Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer — AWS DevOps, Bike Security

Datafin; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A mission-driven company in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Ruby Developer to enhance their web and mobile platforms. You will design and maintain efficient code using Ruby on Rails and develop operational systems on AWS, ensuring scalability and performance. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in Ruby, experience with cloud services, and a collaborative mindset. Familiarity with React Native is a plus. This role offers an opportunity to combat bike theft globally.

Qualifications

• Proven work experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role.
• Strong knowledge of Ruby on Rails, along with common libraries.
• Experience with cloud services, especially AWS.
• Familiarity with front-end languages and frameworks.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind scalable applications.
• Ability to implement automated testing platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code.
• Design and maintain deployment and operational systems on AWS.
• Contribute to mobile application development using React Native.
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, devising solutions.
• Collaborate with the product team to define and ship new features.
• Stay informed of emerging technologies and apply them.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

AWS

React Native

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Tools

Devise

Omniauth

Rspec

EC2

S3

Lambda

Nginx

Redis

Aurora Postgres

Job description

A mission-driven company in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Ruby Developer to enhance their web and mobile platforms. You will design and maintain efficient code using Ruby on Rails and develop operational systems on AWS, ensuring scalability and performance. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in Ruby, experience with cloud services, and a collaborative mindset. Familiarity with React Native is a plus. This role offers an opportunity to combat bike theft globally.