Ruby On Rails Developer

Role & Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Product and Design teams to design and ship scalable, user-friendly features.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable Ruby on Rails code, following best practices, TDD, and coding standards.
• Take ownership of complex modules, guiding the team through design, implementation, and delivery.
• Conduct detailed code reviews, ensure quality, and mentor junior engineers.
• Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues with a focus on root cause analysis.
• Contribute to system design and architecture, including domain modeling, distributed systems, and database structures.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize REST APIs and integrations.
• Benchmark, analyze, and optimize web application performance across the full stack.
• Assist in project planning, effort estimation, and technical decision-making.
• Stay updated with industry trends, tools, and emerging technologies, sharing insights with the team.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for software components, APIs, and processes.

Preferred Candidate Profile

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, preferably in complex domains and large-scale products.
• Deep expertise in Ruby and Ruby on Rails internals.
• Strong background in system design, architecture, distributed systems, and database modeling.
• Proven experience in relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and key-value stores (e.g., Redis).
• Hands-on experience in performance tuning, benchmarking, and application optimization.
• Strong knowledge of REST API development and integrations.
• Committed to writing high-quality, maintainable, and well-structured code.
• Proactive, entrepreneurial, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, startup-like environment.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, AWS, and Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence).
• Knowledge of TypeScript and React is a strong plus.
• Enthusiastic about continuous learning, innovation, and mentoring peers.