About the company:
Since 1998, Exadel has been engineering its own software products and custom software for clients of all sizes. Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Exadel currently has 2800+ employees in development centers across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Our people drive Exadel’s success, and they are at the core of our values.
 
About Our Customer:
The customer is an educational technology company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the developer and publisher of Canvas, a Web-based learning management system, and Canvas Network, a massive open online course (MOOC) platform.
 
Project Team:
Joining our team means working with full-stack engineers with experience building web-scale services in a loosely-coupled but highly-integrated system. We work with such technologies as Ruby, Rails, Javascript, React, and PostgreSQL on Linux, and our platform runs on AWS.
 
Salary fork:
from 4500 USD gross
 
Type of work:
Remote
 
Type of employment:
Full-time
 
Job description:
We are currently looking for an experienced Senior Ruby Developer to join our international team.

Responsibilities: 
- Join one of the two teams who closely collaborate on building, operating, and owning the quiz engine in Canvas
- Use Ruby on Rails to write key features to improve teaching and learning
- Learn and use AWS services like EC2, CloudFront, SQS, Lambda, S3, and RDS to craft cloud-native web services and provide world-class uptime and performance
- Use CI/CD (test automation, deployment workflow) to improve quality and deployment.

Position requirements:
• 5+ years of professional software development experience;
• Strong knowledge of Ruby and Ruby on Rails;
• Experience or interest in different languages and frameworks. Skilled full stack developer, or an expert back-end developer open to growing towards the full stack (React);
• Experience working on cloud-based, high-traffic production applications;
• Hands-on experience with AWS services like EC2, SQS, SNS, RDS;
• Knowledge of DynamoDB;
• Knowledge of Docker;
• Ability to solve complex problems requiring in-depth analysis;
• High levels of proactivity;
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
• Ability and desire to work in an open and team-oriented environment.

Nice to have:
• BSc in computer science or related degree preferred;
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL;
• Knowledge of Shell.

Working conditions:
• You can build your expertise with our Client Engagement team, who provide assistance with existing and potential projects;
• You can join any Exadel Community or create your own to communicate with like-minded colleagues;
• You can participate in continuing education as a mentor or speaker. You will not only be emotionally but also financially rewarded for mentoring;
• You can take part in internal and external meetups as a speaker or listener. We support you in broadening your horizons and encourage knowledge sharing for all of our employees;
• You can learn English with the support of native speakers;
• You can take part in cultural, sporting, charity, and entertainment events;
• Working at Exadel means always upgrading your skills and proficiency, so we provide plenty of opportunities for professional development. If you’re looking for a challenge that will lead you to the next level of your career, you’ve found the right place;
• We work hard to ensure honest and open relations between employees and leadership, so our offices are friendly environments.

We consider developers who are currently located in Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Uzbekistan.