SENIOR RUBY SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Senior Ruby Software Engineer - And we're on a roll, growing faster than any company you'll have worked at before. For the past five years we've benefited from consistent triple digit growth. We make content - from in-depth guides, to training courses, to members forums that help people succeed at work. We support organizations through better led, better equipped teams that benefit from smarter buying decisions. We've built a portfolio of influential online brands with community memberships, products, and strategic partnerships that work together to seamlessly connect people with the knowledge, information and tools they need to succeed. About the Role: Were looking for a Senior Ruby Software Engineer to join our remote team of experienced engineers who develop and maintain our main systems and micro-services architecture. The core Rails applications you will focus on power our group's media network and form the heart of a mesh of sites that is being used by millions of users and software advertisers across hundreds of industries. In this role you can work remotely or in a flexible regime, if you are in Curitiba, Brazil. Keep in mind that our teams work in the PST time zone, and your hours should be at least partially compatible with it. Who you are: You are a Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience in web development projects. You have experience working with front-end and back-end development. You dont like repetitive tasks, so you automate everything you can. You are good at managing your own working time. You are curious about how things are done and how they work. You like to test new things, you dont mind if it doesn't work and move on. What you'll be doing (responsibilities): Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable and reliable code Ensure the best possible performance and quality for our code Identify bottlenecks and bugs and devise solutions to these problems Help maintain code quality, organization and automation Our stack: Frameworks: Rails, EmberJS, Bootstrap Languages: Ruby, Python Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis Tools: Linux (Ubuntu, Debian), Chef, Memcached, Sidekiq, Git, SASS, HTML, CSS, AWS (S3, EC2, RDS, etc. ), Sinatra, JavaScript How your success will be measured: Ownership & Proactivity Quality & Delivery Development Speed Communication Your skillset includes: 5+ years of development experience Proficient in Ruby and at least one other programming language (Python, PHP, etc) Experience with Rails or a similar MVC framework (django, symfony) Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational database Good understanding of object oriented programming Good understanding of Chef/Puppet or a similar configuration management tool Comfortable following the best practices like testing (rspec), refactoring and writing clear, self-documenting code Nice to haves: Ideally experience with AWS (S3, EC2, CloudFront, etc. ) Ideally experience with Ember. js or a similar Javascript framework Salary Statement: This contract position is available as either a fully remote or hybrid position if you are located close enough to our coworking space in Curitiba. The role offers a competitive daily rate in USD. Compensation is determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data. Diversity Equity and Inclusion: Black and White Zebra is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital status, military or veterans status (including protected veterans, as may be required by federal law), sexual orientation or any other category protected by law.