards a new world of Networked Commerce where commerce is easy, safe, affordable without fine prints & just Simpl!

Simpl was founded in 2015 by Nityanand Sharma and Chaitra Chidanand, and went live in 2016.

Role Summary:
We’re looking for polyglot developers who love to code. You should have >4 years of experience building high-quality products. You should have the ability to write clean code and must’ve worked on Ruby on Rails

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 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 (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.

 

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Engineering or a relevant field.
• More than 3 years of experience in a ROR Developer (or similar role); experience in software development and infrastructure development is a plus
• 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 (such as Liquid, Slim, etc depending on your technology stack).
• Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors (such as Sass, based on project requirements).
• 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.

Required Skills, Education & Experience:
• Should have a B.Tech / M.Tech / MCA in CS / IT / IS from premier college with 6+
years of experience in software development.
• Strong OOPS and OOD Fundamentals.
• E-commerce domain experience of 2-3 Years is mandatory.
• Good Coding, Problem Solving Skills, algorithms and data structures.
• Knowledge of My SQL database or any other RDBMS with a good understanding of
SQL language.
• Prior experience in web technologies is a plus.
• Ability to work on UNIX / Linux platform.
• Good Communication & Interpersonal Skills.

Job Description :
• You will be involved in all phases of development : architecture & design,
prototyping, implementation & testing, analysis & documentation, deployment.
• Capable of independent full systems design, including requirements gathering,
specifications, and coding.
• Knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and
engineering best practices.
• Take the product/feature idea from the conceptualization phase to delivery with all
the relevant high-quality artifacts during the cycle.
• Flexibility and collaboration, coupled with strong object-oriented design & software
development skills are keys to success in this position.

Qualifications BA/BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical, Mathematics or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 8-12 years’ of overall experience in working on Banking & Financial services domain preferably in a product development company Experience/ability to design solution architecture for Core Banking implementations is highly preferred. Should have ability to articulate and design product extensibility, customizations and integrations in-line with product architecture Software Development experience through hands on coding in a general purpose programming language. Experience in developing and deploying solutions on the cloud Capabilities Experience in designing and developing Solutions for Financial services industry Experience in NoSQL / Columnar database - Clickhouse, MongoDb, Cassandra, ElasticSearch Experience in Designing and Developing products in the Micro Services framework using Node.js, Spring Boot, Ruby on Rails Web technologies in AngularJS/ReactJS Experience in XML/XSD/XPATH/XQUERY and JSON Exposure to working with Big Data Platforms and Knowledge of multiple Big Data frameworks Basic Understanding of AI, ML and Deep Learning Technologies Expert in designing and developing Application Integration using JMS/MQ, Web Services Knowledge and understanding of Data Integration solutions. Experience in implementing Reporting tools like ELK and exposure to Data visualization Sound knowledge of J2EE application servers such as WebSphere, Weblogic, JBoss and Apache Tomcat. Ability to shape ideas and opinions through proper communications and networking with key stakeholders using ones knowledge and experience. Excellent verbal, written and telephonic communication skills Ability to build scalable solutions Understanding Application security including vulnerabilities and solutions Coding ninja. Hands on experience in Complete delivery of SAAS based Software Prior start‐up experience preferred. Self starter Balance Hacker mentality with commercial grade software Curious and passion for learning Going above and beyond to solve a problem (technical or business) Key Responsibilities Actively participate in and contribute to architectural and technical stack choices Recommend and implement technical solutions in a phased approach to introduce new product constructs to our platform Create high level and detailed design specifications Engage with Product Managers, Architects and business stakeholders to define platform requirements, testing, training and support Work with and support Product Owners to deliver world beating solutions Work with business stakeholders and partners on system design, development and execution and ensure high quality deliverables Own the technical architecture, design and delivery of the solutions Provide mentorship to junior team members Hire junior engineers

Job Description The role Our full stack developers are responsible to Take part in our product development/uplifting platform from ideation to deployment and beyond. Create data driven new features. Work with our data team to make our product smarter and more intuitive to use. Desired skills and experience: Proficiency in Node.js, MySQL and/or other RDBMS. Hands-on experience in writing modular code with proper routing with proper client/server setup and creating node modules Knowledge of HTML, CSS, JS (Minimum expertise on jQuery and/or angular js / react js / d3 js / other front-end frameworks). Feel at home working in a test-driven, agile team. A strong problem-solver with an inquisitive and innovative mind.

