Ruby on Rails Engineer

Summary

Join Commutatus, a company partnering with entrepreneurs and corporations to build digital products, as a backend engineer. You will work in a collaborative squad, contributing to all phases of the software development lifecycle. Responsibilities include research, planning, API development, performance analysis, and continuous improvement. While a computer science degree isn't required, strong skills in Ruby on Rails, APIs, and database design are essential. Commutatus offers a supportive environment with opportunities for growth, including sponsored certifications and flexible work arrangements, along with generous health insurance and unlimited sick leave.

Requirements

• Be open to working remotely
• Have exceptional communication skills
• Be resourceful. Research and learn on the go to get the job done right
• Identify problems around you and independently propose solutions to them
• Be organised, and structured. Ensure PRs are well structured, have great descriptions, and JIRA tickets are always on the right status
• Have a strong understanding of Ruby on Rails, APIs, and database design

Responsibilities

• Research and feasibility checks: Provide input based on research or your experience to assist in the ideation of features. You’ll frequently advise the team on the feasibility of ideas and suggest alternative routes to achieve the feature's objective
• Planning and estimation: Assist the team in planning and estimating features to ensure their timely rollout and correct functionality
• Software development: Develop robust APIs for the platforms we manage. You'll also be involved in analysing performance and errors to keep the platform at its best! We build plugins and templates for features that are common across platforms. You'll need to be vigilant for such opportunities and may even participate in building them
• Continuous improvement: Participate actively in team retrospective events by raising problems and frustrations and offering solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• Have built scalable digital platforms before that have been deployed to production environments
• Know how GraphQL, and REST APIs work, i.e., how to build, maintain, and improve them
• Have designed databases and optimized their performance
• Understand the different components of a backend system such as app servers, databases, and caches
• Have a sound understanding of deploying apps to staging or production via automated tools such as Github Actions or Travis

Benefits

• The freedom to learn and grow in the company
• A supportive team who'll help you when you are stuck!
• A learning path, feedback, and resources to take you to the next step in your technical career! We even sponsor certifications, and tickets to select tech events!
• A safe space to explore your varied interests
• A platform to explore and understand different domains
• An invested interest in your well-being. All our employees benefit from generous health insurance and unlimited sick leave
• The space for you to have a healthy work-life balance
• Transparency in the company's performance and financial status
• Weekly company-wide engagement activities will wind down at the end of the week