Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer

A U.S.-based company that is creating a live learning platform to provide professionals and students with customized training for any subject, on demand, is looking for a Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer. The engineer will be in charge of building and deploying large-scale web applications. The company is on a mission to make world-class learning solutions available to the masses with their efficient Edtech technology. The company has managed to secure more than $105mn during their Series C round of funding. This position requires 6+ hours of overlap with the EST/PST time zones. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Create well-documented, readable, performant, and maintainable code
• To properly verify the validity of your code, create automated tests
• Put quality first, and work iteratively to improve upon what is already good
• Participate in the on-call rotation for the team and be responsible for the code from development to deployment and operations
• Prepare yourself to absorb knowledge from some of the finest and brightest in the field
• Work both independently and collectively as a team in a busy and dynamic environment
• Work well in a group setting with other engineers, product management, and design

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 5+ years of relevant experience as a software engineer
• Prolific experience working with Ruby and Ruby on Rails
• Demonstrable experience with React and Golang
• Solid understanding of deployment systems like GitHub Actions and AWS CodeDeploy
• Extensive experience working with AWS services like RDS, Lambda, EC2, etc. 
• Working knowledge of command-line tools and the Linux operating system
• Solid knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and OO design
• Ability to pick up new languages and technologies fast when required
• Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and spoken