Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer

🕒 February 26

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Smart Working

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51 - 200 employees

🤝 B2B

☁️ SaaS

🎯 Recruiter

B2B • SaaS • Recruitment

Smart Working is a recruitment service specializing in sourcing and providing top-tier software developers from around the world to meet the needs of businesses. With a robust vetting process that includes technical assessments and background checks, Smart Working ensures that clients receive highly skilled developers adept in various programming languages and frameworks. The company focuses on flexible and remote hiring solutions, allowing businesses to efficiently scale their development teams while benefiting from significant cost savings.

📋 Description

• Design, build, and enhance features across the full Ruby on Rails application stack • Take ownership of defined problem spaces, from solution design through to release • Refactor and maintain existing SaaS functionality to improve performance, scalability, and maintainability • Implement robust automated test coverage to ensure solutions meet acceptance criteria and behave as expected • Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to maintain high engineering standards • Manage development tasks end-to-end, from backlog refinement to production deployment • Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams during backlog grooming and issue refinement • Act as a technical expert within the team, supporting colleagues and resolving development blockers • Build and maintain a deep understanding of system functionality, data structures, and data sources • Identify and address technical debt, data quality issues, and user experience inconsistencies • Contribute to platform operations by maintaining application containers, dependencies, and framework versions • Deploy to non-production and production environments following established deployment processes • Monitor application and infrastructure performance, investigating and resolving issues as they arise • Support the ongoing stability, security, and availability of the platform

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of professional experience developing with Ruby and Ruby on Rails in production environments • Strong experience maintaining and operating production Ruby on Rails SaaS applications • Proficiency with RSpec for automated testing • Strong JavaScript experience, including native JavaScript and jQuery • Solid front-end fundamentals: HTML, CSS, and preprocessors such as HAML, SASS, or SCSS • Experience building and maintaining scalable REST APIs using Ruby on Rails • Strong understanding of agile development practices and working within cross-functional teams • Experience using Git and GitHub as part of a collaborative development workflow • Familiarity with application performance monitoring tools (e.g. AppSignal, New Relic) • Ability to plan, prioritise, and deliver work across a variable workload • Strong written and verbal communication skills, essential for a remote-first environment • Professional, collaborative approach when working across teams and functions

🏖️ Benefits

• Fixed Shifts: 12:00 PM - 9:30 PM IST (Summer) | 1:00 PM - 10:30 PM IST (Winter) • No Weekend Work: Real work-life balance, not just words • Day 1 Benefits: Laptop and full medical insurance provided • Support That Matters:Mentorship, community, and forums where ideas are shared • True Belonging: A long-term career where your contributions are valued