Ruby Backend Web Engineer

As a member of the backend team you will:

• Work independently or with other engineers to develop user experience-focused web applications, or provide support for existing systems.
• Collaborate with Designers, Frontend developers, DevOps Engineers and Product Owners to understand business goals, analyze requirements, formulate solutions, and ensure the successful execution and delivery of the end product.
• Assist in scoping, estimating, and planning of projects.
• Participate in code review, pairing, and other forms of knowledge sharing.
• Ensure high code quality and keeping dependencies up to date.
• Analyze and monitor application performances and bottlenecks.
• Work with many third party APIs and vendors.

• 3+ years experience in Ruby on Rails.
• Ability to design & deliver highly efficient APIs.
• Experience working in an Agile and iterative environment (Scrum, Kanban, etc.).
• Experience with testing development techniques (RSpec, TDD, BDD, etc.).
• Strong SQL experience, ideally PostgreSQL.
• Experience using SOLID principles and other design patterns in your development process.

Nice to have familiarity or experience with:

• NodeJS, Golang or other Ruby libraries (Sinatra, Hanami).
• CI/CD development pipelines.
• React and/or other modern frontend libraries/frameworks using Typescript.
• Other databases (Redis, ElasticSearch, NoSQL, etc.).
• Domain Driven Design (DDD).
• Cloud-Native technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Microservices, etc.).
• Inter-application communication (REST, GraphQL, AMQP (RabbitMQ), gRPC, etc.).

• Exciting and fast-paced international environment.
• Top-notch and new technologies.
• Unique successful/challenging/funded/niche/mature startup.
• Fun and casual environment (afterworks, team-buildings, bootcamps).
• A product and development team where your advice matters.
• Flexible schedules.
• Remote work: from our Belgian, German or Romanian offices and/or from home.
• Competitive wage and other benefits such as training budget, health insurance etc.
• Expanding company where you will be able to grow with.