Ruby on Rails tech lead

General Skills

• Good communication skills with clients and teammates. No one will be managing communication for you.
• You’ll need to be able to explain complex technical topics to non-technical stakeholders.
• Accustomed to making estimates, managing projects, and being ultimately responsible for them.
• Manage product releases on your own.
• You can work on several projects at the same time.
• Fast learner and problem solver: There won't be a safety net because you will be the safety net. If you can't solve a problem, the problem won't be solved.
• Be comfortable working with time and/or budget constraints.
• Self-management working remotely.
• Fluent in written and spoken English and/or Spanish.

Tech Skills

• 6+ years of experience building Ruby on Rails applications.
• You can recognize the value of Ruby on Rails conventions (ActiveRecord, MVC), but you can leverage them with other design patterns according to the project's needs.
• You have built projects from the ground up and you have maintained them over time, including Ruby on Rails version upgrades.
• We will value Open Source contributions to Ruby projects.
• You have used caching in your projects and you feel comfortable with different caching mechanisms and caching software tools.
• You have conducted performance audits, tunings, and/or security audits for the projects you have been responsible for.
• Advanced SQL knowledge and performance tuning of SQL queries and indexes.
• Advanced Docker and Docker compose knowledge, both in development and production.
• Comfortable with DevOps tasks and concepts. You will be deploying to production and solving infrastructure challenges. If you do not know what a VPC, a Load Balancer, or a Subnet is, do not apply to this offer.
• JavaScript and/or TypeScript knowledge. Experience in Angular and/or React is valued.

Benefis

• Work from home or from a coworking space.
• Flexible working hours.
• Be your own boss in the projects you are assigned to.
• You can influence the present and future of the company as you will be a core part of it, working together with the CTO, the CEO and other Tech Leads.
• Amazing coworkers.
• Transparency and quality-oriented culture.
• Company activities and retreats.
• Check the whole list of benefits & perks here!

Location

• You may only apply for this position if you reside in Europe.