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Principal Ruby on Rails Engineer

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RemoteSoftware Development
SalaryUSD $150,000~$190,000
Ruby on RailsAPIGraphQLScalabilitySystem Design
Role brief

About The Role:

We're looking for a Principal Ruby on Rails Engineer to build and support critical, client-facing and internal systems that provide real-time roadside assistance to a diverse customer-base, which range from OEM & Insurance carriers to connected vehicles. This individual will lead initiatives through all technical roadmap phases- design, implementation, testing, and maintenance, while continuously improving system health & quality. We are continuously making strides towards a true CI/CD culture and conduct daily Releases, and this individual would be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, with limited supervision, while maintaining and improving software and reliability metrics.

Key Outcomes:

  • Full technical accountability of team product domains and support.
  • Principal-level IC code contribution while setting and improving coding practices and standards.
  • Work closely with Product managers to set expectations, clarify requirements, and communicate solution designs. 
  • Demonstrate technical expertise in multiple domains and mentor other developers on team.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional team members on all aspects of product development.
  • Identify technical opportunities, draft proposals, architect, plan and implement solutions with the team.
  • Instrument monitors and provide post-launch support to live systems.

Requirements:

  • You have 10+ years of experience in building large-scale web applications.
  • Experience as a Principal engineer on a team of more than 3 engineers.
  • Highly proficient in Ruby on Rails(including Sidekiq) and have a track record of delivering successful projects.
  • In-depth understanding of systems design, and scalable & reliable-data, API(REST/GraphQL) and presentation layers.
  • Expert in data modeling and in working with data storage and retrieval systems, in particular Redis, SQL, Postgres.
  • Ability to own complete features and systems end-to-end - conception, breakdown, implementation, deployment.
  • Conversant with multiple system, API, and code design patterns and paradigms, and can advocate and influence peers to adopt and implement effective practices.
  • Appetite to learn new technologies quickly and onboard to stack.
  • A self-starter, results-oriented individual with excellent problem solving skills.
  • CS or Engineering related Degree.

Nice To Haves:

  • GraphQL
  • Elastic Search
  • Datadog
  • ReactJS
  • CircleCI/Harness