Sr. Ruby Developer
Horizontal Talent

Job Info

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Job Description:

• The development and automation team provides an application management platform to Client.
• We enable the provisioning of applications to runtimes across cloud and containers, provide deployment capabilities, and improve the monitoring/logging of applications.
• The team is driving efforts that expand features to make developers lives easier, such as adding autoscaling and traffic switching after their releases.

Project Description:

• Our platform runs on a microservice architecture with the backend APIs developed primarily in Ruby, and the frontend running on Angular.
• We are constantly improving how we provide automations to simplify support needs.
• We've got a team of engineers with varying levels of seniority and interests within the project.
• We are looking for passionate developers of all levels to help to accelerate the empowerment of Client developers.

Position Summary/Job Description:

• An ideal candidate participates in the creation and presentation of technical designs.
• They will lead in the delivery of complex solutions.
• They demonstrate creativity and takes initiative in solving complex problems.
• They are able to fill in holes in product direction and take the appropriate action within their team.
• Aware of the technology landscape, they plan delivery of coarse-grained business needs spanning multiple applications.
• This candidate sets a consistent example of agile development practices and coaches other engineers to work as a team with Product and UX.

How much time will the resource spend pair programming? 

• 10-75% according to the stories and personal preference.

Skills Overview:
What are the top five skills and number of years of experience required to perform this job?

• 5+ years Ruby application development experience.
• Codes larger features from start to finish.
• Keeps up with industry trends and be an advocate for the standards.
• Creates and improves internal libraries and tools.
• Designs Features.
• Takes responsibility in ensuring team's high code quality.
• Teaches best practices and context to internal engineers.
• Improves knowledge and understanding of core concepts of engineering.
• Be a mentor for the personal and peer growth.
• Takes ownership of code base and its quality.
• Defines and drives technology strategy.
• Communicates effectively both verbally and written with various business partners.
• Helps in bringing the team together as a whole.
• Participates in and leads production support situations.
• Teaches best practices and context to internal developers.

What are some preferred/nice to have skills the manager is looking for?

• An ideal candidate participates in the creation and presentation of technical designs.
• They will lead in the delivery of complex solutions.
• They are an active participant in planning activities and contributes to strategic planning.
• Their depth of knowledge aids them in anticipating technical issues at the product level and makes architectural and design decisions to avoid them.
• They are able to fill in holes in product direction and take the appropriate action within their team.

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