08/09/2016
We are Hiring
Ruby on Rails Developer/Team Lead
Company Introduction
ProtonLabs has special expertise in custom software development – providing specialized products, IT services and custom end to end solutions to our customers. We gain competitive advantage from these distinctive. Furthermore, we offer reasonable Service Level Agreements (SLA) covering most of the additional maintenance services. With our 24/7/365 days per year support, we are making troubleshooting as easy as possible.
Our team operates with enthusiasm and flexibility. We are focused on our customers, being their reliable partner for IT services and solutions, working together on a partnership basis, helping them face the challenges of the modern times. Beside in Pakistan, ProtonLabs has clients from Great Britain, Japan, and Spain.
Job Description
We are looking for a Ruby on Rails developer responsible for managing the interchange of data between the server and the users. Your primary focus will be development of all server-side logic, definition and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.
Responsibilities
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Ruby code
• Design robust, scalable and secure features
• Contribute in all phases of the development cycle
• Follow best practices (test-driven development, continuous integration, SCRUM, refactoring and code standards)
• Integration of data storage solutions (may include databases, key-value stores, blob stores, etc.)
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server side logic
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Help maintain code quality, organization and automatization
• Manage Team and helping them to achieve deadlines and task management
Skills
• 5 - 7 years’ experience in web devlopment
• Experience with Ruby on Rails, along with other common libraries such as RSpec and Resque
• Good understanding of the syntax of Ruby and its nuances
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
• Good understanding of server-side templating languages (such as Liquid, Slim, etc depending on your technology stack)
• Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessors (such as Sass, based on project requirements)
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Familiarity with concepts of MVC, Mocking, ORM, and RESTful
• A knack for writing clean, readable Ruby code
• Ability to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Able to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (e.g. Git, Mercurial or SVN)
• Familiarity with development aiding tools (such as Bower, Bundler, Rake, etc)
• Familiarity with continuous integration