Ruby on Rails Engineer

Job description

Commutatus partners with ambitious entrepreneurs, startups, and corporates in various industries to conceptualize, design, and build digital products. We are the team that companies like AIESEC, NADIM, and others hire to get things done.

Over the past years, we’ve gained substantial experience in building platforms and doing it the right way. The platforms that we build now are super malleable and easy to scale. Our vision at Commutatus is to bring tomorrow closer to today, and we aspire to achieve that with more than one client at a time.

Take a look at why you should work here! We’ve recorded a video to give you a quick overview of who we are and what we’re trying to achieve with this role. Watch it.

What you would do at Commutatus

You’ll primarily work in a squad of 6 - 8 people comprising designers, front end engineers, backend engineers, and a project manager. Your responsibilities will include -

• Research and feasibility checks: Provide input based on research or your experience to assist in the ideation of features. You’ll frequently advise the team on the feasibility of ideas and suggest alternative routes to achieve the feature’s objective.
• Planning and estimation: You will assist the team in planning and estimating features to ensure their timely rollout and correct functionality.
• Software development: Develop robust APIs for the platforms we manage. You’ll also be involved in analysing performance and errors to keep the platform at its best! We build plugins and templates for features that are common across platforms. You’ll need to be vigilant for such opportunities and may even participate in building them.
• Continuous improvement: Participate actively in team retrospective events by raising problems and frustrations and offering solutions.

What you need to have

We are not big on credentials. A computer science degree, or graduating from a prestigious university, is not something we spend much time looking at. We care about what you can do and how you do it, not how you got there.

Absolute Requirements

1. You are open to working remotely.
2. You have exceptional communication skills.
3. You are resourceful. We don’t expect you to know all the answers immediately, but we want you to research and learn on the go to get the job done right.
4. You can identify problems around you and independently propose solutions to them. We love independent problem-solvers and encourage all our employees to suggest changes to streamline our processes.
5. You are organised, and structured. We want you if your PRs are well structured, have great descriptions, and your JIRA tickets are always on the right status.
6. A strong understanding of Ruby on Rails, APIs, and database design.

Skills and experiences we’d like to see

1. You’ve built scalable digital platforms before that have been deployed to production environments.
2. You know how GraphQL, and REST APIs work, i.e., how to build, maintain, and improve them.
3. You have designed databases and optimized their performance.
4. You understand the different components of a backend system such as app servers, databases, and caches.
5. You have a sound understanding of deploying apps to staging or production via automated tools such as Github Actions or Travis.

What we can give you

• The freedom to learn and grow in the company.
• A supportive team who’ll help you when you are stuck!
• A learning path, feedback, and resources to take you to the next step in your technical career! We even sponsor certifications, and tickets to select tech events!
• A safe space to explore your varied interests.
• A platform to explore and understand different domains.
• An invested interest in your well-being. All our employees benefit from generous health insurance and unlimited sick leave.
• The space for you to have a healthy work-life balance.
• Transparency in the company’s performance and financial status.
• Weekly company-wide engagement activities will wind down at the end of the week.

Reality check

1. These preliminary questions will let you know if you fit our requirements.
2. Do you love freedom, and flexibility in your work?
3. Do you seek out opportunities, and learn something new each day?
4. Are you a great communicator?
5. Do you try to ensure quality on everything you ship out so you can be proud of your stamp on it?

If you align with everything we’ve said, we are interested!