Senior Software Engineer - Ruby on Rails Central Europe

Zoolatech; Central (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoolatech is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead backend development with Ruby on Rails in our Louisiana office. You will build and maintain scalable services, design API foundations, and contribute to Kafka and GraphQL integrations.

Collaborate with data scientists, product managers and other engineers to deliver reliable features. You will own testing strategies, code quality and deployment practices in a fast-paced, customer-focused marketplace.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of back-end development with Ruby on Rails.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend services.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

API development

Distributed systems

SQL / Relational DB

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Kafka

GraphQL

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.

Build and maintain backend 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, analysis, 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 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

5+ years 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; 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.

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