Technical Lead - ROR

We are looking for an enthusiastic developer with a strong understanding of core Ruby
and Rails framework along with PostgreSQL database. Someone who is passionate
about coding and loves to work in an ongoing challenging environment. You will be part
of a talented software team. You have to consistently deliver in a fast paced
environment and should be more than willing to build software that people love to use.
Key Responsibilities
The individual role that you’ll play in our team:
● Developing large multi-tenant applications in Rails.
● Understanding Rails best practices and religiously introducing those to our
codebase.
● Knowledge on how to do effective Refactoring.
● Ability to write unit tests and following those practices religiously.
● Working closely with the Product managers and UX team.
● Helping QAs to write automated integration tests.
● Staying up-to-date with current and future Backend technologies and
architectures.
Read the ‘Skills and Experience’ section, it is not the usual yada yada, you’ll be
asked specific questions on these.
Skills and Experience
● Ruby on Rails architecture best practices
● Knowledge on the latest versions on ROR
● Strong OOP knowledge in Ruby.
● 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 ActiveRecordSerializer
● 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

PlanetSpark is on a mission to build the next generation of confident speakers and creative writers. We are a global company impacting over 11 countries through live 1:1 personalized classes on Public Speaking and Creative Writing through handpicked top 1% teachers. Our kids participate in gripping debates, create viral
Youtube videos, start their own podcast channels, perform stand-up comedy, write nail-biting mystery stories, and become confident and fearless speakers.
PlanetSpark is on its journey to becoming the global leader in the large and untapped communication skills segment. We are Series A funded by some top VCs and are on a 30% month-on-month growth curve. We have our footprint in India, the Middle East, North America, and Australia. Come join a passionate team of
over 900 young and energetic members and 1300+ expert and handpicked teachers on this roller coaster ride to build the most loved brand for kids who will move the world!
What would you be building:
You would be working on global consumer-facing products at a fast-growing startup that would give you
great exposure to all different aspects of full-stack development. You will work on:
· Learning Product: Creating the world’s first and most comprehensive live learning product to help kids
become confident communicators
· Teacher Product: Ever thought of how millions of Uber drivers are managed completely by technology?
You now have the chance to build technology that will manage the entire lifecycle of thousands of teachers
across the globe.
· Sales Product: PlanetSpark uses its own CRM. What this means is that the entire sales team of 500+
people use our custom-made products to drive sales. You will have the ability to design the most
sophisticated CRM by directly working with the business teams.

Roles and Responsibilities
As a Ruby on Rails developer, you will be a part of a close-knit team of 10x engineers who will get complete
accountability of designing the next-generation products of the company.

Some of the responsibilities include:

• Architect and install new infrastructure
• Design and build reusable and efficient ruby code
•  Plan and implement new features
•  Integrate data sources and databases in one system
• Identify the bugs and propose the solution for problems

Some experiences that you will get:

• Work directly with the business and design teams
•  Be involved in the complete product lifecycle – from design to development to deployment and feedback
• Work on a wide variety of features
• Get complete accountability of product development

Growth Path

• As a developer in a funded product company, you will find immense avenues of growth, in the form of knowledge, exposure to different technology, exposure to different products, career progression, and aggressive monetary growth based on performance.
•  All 10x engineers will get unparalleled career growth and will outperform their batchmates by two times.
• You will have a structured growth path
• Work on small tasks in month 1
• Work on a complete feature in the next few months
• Get complete accountability of a product in 3 to 6 months
• Lead a product stream in 6 months to 1 year
• Lead a development team

We are looking for a RoR front-end developer with 2-8yrs of experience.
Expertise in Angular JS, Node JS, React JS.

We're urgently looking for a ROR developer to join our highly motivated team.

Experience Required- 1-3years

Skills Required:

• Experience in Rails 5
• Good knowledge of MySQL and PostgreSQL
• Experience with popular libraries and APIs such as jQuery, Bootstrap, Ajax.
• Experience in front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3 will be highly valued.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools like GitHub, SVN.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools is a plus.
• Deploying and maintaining Multistage, Multitier applications in staging and production environments.
• Client Interaction, Addressing client needs.
• Problem-solving attitude with a passion for technology.
• Team worker who can effectively coordinate and communicate with other teams.
• UI technology experience in REACT a plus.
• Must have good communication skills as the candidate will have to interface with clients.
• Candidate having good knowledge of Shopify.

