Ruby Backend Developer - TI220425

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Company: emergiTEL Inc.

Location: Toronto, ON M4E 3Y1

Description:

Key Responsibilities:

Seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build solutions to enhance availability, performance, and stability of services as well as automating away repetitive work.

In this role, you will:

Core Development:
  • Build and maintain backend systems using Ruby (Ruby on Rails) and Java, with focus on performance and scalability
  • Implement secure data solutions across MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB databases
  • Ensure system integrity through proper authentication mechanisms

Infrastructure Management:
  • Handle day-to-day AWS platform operations using modern observability tools
  • Respond to production alerts and troubleshoot system issues
  • Implement disaster recovery and capacity planning with Infrastructure as Code

Quality and Documentation:
  • Maintain code quality through comprehensive testing and peer reviews
  • Document technical specifications for future maintenance
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (frontend, design, product) for solution delivery

Technical Prerequisites:
  • Experience with AWS (preferred) or Google Cloud Platform
  • Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for containerization


Qualifications:
  • Degree in Engineering/Computer Science with 7+ years of backend development experience
  • Ruby on Rails Expertise and familiarity with Java, Javascript, Python
  • AWS (preferred) or Google Cloud Platform experience
  • Expert-level distributed systems architecture and monitoring
  • Docker, Kubernetes for container orchestration
  • Jenkins or Github Actions for continuous integration
  • Database optimization (eg MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
  • RESTful APIs integration expertise
  • Microservices architecture implementation
  • Application clustering and load balancing
  • Security best practices for cloud infrastructure
  • Configuration management at scale
  • System telemetry for distributed architectures
  • Experience in high-throughput web applications
  • Proven problem-solving across solution stack
  • On-call rotation availability
  • Experience in distributed team environments

Nice to Have:
  • Have experience in or be willing to learn data pipeline design in Apache Spark/AWS Glue, Apache Kafka/AWS kinesis

Why Join Us:
  • Be part of a major transformation program and have a real impact on data strategy.
  • Work with cutting-edge technologies like BigQuery and Airflow.
  • Collaborate with a talented team of data professionals.
  • Enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package.

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