Senior Ruby Developer (EU/LatAm/NA)
This is a remote position.
Job Title: Senior Ruby Developer Reporting into: VP of Engineering Location: Remote (North America, South America, and Europe) As a Senior Ruby Developer, you will help build our Ruby API powering our family of LGBTQ+ mobile dating apps. We are looking for engineers who are passionate about architecture and monads! Ok just kidding about the last part -- but you can see more about our approach to API development in our Medium blog series here. The position is 40 hours per week and ongoing/full-time. What you'll do:- Maintain a complex backend which processes more than 350 million web server requests per day
- Build a modern API application atop a functional architecture in Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and/or Sinatra
- Build well factored, maintainable, and tested code using RSpec with Test & Behavior Driven Development (TDD & BDD)
- Understand and build using strong architectural patterns beyond the standard MVC of Rails
- Have a strong sense of OO programming and Architectural patterns
- Be able to work with, mentor, and guide a distributed team of developers
- Team members will be expected to align to the working and pairing hours of their team in their respective regions. Our team writes code in pairs, and engineering teams screen-share with each other a minimum of 4 hours per day.
- We are pioneers of architectural linters, and are working on a new open-source architectural linter for Ruby inspired by our experience in Kotlin. This enables us to apply architectural principles across a global, distributed team
Requirements
Timezone requirements:- Because we are a global, remote, distributed company, timezone alignment is critical
- If you are EU-based, you must be available to work between 11am CET and 8pm CET (Winter) or 12pm CET and 9pm CET (Summer)
- If you are Brasil-based, you must be available to work between 8am EST and 5pm EST
- If you are North America-based, you must be available to work between 8am EST and 5pm EST
- Be available to collaborate between 9a EST and 1p EST, regardless of your present timezone.
- Have experience working for remote, global teams
- Be excited about and open to pair programming
- Be open to learning languages outside their current server specialty, such as Swift, Kotlin, Python or JavaScript
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in computer science, related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of software development experience
- 3+ years of software development experience using Ruby
- Experience using design and architecture patterns
- Strong sense of ownership, ability to work independently, and proven track record of driving products
- Shipped consumer API used concurrently by thousands of users.
Bonus if you have experience with:
- Full stack knowledge of technologies like Ruby, SQL, Linux, React, and AWS would be highly desirable
- Experience working with big data technologies and ETLs like Spark, S3, and Redshift
- Experience with analytics platforms, CRM, and engagement platforms (e.g., Mixpanel, Amplitude, Moengage, Quicksight)
- DevOps experience - Docker, k8s, linux/unix
- Experience completing product iterations based on insights from data
- Knowledge of Python, Scala, Spark, Athena, or Databricks
Benefits
A 100% remote, 100% global team Every day, the PSS product team comes together virtually from more than 18 cities in more than 12 countries. As a colleague at PSS, you can work from any timezone in North America, South America, or Europe. Benefits include:- 11 Paid Holidays
- One paid week off at mid-year (PSS Summer Refresh Week)
- Home Office Stipend - purchase furniture for your home setup
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401k plan with 6% match
- Comprehensive, nation-wide healthcare coverage
- Flexible Time Off