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• 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

 

• 2-3+ Years of overall experience.
• Very Strong knowledge in PHP, MySQL, Javascript etc.
• Solid understanding in PHP frameworks like: Symfony, Codeigniter, Laravel etc.
• Development experience with Wordpress and other E- Commerce CMS.
• Experience of creating highly scalable, robust web applications.
• A solid understanding of the full web technology stacks (i.e. Lamp, Rest, API integration, Version control- Git,
and authentication schemes.
• Good to have development experience in JS frameworks like: Node JS, Angular JS, React Js etc.
• Good to have development experience in HTML, CSS, LESS, SASS, Grunt etc.
• Rigor in A / B Testing, test coverage and other web best practices.
• Familiar with Jira and Scrum process.
• Good to have knowledge on Ruby on Rails.
• Fluent in English Communication.

Technical Overview We are primarily a rails shop with postgres/postgis, mongodb and redis at database layer and leverage AWS via chef for infrastructure. It may be evident from our choice of tools and our current team composition that we are here for the long haul and intend to grow aggressively. We value agile methodologies like code reviews, extensive test suite, continuous integration, extensive testing, frequent deployments, scrum and the best standard practices. You will be working alongside one of the best teams who write crisp clean code. Who are we looking for? We’re searching for a strong, friendly, flexible, and seasoned people to strengthen our engineering team. We value curiosity and eagerness to learn. When presented with a challenge, you question until you are clear what the problem is and then do whatever it takes to get the task done. You need to be crisp and detailed oriented, and willing to own an outcome and run with it, without somebody telling you exactly how to get there. We believe that is what it takes to build a high performing team. Working here means being part of a team that works hard, fast and cleverly to keep growing at rocket speed. 1) You are an experienced Rails developer, designed and delivered production ready apps. 2) Your code is modular, readable and unit-tested. You are proud of what you have built. 3) Comfortable and productive in a unix-like shell environment 4) You excel in a team environment by collaborating with or supporting your peers. You love to teach and you are not afraid to learn & implement something new 5) Follows the latest updates in the ruby community. 6) You have good demonstrable knowledge of front-end technologies like JS, jQuery. 7) You have experience with RESTful APIs and have been part of developing on in the past 8) You are an SQL ninja and have a working knowledge of NoSQL (Redis, MongoDB) 9) You are interested in or experienced with at least one another programming language/ framework and can explain why that language is worthwhile. If that’s you, your responsibilities will be 1) Take ownership of a product, maintain the existing product, work independently, always ensuring the code quality is of the highest standard 2) Find solutions to seemingly difficult problems and implement them in code What you can expect from us 1) Fun-loving, motivated co-workers who you would love working with 2) An environment where you are encouraged to question, experiment, take the risk and push the envelope. 3) Opportunity and resources to do your best work and pursue your dreams Please apply along with the latest resume and a link to your project portfolio or github profile if you would like to discuss this role further. You can still apply if you don’t satisfy some of the requirements. We prefer candidates who can join us immediately or ones with a short notice period. Work Location: Mumbai Compensation: 6-8 LPA Contact: [email protected]

JD :- Proficiency in PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, JQuery, HTML, CSS/ SASS etc.- Proficiency in at least two frame works Yii, Laravel, CI, Ruby on Rails.- Candidate must have hands of experience in web application full life cycle application Development project.- Candidate must have 2+ years of experience of developing web services in at least two formats XML, cXML, SOAP, JSON/ Rest APIs.- Candidate must have experience of hosting web application on Shared hosting or Cloud like AWS, Azure etc.- Candidate must have knowledge of working on Source control like GitHub, Team foundation etc.- Candidate must be good on core apps framework like MVC/ architecture design- Having experience of project documentation belongs to entire SDLC.- Candidate must have experience of leading team- Candidate must have experience interaction with international (US) clients- Having experience of problem solving and decision making- Excellent communication skills- Should have very good attitude and Self-motivation- Provides encouragement to team members, including communicating team goals- Answers team member questions, helps with team member problems, and oversees team member work for quality and guideline compliance- Communicates deadlines and goals to team members- Conducts team meetings to update members on best practices and continuing expectations