Ruby Engineer

About ReedsyWe’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 5,000,000 authors, and transformed the way people write and publish their book. Want to hop on board and help us get to our next destination? Cool, keep reading!ResponsibilitiesOur objective is to build the best ecosystem for writers, providing support at any stage of their journey. We have built a number of products at Reedsy over the years, including a marketplace, a book discovery platform, a writing app, a central authentication system, an email marketing app and many more. We have ambitious 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.Requirements5+ years with Ruby on Rails at production levelExperience with SQL (MySQL) and NoSQL (Redis) databasesUnit tests (RSpec) and QA testing tools and techniquesGit advanced knowledgeStrong emphasis with Object Oriented Design and Design PatternsPerfectly fluent in English, great communication skillsExperience working remotelyBonus pointsExperience with ElasticsearchExperience with deployment automation toolsExperience building production-grade applications integrating LLMsA good dose of ambition, a willingness to learn, and a great sense of humorBenefitsWork from home;Paid paternal and maternal leave;Annual team retreatSalary range: £60k – £100k