Ruby On Rails Developer – Paid Internship Buy It Spree

Company Introduction

We are an e-commerce start-up.

**This is a paid internship position with the possibility of becoming full-time.**

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Ruby on Rails developer responsible for building functionality in our systems. Your primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition, and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end (mostly React and React Native). You will also be responsible for integrating the front-end elements built by your co-workers into the application. Therefore, a basic understanding of front-end technologies is necessary as well.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Ruby code
• Integration of data storage solutions such as Redis, PostgreSQL, etc.
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end
• developers with server-side logic
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automatization

Skills

• Experience with Ruby on Rails, along with other common libraries such as RSpec and Resque
• Solid understanding of GraphQL
• Good understanding of the syntax of Ruby and its nuances
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
• Good understanding of server-side templating languages
• Good understanding of server-side CSS preprocessor
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Familiarity with concepts of MVC, Mocking, ORM, and RESTful
• A knack for writing clean, readable Ruby code
• Ability to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Able to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools e.g., Git
• Familiarity with continuous integration