Full-stack - Senior - Rails Developer (Remote, South Africa) at Glucode

About The Role

• We are hiring a Rails programmer to work on exciting SaaS products. You'll be joining our in-house product development team to ideate and iterate on product ideas that will drive the next chapter of Glucode. You will be working on products on a rotational basis, which will involve backend and frontend development, QA and DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Design and build clean efficient code.
• Refactor and optimise code.
• Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
• Build and maintain databases.
• Integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system.
• Measure and improve system or application performance and scalability.
• Integrate server-side logic for front-end.
• Participate in development life cycle tasks such as task estimation and sprint planning.
• Implement automated testing platforms and unit tests.
• Collaborate with project managers, front-end developers, designers and other stakeholders across each stage of project life cycle.
• Mentor and help grow lesser experienced developers.
• Drive and grow the engineering team through engagement and input on initiatives and events.
• Lead teams technically and be seen as an expert on the platform.

Core Tech stack

• Backend: Ruby on Rails
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Frontend: TailwindCSS / Hotwire
• Testing: RSpec
• CI: Github Actions
• Hosting: AWS/Heroku

About You

• At Glucode, we value individuals with a self-starter mentality. We believe that taking initiative is crucial for achieving excellence. While we encourage collaboration, we also honour those who can work independently, and we provide flexibility and responsibility to get the job done right.
• We’re looking for candidates with a strong track record of creating products with Rails. You should be experienced in the framework, in Ruby, and with full-stack web development: HTTP, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.

Required Skills and Attributes

• Tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with building Rails apps.
• Passion for building products that people love.
• Curious about the technology and tools.
• You exercise critical thinking.
• You have a good grasp of information security.
• Good at verbal and written English.
• You love to improve the quality of the codebases.
• You like to mentor other developers.
• You like to collaborate and engage with other people.