Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails) - Remote

DataFin; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading web hosting company in Cape Town is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to tackle large-scale backend challenges. You will design and develop robust backend software and APIs, utilizing Ruby and containerization platforms like Docker. A minimum of 4 years of experience is required, along with a passion for programming and agile methods. This role offers opportunities to innovate and optimize in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software development experience is required.
• 2 years of experience supporting large scale applications in an operational role.
• Ability to write quality backend software is essential.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop backend software and APIs.
• Implement object-oriented programming using Ruby.
• Leverage containerization platforms like Docker for system performance.
• Collaborate with Product Owner and stakeholders.

Skills

Backend software development

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Object-oriented programming (Ruby)

Agile development

Effective communication

Education

BSc in Computer Science

Tools

MySQL

Redis

Linux

Job description

Environment

A leading web hosting company is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to join its team. In this role, you will tackle complex, large-scale backend challenges while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives. Your responsibilities will include designing and developing backend software and APIs, implementing object-oriented programming using languages such as Ruby, and developing software within a Linux/Unix environment. Additionally, you will leverage containerization platforms like Docker or Kubernetes to enhance system performance and scalability.

Duties

• Solving interesting and large scale backend technical challenges
• Being part of figuring out how they get better at what they do
• Looking for opportunities to innovate and optimize
• Understanding the needs of the customer in order to deliver innovative, robust solutions (In collaboration with the Product Owner and stakeholders of course)
• Supporting the customer from an operational perspective when escalated by the Client Services team

You probably have a passion for

• Programming, open-source Technologies and IT in general
• Optimal systems and simple procedures
• Agile development and a self-organizing team environment
• Sharing ideas and innovation
• Solving interesting and large scale backend technical challenges
• Being part of figuring out how they get better at what they do
• Looking for opportunities to innovate and optimize
• Understanding the needs of the customer in order to deliver innovative, robust solutions (In collaboration with the Product Owner and stakeholders of course)
• Supporting the customer from an operational perspective when escalated by the Client Services team

Requirements

• BSc majoring in Computer Science will be advantageous, however, your ability to demonstrate your track record of writing quality backend software is what ultimately counts
• A minimum of 4+ years of software development experience
• Minimum of 2 years supporting a large scale application in an operational capacity

Nice to have

• Thinking like a hacker and diving into the security details of the software you’ve built
• Experience with Rancher, Docker Swarm or other container orchestration platforms
• Understanding of database design and performance tuning (MySQL, Redis, etc.)
• Experience with DevOps on a Linux based platform
• Experience with system administration on a Linux based platform

Attributes

• Effective communication
• Self-motivation and self-management
• Life-Long Learning