Senior BackEnd Developer

Description

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Seeking Alpha is the world’s leading community of engaged investors. We’re the goto destination for investors looking for actionable stock market opinions, realtime market analysis, and unique financial insights. At the same time, we’re also dedicated to creating a workplace where our team thrives. We’re passionate about fostering a flexible, balanced environment with remote work options and an array of perks that make a real difference.

Here, your growth matters. We prioritize your development through ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities, helping you reach new milestones. Join Seeking Alpha to be part of a company that values your unique journey, supports your success, and champions both your personal wellbeing and professional goals.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for a Senior BackEnd Developer to join our R&D group. In this role, you will be responsible for building robust features and optimizing performance, ensuring that our paid users enjoy a seamless, reliable, and highquality experience as they access exclusive content, advanced tools, and insights tailored to their needs. You will work closely with other developers, product managers and data teams to contribute to the ongoing development of our product, enhancing the value it delivers to our subscribers.

This role is 100% remote, offering flexibility to work from home.

What Youll Do

• Develop API for modern, crossplatform responsible SPA from the ground up.
• Participate in product design and planning discussions, and contribute architectural ideas.
• Develop and test new userfacing features.
• Write highly scalable, reusable, and testable code.
• Optimize the application for maximum speed and performance.
• Collaborate with teammates and people from different departments to brainstorm, set targets, and devise solutions.
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  Requirements

  • Experience in OOP and MVC design and development patterns. Good understanding of data structures and design patterns.
  • 5+ years of backend development experience in building large, complex, highly scalable web applications using the Ruby on Rails framework.
  • Solid understanding of Ruby syntax, its nuances, and core concepts. Ability to write clean and readable code.
  • Experience building APIs, including authentication, cleanliness, and rolebased access permissions.
  • Experience with SQL and NoSQL database technologies (e.g. MySQL, ElasticSearch, CouchBase, Redis, etc.).
  • Comfortable with source version control software (Git).
  • Knowledge and understanding of serverside architecture best practices.
  • Deep understanding of the HTTP protocol and networking.]
  • Problem solver: Have the ability to break down complex requirements into actionable tasks.
  • Impactdriven, user and business oriented.
  • Strong sense of responsibility, ownership, and a mindset of “get things done”.
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