Role: Core Ruby Backend Developer

Location: Canada/Remote

Duration: 12+ Months

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities:

Client is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build solutions to enhance availability, performance, and stability of services as well as automating away repetitive work. In this role, you will:

Core Development:

• Build and maintain backend systems using Ruby (Ruby on Rails) and Java, with focus on performance and scalability

• Implement secure data solutions across MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB databases

• Ensure system integrity through proper authentication mechanisms

Infrastructure Management:

• Handle day-to-day AWS platform operations using modern observability tools

• Respond to production alerts and troubleshoot system issues

• Implement disaster recovery and capacity planning with Infrastructure as Code

Quality and Documentation:

• Maintain code quality through comprehensive testing and peer reviews

• Document technical specifications for future maintenance

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (frontend, design, product) for solution delivery

Technical Prerequisites:

• Experience with AWS (preferred) or Google Cloud Platform

• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for containerization

Qualifications:

• Degree in Engineering/Computer Science with 7+ years of backend development experience

• Ruby on Rails Expertise and familiarity with Java, Javascript, Python

• AWS (preferred) or Google Cloud Platform experience

• Expert-level distributed systems architecture and monitoring

• Docker, Kubernetes for container orchestration

• Jenkins or Github Actions for continuous integration

• Database optimization (eg MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)

• RESTful APIs integration expertise

• Microservices architecture implementation

• Application clustering and load balancing

• Security best practices for cloud infrastructure

• Configuration management at scale

• System telemetry for distributed architectures

• Experience in high-throughput web applications

• Proven problem-solving across solution stack

• On-call rotation availability

• Experience in distributed team environments

Nice to Have:

• Have experience in or be willing to learn data pipeline design in Apache Spark/AWS Glue, Apache Kafka/AWS kinesis

Why Join Us:

• Be part of a major transformation program and have a real impact on client data strategy.

• Work with cutting-edge technologies like BigQuery and Airflow.

• Collaborate with a talented team of data professionals.

• Enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package.