Remote Senior Rails Engineer

Description:

• Oddball is seeking a Senior Rails Engineer to contribute to a pivotal Federal program that positively impacts millions of Americans' daily lives.
• The role involves developing API endpoints and services that proxy requests to various applications, utilizing message queues, XML, and JSON.
• Daily responsibilities include writing code, developing tests, and debugging.
• Engineers are expected to provide input on high-level architecture and coding decisions.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 5+ years of experience working with Ruby on Rails.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in an Agile software development environment is required.
• Proficiency in a major open-source programming language such as Ruby, Python, Go, Java, or JavaScript is necessary.
• A solid understanding of fundamental web technologies including HTTP, SSL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JSON is essential.
• Experience with a front-end JavaScript framework like Angular, React, or Backbone is required.
• Candidates should have extensive experience in taking program requirements and creating an architectural vision, particularly in high volume and high availability networks and systems.
• The ability to create and communicate the architectural vision for a program or project is necessary.
• Experience in building APIs that support both digital services and third-party usage is required.
• Candidates must utilize unit and integration testing to ensure systems meet business needs.
• The ability to write code that is easy for other engineers to read and understand is essential.
• Experience with all phases of the software development lifecycle, from gathering and analyzing user/business system requirements to creating application system models, is required.
• Participation in design meetings and collaboration with project teams to refine, test, and debug programs is necessary.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services, particularly EC2, S3, and RDS, is preferred.

Benefits:

• The position is fully remote, allowing for flexible work arrangements.
• Employees receive an annual stipend.
• A comprehensive benefits package is provided.
• The company offers a 401(k) plan with company matching.
• Flexible PTO and paid holidays are included in the benefits.