Responsibilities

We are looking for an exceptional Senior Backend Developer (Ruby) to join our growing team. In this role, you will have an opportunity to work on Workbot - our innovative platform to build interactive chatbots for Slack & MS Teams which are used by many enterprise customers including Slack itself. This role is a blend of complex backend development, bleeding-edge application platforms and conversational user experiences. Do note that this role is a remote role.

In this role, you will also be responsible to:

• Build complex Ruby on Rails services within the Workato platform

• Continuously research Slack & MS Teams ecosystems, understand trends, track changes

• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle

• Write well-designed, testable, efficient code

• Evaluate and propose improvements to the existing system

• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies, and presenting these for architectural review

Requirements

Qualifications / Experience / Technical Skills

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject

• 5+ years of strong experience developing, shipping and maintaining Rails applications

• Excellent debugging, analytical, problem-solving, and social skills

• Solid knowledge of object-oriented programming and design

• Experience with Go - nice to have

• Experience with JavaScript frameworks (AngularJS, React, etc) - nice to have

• Knowledge of MS Teams or Slack platform & API is a plus

Soft Skills / Personal Characteristics

• Understanding of what a good user experience looks like

• Readiness to work remotely with teams distributed across the world and time zones

• Spoken English (Intermediate or higher)

(REQ ID: 2804)