About the company:
Reedsy.

We’re here to give authors the tools and resources they need to create beautiful books. Our marketplace gathers the industry's best publishing professionals — the likes of Neil Gaiman's editor, Nora Roberts' book marketer, and GRRM’s cover designer.
We’ve grown to a community of 1,000,000 authors and over 3,000 freelancers in just a few short years, while picking up a number of industry awards along the way 🏆

Salary range:
5000 - 8300 EUR gross

Type of work:
Remote

Type of employment:
Full-time

Job description:
Senior Backend Ruby Engineer.

Responsibilities:
- We have built a number of products at Reedsy, including a marketplace () and a book discovery platform (). We're currently building a new authentication app and an email marketing tool. We have a number of new features in the pipeline for each of those and we need your help!
- Here's what you'll be doing:
- Architect and develop highly scalable web applications;
- Work closely with our designers and engineers to design, build, and ship new features from scratch;
- Evaluate and improve the performance, durability, and security of applications in production;
- Take ownership for your tasks and see features through from start to finish;
- Build RESTful APIs.

Position requirements:
• 5+ years with Ruby on Rails at production level
• Experience with SQL (MySQL) and NoSQL (Redis) databases
• Unit tests (RSpec) and QA testing tools and techniques
• Git advanced knowledge
• Strong emphasis with Object Oriented Design and Design Patterns
• Perfectly fluent in English, great communication skills
• Experience working remotely

Bonus points:
• Experience with Elasticsearch
• Experience with deployment automation tools
• A good dose of ambition, a willingness to learn, and a great sense of humor

Working conditions:
• Work from home;

• Paid paternal and maternal leave;

• Reedski, our annual ski trip.

Candidates based in Europe only are considered for this position.