Backend Developer

Backend Developer

What general skills do I need to perform well in this position?
You need to know how to:

• Be clever about how to approach problems
• Be technically curious (learning on your own)
• Have a serious interest in understanding the goal behind your workPush for doing things the right way the first time around
• Have empathy for our users
• Know the basics of Photoshop
• Any background in programming graphics or video games

What technical skills do I need to perform well in this position?
You need to be familiar with the following:

• Ruby on Rails
• Ruby
• MySQL
• Web sockets and web workers.
• Unix: bash, piping, SSH, tools (cat, awk, sed), basics of standard input/output
• Basic principles of database design

What are the required baseline technical skills for all levels of engineers there?
Here is a list of what we consider baseline fundamentals that you need to be familiar with no matter what area of the platform you work on:

• Basic experience with ORM
• Software Design Patterns
• Functional Programming Principles
• Even Oriented (including asynchronous) Programming
• Object-Oriented Programming
• Prototype Based Programming
• Coding Best Practices
• Refactoring Best Practices
• Test-Driven Development
• Possess a good understanding of the syntax of Ruby and its nuances
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming
• Experience designing, building large-scale Ruby on Rails applications
• Experience with common libraries such as RSpec and Rescue
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (e.g. Git, or SVN)
• Proficient in bash shell
• Familiarity with continuous integration and delivery
• Basic familiarity with networking systems, load balancers, and TCP/IP network constructs.
• Knowledge of performance and reliability monitoring strategies
• A knack for writing clean, readable Ruby code
• Able to create database schemas that represent and support business processes

If you are interested please APPLY HERE.