Sr. Ruby on Rails Developer

Location

Mumbai | India

Job description

Hey, I'm Hardik , Backend Team Lead at HowNow, and I’m hiring!

Before I tell you more about our role, here’s a bit more about us...

Our mission is to make meaningful learning a part of your everyday work! 🧠

The shelf life of our skills is now less than 5 years. So, if you stopped learning today, you’d soon end up irrelevant. Think that’s a big problem? You’d be right.

Enter HowNow. Founded in 2019, this is the problem our Learning Experience Platform is solving. It’s disrupting the way people learn and grow at work through technology. Whether it's finding a quick answer, building a skill, or tapping into shared knowledge, we make it easy for people to learn what they need, when they need it.

On the back of our Series-A funding , the next stage of our ambitious journey begins. Already used by fast-growing scale-ups and global enterprises, such as Checkout.com, Depop and Investec, we’re pushing the boundaries of how people learn.

We're looking for a Ruby on Rails Developer who has software development superpowers and a passion for building tech for good. At HowNow, work is "not just a job", it's an expression of everyone in the team. Are you interested in joining our team?

Day-to-day tasks will include 📩

• You'll Develop new full-stack features, working closely with the Product Manager and other members of the development team to turn customer needs into working features.
• You'll Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code in Ruby on Rails.
• You'll Contribute to architectural discussions amongst the team, including helping to decide if and when we should adopt new technologies and methodologies.
• You'll Perform code reviews to ensure that we maintain a high-quality codebase.
• You'll Excel in an agile environment with quick iterations

The key things that we will be looking for in applicants 🔑

• You have 6+ years of experience developing scalable and robust web applications using Ruby on Rails
• You have strong experience with collaborative code development in small agile teams and managing releases (Git, Continuous Integration, Capistrano)
• You have an analytical mind with a passion for solving problems, great attention to detail and and being constantly curious.
• You are able to manage your tasks and work autonomously as well as collaboratively on bigger projects.
• A thorough understanding of software security and experience leading teams is a strong advantage.

What you’ll get

💰 A competitive salary and performance based bonus - let's have a chat about it.

🏡 A flexible approach to hybrid working (we're in 3x a week) and working hours

💆 Wind-down Fridays. No meetings from 3:00 pm - 7:30pm on Fridays, for you to wind down for the weekend. Read about how some of the team spend their Fridays here

🏖️ Workcations. We try to get our Mumbai and UK teams together to brainstorm in person over a company retreat. We’ve previously met in Goa, Turkey, and Copenhagen

💡 Access to the very best learning platform out there (HowNow+) to keep you at the top of your game

📚 An annual £200 learning and development budget

🌴 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and your birthday day off

💰 An enhanced employee pension scheme

🤩 Monthly socials and Team Dinner which have included Bounce, Mystery Rooms, ITC Maratha, and JW Marriot and many more

🐶 Dog friendly offices

What's next? 🤔

Once you've applied, we'll get back in touch with you. This is usually within the next 5-7 working days. Sometimes it can take slightly longer, but we will get back to you as soon as we can, irregardless of what the outcome of your application is.

#li-hybrid

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