Senior Ruby Engineer - Remote Europe
At a glance
Senior Backend Engineering role at Reedsy. Remote, United Kingdom · full-time · €70,000–€120,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Design and build scalable web applications, then ship new features with designers and engineers
- Review production applications for speed, reliability and security, and improve them where needed
- Carry assigned work from initial design through delivery, taking responsibility for each feature
- Create REST APIs for the products you work on
What you bring
- At least five years using Ruby on Rails in production
- You have worked with MySQL and Redis, and can write unit tests with RSpec
- You bring advanced Git skills and a strong grasp of object-oriented design and design patterns
- You are fluent in English and communicate clearly
Who this fits
This senior individual-contributor role suits an experienced Ruby on Rails engineer comfortable owning work through delivery. You can work remotely from anywhere in Europe. The role includes a work-from-home arrangement and an annual team retreat.
From the employer
We welcome applicants based anywhere in Europe.
About Reedsy
We’re here to give authors the tools and resources they need to create beautiful books. Our marketplace gathers the industry's best publishing professionals — the likes of Neil Gaiman's editor, Nora Roberts' book marketer, and GRRM’s cover designer.
We’ve grown to a community of 5,000,000 authors, and transformed the way people write and publish their book. Want to hop on board and help us get to our next destination? Cool, keep reading!
Responsibilities
Our objective is to build the best ecosystem for writers, providing support at any stage of their journey. We have built a number of products at Reedsy over the years, including a marketplace, a book discovery platform, a writing app, a central authentication system, an email marketing app and many more. We have ambitious new features in the pipeline for each of those and we need your help!
Here's what you'll be doing:
Architect and develop highly scalable web applications;
Work closely with our designers and engineers to design, build, and ship new features from scratch;
Evaluate and improve the performance, durability, and security of applications in production;
Take ownership for your tasks and see features through from start to finish;
Build RESTful APIs.
Requirements
5+ years with Ruby on Rails at production level
Experience with SQL (MySQL) and NoSQL (Redis) databases
Unit tests (RSpec) and QA testing tools and techniques
Git advanced knowledge
Strong emphasis with Object Oriented Design and Design Patterns
Perfectly fluent in English, great communication skills
Experience working remotely
Bonus points
Experience with Elasticsearch
Experience with deployment automation tools
Experience building production-grade applications integrating LLMs
A good dose of ambition, a willingness to learn, and a great sense of humor
Benefits
Work from home;
Paid paternal and maternal leave;
Annual team retreat
Salary range:
€70k – €120k
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