Ruby Developer

About Toughbyte

At Toughbyte we're changing the way companies and developers find each other. By having our own platform and a distributed team of recruiters, we're able to combine automation with a highly personalized service to both candidates and companies we work with. This, together with our culture of experimentation and constant improvement and the promises we make to our clients, ensure that the candidates we work with find the job they want and the companies the talent they need as quickly as possible.

Position

Company

Devex is the media platform for the global development community. As a social enterprise, they connect and inform development, health, humanitarian and sustainability professionals through news, business intelligence and funding and career opportunities. The company was founded in 2000 and today they reach over 1 million aid workers and development professionals. Their headquarters is in Washington, DC., and they also have offices in Barcelona and Manila and reporters on 5 continents.

Description

Tasks:

• Work on both new and existing features of the company's software system. This means crafting clear and well-designed code that is deployed to the production system several times a week
• Review your peers' code, participate in pair programming and provide mentorship to junior and intermediate engineers
• Collaborate constantly with other engineers, designers, team leads and stakeholders for the best possible outcome
• Analyze requirements and propose your ideas and technical solutions in the context of general business goals
• Provide input for strategic technical decisions related to new products and functionality

Your qualification

• Professional experience with Ruby on Rails and/or allied technologies
• At least 5 years of experience in professional web application development
• Strong skills in written and spoken English
• A solid grasp of object-oriented programming, automated software testing, and the application development life-cycle in general

Will be a plus

• Familiarity with relational databases and/or search engines like Solr or Elasticsearch
• Knowledge of JavaScript and frameworks like React or AngularJS
• Experience with agile methodologies like Scrum or Kanban

What we offer

• Flexible work hours
• Remote work is possible
• Unlimited snacks and drinks
• Professional development and wellness activities
• 23 days paid vacation
• One-week-long enterprise-wide breaks to rest and recharge
• Private health and dental insurance

Additional details

Interview process:

• Intro call with Toughbyte
• Screening call with People Operations Lead
• Intro interview with Engineering Manager
• Interview & code-review challenge with two members of the team
• Final interview with Technical Director
• Meet with the team