At NerdWallet, we are passionate about building delightful user experiences and creating consumer products that impact millions of users. We are looking for talented Senior Full Stack Engineers who will help us innovate and shape our products and services as we expand into new verticals. Our engineers are dedicated to changing how consumers interact with their finances and work in partnership with product owners and designers to evolve our product into a clean and seamless experience. The successful candidate enjoys building beautiful interfaces and connecting them to complex back end systems. You will be a crucial member of our engineering team and help design, build, and maintain systems necessary to continue our rapid growth. NerdWallet Engineering offers a culture of constant learning and knowledge sharing; we are passionate about metrics and experimentation. Engineers are organized into cross-functional multidisciplinary teams and work closely with stakeholders. Our stack is based on Python and React, and we continue to expand our toolbox to use the best technologies for the job. Where you can make an impact: Design and lead the development of high-performance, secure, scalable and delightful consumer-first experiences that improve the lives for millions of users. Build out the service architecture that interfaces the front-end stack to seamlessly talk to our identity services, data layer or business partner APIs. Architect, develop and drive improvements to our evolving backend and frontend infrastructure. Implement product features that have a direct impact on user engagement and monetization. You are: Customer focused: You are passionate about creating web applications that improve the lives for millions of users and building delightful user experiences. Communication and collaboration: You are able to work effectively with others. You will be working closely with other engineers, designers, product managers, user research scientists and customer groups to build product features and high quality products. Leadership: You have demonstrated feature development ownership, can lead by example and enjoy mentoring and inspiring other engineers. High-energy, company first, positive attitude: Must be motivated to work hard in a fast-paced environment. Your experience: 5+ years of engineering experience with a proven track record of building consumer web applications or services. Advanced programming skills developing using client-side Javascript and HTML/CSS. Experience in building highly scalable web services and building/using RESTful APIs and proficiency in Node.js, Python, Ruby or PHP. Experience with Express.js and React/Flux/Redux a plus. Strong understanding, building and debugging of scalable, high performance web applications built with reusability and componentization in mind. Familiarity with Single Page Application Frameworks (React, Angular, Backbone), responsive design and MVC design patterns. Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field preferred. You should be able to demonstrate superior understanding of CS fundamentals. NerdWallet is committed to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Ruby on Rails architecture best practices  ● Strong OOP knowledge in Ruby.  ● Good Knowledge on Angular or React JS  ● Asynchronous Networking in Ruby   ● Designing RESTFul HTTP APIs using JSON-Schema or JSON API (​jsonapi.org​).  ● Ability to architect and develop API only backend  ● Experience in using Active Record Serializer  ● Understanding O-Auth2 or JWT (Json Web Token) authentication mechanisms.  ● How to use RSpec  ● Rails Security Best Practices  ● PostgreSQL and Rails.  ● SQL concepts like Joins, Relationships etc.  ● Understanding DB Partition strategies.  ● Knowledge about refactoring ActiveRecord Models (read this - “7 Patterns to Refactor Fat  ActiveRecord Models”).  ● Understanding scaling strategies for a high-traffic Rails applications (2 million+ requests a  day).  ● Background Job processing using Redis and Sidekiq  ● Experience in using Amazon Web Services (AWS) tools.  ● Writing automated Deployment Scripts using Capistrano, Ansible etc.  ● Sending emails in Rails  ● Knowledge in Linux and Git is mandatory

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