Senior Backend Developer (Engine Team)

Workato; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Senior Backend Developer to join their dynamic team. This role involves building and maintaining complex Ruby applications, enhancing execution engines, and integrating various data storage solutions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Ruby and Rails, along with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Join a vibrant work environment that values flexibility and innovation, where you can contribute to exciting projects and make a meaningful impact in the automation landscape.

Benefits

Flexible work hours

Remote work options

Health insurance

Professional development opportunities

Work-life balance initiatives

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in developing and maintaining Ruby and Rails applications.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on backend applications.

Responsibilities

• Build and troubleshoot complex Ruby applications and microservices.
• Improve execution engine of custom third-party code and maintain code quality.

Skills

Ruby

Rails

Golang

Debugging

Analytical Skills

Problem-solving

Data Structures

Algorithms

Network Protocols

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Postgres

Redis

S3

DynamoDB

Kafka

Click House

Docker

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Workato is the only integration and automation platform that is as simple as it is powerful — and because it’s built to power the largest enterprises, it is quite powerful.

Simultaneously, it’s a low-code/no-code platform. This empowers any user (dev/non-dev) to painlessly automate workflows across any apps and databases.

We’re proud to be named a leader by both Forrester and Gartner and trusted by 7,000+ of the world's top brands such as Box, Grab, Slack, and more. But what is most exciting is that this is only the beginning.

Ultimately, Workato believes in fostering a flexible, trust-oriented culture that empowers everyone to take full ownership of their roles. We are driven by innovation and looking for team players who want to actively build our company.

But, we also believe in balancing productivity with self-care. That’s why we offer all of our employees a vibrant and dynamic work environment along with a multitude of benefits they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives.

If this sounds right up your alley, please submit an application. We look forward to getting to know you!

Responsibilities

We are looking for an exceptional Senior Backend Developer (Engine Team) to join our growing team. You will be responsible to:

1. Build/extend/troubleshoot/fix complex heterogeneous Ruby (Rails but not only) applications, as well as small self-contained microservices.
2. Improve execution engine of custom third-party code (Ruby DSL, isolation, performance, new features).
3. Write well-designed, testable, efficient code in Ruby (and some GOlang).
4. Integration of data storage solutions Postgres/Redis/S3/DynamoDB/Kafka/Click House etc.
5. Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle.
6. Provide code reviews to your teammates.
7. Evaluate and propose improvements to existing system.
8. Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems.
9. Help maintain code quality, organization and automatization.

Requirements

Technical Skills

1. Strong experience developing, shipping and maintaining Ruby and Rails applications (5+ years).
2. Vast knowledge of Ruby, experience with intensive backend applications, not only MVC.
3. Excellent debugging, analytical, problem-solving, and social skills.
4. Knowledge of basic data structures and algorithms and how they are used is a must.
5. Good understanding of all building blocks of large web applications: databases, load balancers, application servers, message brokers, caching, monitoring, etc.
6. Good understanding of network protocols and stacks.
7. Good understanding of DB technologies: classic databases and modern no-SQL.
8. BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject.

Optional Requirements

1. Experience of developing DSLs in Ruby
2. Background in C/C++/Linux or other system programming
3. Deep knowledge of physical DB design.
4. Experience of working with Docker and other isolation technologies.
5. Experience of working with public cloud infrastructure providers (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud).
6. Experience in related fields (DevOps, ML, DBA, Enterprise applications, etc.).
7. Experience in building/deploying data processing pipelines is a plus.
8. Experience of working with third-party REST APIs at scale (request throttling, batch processing etc.).

Other

1. Readiness to work remotely with teams distributed across the world and timezones.
2. Spoken English (at the level enough to pass technical interview and later work with colleagues).

About the company

Workato, a leader in Gartner MQ, is more than an iPaaS. It's an Intelligent Automation platform that can be used by both Business and IT. It supports thousands of enterprise and workflow usecases so you can automate everything.