Senior Back-End Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

Pixelmatters; Porto; Híbrido; EUR 43 000 - 62 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

A leading digital product studio in Porto is seeking an experienced Back-End Engineer to design and implement scalable software solutions. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of backend experience, proficiency in Ruby on Rails, and is familiar with cloud platforms and containerization. This role offers a competitive salary and a supportive work environment, with options for remote work.

Serviços

Health insurance

Collaborative work environment

Office in downtown Porto

Remote work policy

Qualificações

• 5+ years' experience in software development focused on backend.
• Strong understanding of system design and problem-solving.

Responsabilidades

• Designing, testing, and implementing back-end systems.
• Developing and optimizing APIs and managing infrastructure.
• Ensuring system scalability and reliability.

Conhecimentos

Backend programming (Ruby on Rails)

API design and maintenance

Database management (SQL, Redis)

Version control (Git)

Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS)

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Problem-solving

English proficiency

Portuguese proficiency

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Overview

Pixelmatters is a digital product studio. We’re a team of strategists, designers and engineers creating top-quality digital products.

Our mission is to empower businesses to achieve their full potential by creating top-quality digital products while fostering great relationships along the way. We envision a world where great user experience is the norm, not the exception, inspiring businesses and people to be at their best.

Role

We’re looking for you, a meticulous, curious and adaptable Back-End Engineer, who has the ability to develop scalable and efficient software solutions, ensuring robust functionality and performance. In addition, you are a collaborative team player, actively supporting and promoting knowledge sharing as part of your approach.

Responsibilities

Your role will focus on designing, testing, and implementing back-end systems, playing a key role in building secure, high-performance applications. You will be involved in all stages of back-end development, from database design to API implementation and system architecture. For this reason, it’s expected that you are comfortable working with server-side languages, frameworks, and cloud infrastructure.

Some of your day-to-day tasks

• Developing and optimizing APIs, designing and maintaining databases, managing infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, writing tests, and ensuring system scalability and reliability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in software development with a strong backend focus.
• Proficiency in backend programming languages, preferably Ruby on Rails
• Experience with databases (SQL, Redis)
• Experience in designing and maintaining scalable RESTful APIs
• Familiar with version control systems such as Git
• Excellent understanding of English and Portuguese (written and spoken)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS)
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Strong problem-solving skills, system design, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Experience in frontend technologies and Javascript

Benefits

• Quality-driven, inspiring, and collaborative work environment
• Competitive salary and benefits, including health insurance
• We have an office located at Porto’s downtown, while continuing to back our “Remote as default, Office as an option” policy

Compensation

• The salary range from this role is between €43,626 and €61,126 annual gross which includes meal, vacation, and Xmas allowance.