Ruby on Rails Developer

Job Title: Ruby on Rails Developer

Location: Remote

Duration: 6 Months (Option to extend)

Part time role.

An experienced Ruby on Rails engineer who will plan, develop, deploy, maintain and document various solutions together with our highly organized Rails team

Clients Rails team is composed of around 15 engineers. primary technology is Ruby on Rails, and their database of choice is PostgreSQL. They write projects using the DDD methodology, and are proud of excellent test coverage across projects. They mostly build APIs, admin dashboards, and integrations with third-party services.

Requirements

Qualifications and Experience:

At least 5 years of experience with Ruby on Rails

background in software development and/or computer science

experience working with applications in production

comfortable taking ownership of various aspects of a project and being in charge of ensuring everything is delivered on time

affinity for keeping up with general software development news

deep understanding of object-oriented programming and design patterns

experience with writing tests

experience working with international clients

understanding business perspective with focus on generating value to clients

excellent knowledge of written and spoken English

experience with JavaScript frontend frameworks is a nice-to-have

a drive to make your code better every day

experience in providing technical guidance and helping team members resolve technical challenges

Your Responsibilities:

planning, developing, deploying, maintaining, and documenting various software solutions

regular dependency upgrades and security patches for CVEs

defining tasks and providing time estimates

writing clean, maintainable code and tests (unit/integration/end-to-end)

rolling out new features, and analyzing (and reacting to) the results you learn about from our QA Engineers and user feedback

collaborating with clients, project teams, and technical teams

presenting your solutions to clients and/or a group of colleagues

proactively communicating with other team members and project stakeholders

proactively monitoring project progress and actively taking part in decision making

using agile methodologies in development

participating in code reviews, pairing, and other forms of knowledge-sharing

Continually improving your skills, pushing others to expand their skills and sharing your knowledge with team members working in a cross-functional team