Junior Ruby Developer — Grow with Kafka, Nginx & Performance

The TJX Companies, Inc.; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 76,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

The TJX Companies, Inc. in Thousand Oaks, CA seeks a hands-on Ruby Developer who can architect, code, and deploy without losing sight of quality. This role emphasizes practical delivery and strong collaboration with the team.

A junior Ruby Developer here owns their work, partners with a tight team, and earns $76,000 - $124,000 while building their career. The posting highlights performance, security, and reliable deployments.

Qualifications

• A hands-on Ruby Developer who can architect, code and deploy with quality.
• MongoDB fundamentals plus the Conflict Resolution polish clients notice.
• A Thousand Oaks grounding, or the adaptability to plant roots quickly.
• A solid foundation in Kafka, refined over 1+ years.
• A communicator who can disagree without making it personal.
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support junior teammates.
• Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve.

Responsibilities

• Tune Kafka caching so TJX Companies survives the Thousand Oaks launch spike on the same hardware
• Integrate third-party services and internal tools into the TJX Companies stack
• Ship Nginx fixes to TJX Companies customers in Thousand Oaks, CA the same day they report them
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements proactively
• Defend TJX Companies uptime through the 2 a.m. Thousand Oaks pages nobody volunteers for
• Optimize application performance, latency, and resource utilization at scale

Skills

Ruby

Kafka

MongoDB

Nginx

Mentorship

Communication

Tools

Kafka caching

Nginx

Job description

The TJX Companies, Inc. in Thousand Oaks, CA seeks a hands-on Ruby Developer who can architect, code, and deploy without losing sight of quality. This role emphasizes practical delivery and strong collaboration with the team.

A junior Ruby Developer here owns their work, partners with a tight team, and earns $76,000 - $124,000 while building their career. The posting highlights performance, security, and reliable deployments.