Senior Software Engineer - Ruby on Rails

Ruby Developer; Union (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Ruby Developer is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specialized in Ruby on Rails to help challenge the status quo in lending and insurance. In this role, you'll build and maintain platform services, support production systems, and participate in Agile planning.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of Ruby on Rails experience, understands microservices, and possesses great collaboration and problem-solving skills. Join us in creating a transparent loan and insurance buying process.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with back-end development using Ruby on Rails.
• Experience building API based applications.
• Understand data structure and distributed system microservice concepts.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain central platform services.
• Design and build improvements to our development processes.
• Support and troubleshoot production systems.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

API development

Microservices

SQL

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

MySQL

AWS

RSpec

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - Ruby on Rails

We are a marketplace where users can compare personalized, prequalified rates and quotes from multiple lenders and carriers, for student loans, mortgages, personal loans, and insurance.

We’re challenging the status quo by giving power to the consumer. We believe in a world where ‘ethical’, ‘lending’, and ‘insurance’ can coexist, so we set out to build innovative platforms that actually work for customers. Our mission is to help people find the best loan or insurance policy possible.

We believe researching and buying loans or insurance shouldn’t be confusing or complex, so we’ve focused on simplicity. We’ve created the only unbiased loan and insurance buying process out there, which makes finding options straightforward and clear.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain central platform services
• Maintain and evolve our microservice architecture, including Kafka and GraphQL APIs
• Design and build improvements to our development processes, including testing strategy
• Support and troubleshoot production systems
• Determine operational feasibility by evaluating, analyzing, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions;
• Participating in the code reviews and design discussions with other engineers;
• Have a strong sense of end-to-end ownership;
• Adhere to key principles: Code and design for best performance, scalability, and resiliency;
• Participate in Agile planning and standup meetings;
• Participates in the testing process through test review and analysis, test witnessing, and certification of software;
• Be a self-starter, capable of solving ambiguous and challenging technical problems with a wide scope;
• Deliver trustworthy solutions for engineers, allowing them to focus on experimentation, evolution, and delivery of high-quality features;
• Collaborate cross-functionally with data scientists, business users, project managers, and other engineers to achieve elegant solutions;
• Backend development, including design, documentation, implementation, and testing;
• Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with back-end development using Ruby on Rails.
• Experience building API base applications.
• Understand data structure and distributed system microservice concepts
• Experience with Relational Databases and SQL (MySQL preferred).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• English - active intermediate level or higher.

Nice to have

• Experience with GraphQL.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and services (AWS preferred) for deploying and managing applications.
• Experience with RSpec or similar unit test frameworks for RoR.
• Understanding Agile methodologies and CI/CD best practices.
• Being ready to work with FE is a plus.

Soft-skills

• Thrive on collaboration; the Engineering team works closely with Product Management, Design, and Operations for everything from roll-out to feature enhancement.
• Resourceful and mindful, you move fast but don't break things.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to adapt and learn new technologies quickly and independently.
• Ability to solve problems that span multiple interconnected systems/microservices.

Please note that only candidates whose profiles closely match our requirements will be contacted.