Software Development Engineer - 3

Summary

Join Reflektive's Engineering team and contribute to building and supporting the services that power our platform. You will participate in architectural design reviews, establish best practices, and debug issues across the stack. This year's initiatives include infrastructure optimization, collaboration with development teams for operational efficiency, service redesign for maintainability, and customer issue resolution. You will actively participate in defining our technical roadmap and work with product and engineering teams. The role involves backend development using Ruby on Rails, performance optimization, collaboration with other teams, and ensuring security and compliance. You will also create and maintain technical documentation and contribute to continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Overall 8+ years of experience with a focus on backend development using Ruby on Rails
• In-depth knowledge of Ruby on Rails framework, database design, and API development
• Strong understanding of software architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices
• Experience with performance optimization, scalability, and security considerations
• Experience in Relation database. Ex: PostgreSQL, MySQL
• Experience with Elasticsearch, Kinesis, Kafka
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
• Open to explore new technologies. Ex: Python

Responsibilities

• Application Maintenance: Demonstrate customer first mindset by proactively identifying and addressing the issues even before customers report it
• Provide timely and effective resolution for the issues reported by the customers
• Backend Development: Lead the development of backend components, modules, and features primarily on Ruby on Rails tech stack and also be open to contribute in other tech stacks based on Python
• Implement and maintain APIs, data models, libraries, and database structures to support application functionality
• Performance Optimization: Identify and address performance bottlenecks, ensuring optimal system response times and resource utilization
• Identify resource intensive operations and optimize it for performance and cost
• Collaboration: Collaborate with frontend developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to integrate frontend and backend components seamlessly
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, adherence to standards, and knowledge sharing within the team
• Security and Compliance: Implement and enforce security best practices to safeguard sensitive data
• Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure compliance and security standards are met
• Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for the backend architecture, APIs, and development processes
• Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement and contribute to the evolution of development methodologies and practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in an Agile and Scrum environment
• Familiarity with front-end technologies and frameworks(ReactJs)
• Experience with Python programming languages
• Experience with cloud platforms and microservices architecture
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools.(AWS, Kubernetes )
• Web-based/SaaS company background