Senior Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

Senior Software Engineer (Rails) @ Source Labs LLC

Remote - Contract US-based Client/Project

Job Brief:

You will join a small, agile, fast-paced and highly technical team to build the next generation SaaS product in GovTech. You will get a chance to work side by side with numerous highly experienced and highly technical engineers to design and implement new cutting-edge solutions. We're a highly functional, high performance team that is looking for a motivated self-starter individual that likes to tackle challenging problems.

Responsibilities:

• Write clean, maintainable, efficient and well-tested code

• Follow best practices (Test-Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Agile / Scrum, Lean Software Development, good programming paradigms, etc.)

• Drive continuous adoption and integration of relevant new technologies

Requirements:

• Significant work experience in software development and knowledge of modern technologies

• Significant work experience in Ruby on Rails (7+ years)

• Deep understanding of the Ruby on Rails framework to be able to refactor, cleanup, improve, upgrade, and re-architect the codebase.

• Nice to have: experience with server-side (Node/Express) and client-side JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular or Ember)

• Solid understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

• Passion for writing elegant, simple, clean, efficient and well-tested code

• Good knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.)

• Good knowledge of common background processing tools like Redis, Elasticsearch, and RabbitMQ

• Experience working on high-traffic big data applications

• Experience with Amazon AWS and some DevOps responsibilities

• Experience building and designing APIs

• Fluency in English and excellent communication skills

• Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude

• Ability to work independently

• Excellent organizational skills

• BSc / BA in Computer Science or a related degree