Senior Engineer Ruby on Rails

Experis - A Manpower Company is engaged with one of the technology clients. We are looking to help our client to identify Senior Engineer Ru...

Experis - A Manpower Company is engaged with one of the technology clients. We are looking to help our client to identify Senior Engineer Ruby on Rails. It's a Full Time Opportunity. Great company to work with!!

What You'll Be Doing:

• Leading the incorporation of new features to our newly rearchitected and most popular product.
• Serving as the Sr. developer and team lead in the technical development of our other real estate and map-based information products.
• Solving challenging problems working with massive datasets that include crime statistics, schools, lifestyles, neighborhoods and more.
• Working in an Agile environment writing code and tests you can be proud of.
• Keeping existing products up-to-date with the latest technologies, architectures, and standards.
• Advise other parts of the business on technical capabilities and options.
• Working alongside a nimble, cohesive engineering team
• Collaborating with PhD Geographers and Statisticians to create new, disruptive products

Required Skills & Experience:

• 3-5 years designing and implementing complex, data-heavy web applications
• 2+ years' front end development experience with JavaScript, jQuery, React, HTML, CSS
• 2-5 years' experience with Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL / relational databases, AWS
• Experience with design and building Web API development
• Experience as a small team leader, tech-lead or similar role
• Self-directed time management, documentation and communication skills
• Proven, effective ability to work with others
• To be passionate about your craft and entrepreneurial in thinking about how engineering can solve business problems
• DB: PostgreSQL, PostGIS, Redis, MySQL
• Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Github, Chef, Puppet
• Continuous integration, Version Control Systems (configuring Jenkins, Semaphore)
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and excellent analytical capabilities
• Self-motivated, pro-active and solution-oriented individual

An ideal candidate would also possess:

• Experience or exposure to Agile/SCRUM is ideal
• Experience HAML, SASS
• Data mining experience
• Scaling and performance tuning of high-traffic, data-heavy sites; Google Maps JavaScript APIs