Remote Senior Backend Engineer- Ruby on Rails

Description:

• FilmFreeway is seeking a Senior Ruby Engineer to build and optimize user-focused products for the film industry.
• The engineering team consists of two members who value independence and autonomy.
• The team adheres to agile principles with a modified Kanban process, using Jira for task management.
• Responsibilities include feature development, production reliability, infrastructure maintenance, upgrades, tooling, bug fixing, and troubleshooting.
• The role involves collaborating with product and customer support teams to design and architect new features.
• The Senior Ruby Engineer will guide technical decisions and provide code reviews.
• The position reports to FilmFreeway’s General Manager.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have demonstrated prior experience leading feature development and shipping software in a professional team setting.
• Strong project management skills are required, including the ability to create timelines, prioritize tasks, and communicate with stakeholders.
• Familiarity with project management software such as JIRA is necessary.
• A minimum of 8 years of experience working with Ruby on Rails is required.
• Candidates should have a demonstrated ability to create and improve well-architected, readable code that conforms to established best practices and RESTful principles.
• Deep knowledge of the standard Ruby library is essential.
• Experience upgrading Ruby on Rails between major versions is required.
• A minimum of 4 years of experience using ReactJS or a comparable frontend framework is necessary.
• Knowledge of responsive styling using CSS and preprocessors like SCSS and SASS is required.
• Experience with ElasticSearch, caching solutions like Memcached and Redis, and integrating with third-party payment solutions such as Stripe, PayPal, and Dwolla is necessary.
• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services, including security and deployment best practices, is required.
• Experience managing Linux servers and provisioning systems using Ansible is necessary.
• Candidates should have experience monitoring and managing the WAF firewall and network optimization through Cloudflare.
• Experience creating small utilities through AWS lambda or Cloudflare workers is required.
• Ability to implement automated testing of code, particularly integration testing via Selenium / Capybara, is necessary.
• Competency working with relational databases and experience designing database schema in relation to Ruby on Rails / ActiveRecord is required.
• Familiarity with mass email systems such as Sendgrid and experience writing both client and server-side JavaScript is necessary.

Benefits:

• Cast & Crew provides a comprehensive package of employee benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Employees receive paid time off (PTO) and access to health and wellness programs.
• Employee discounts and additional benefits are also included.
• Note that benefits are subject to eligibility requirements.