GigsterGI

Ruby Software Engineer

Gigster helps companies create teams of workers—including remote/distributed employees.

Gigster

Employee count: 51-200

India only

Do you want to work on cutting-edge projects with the world’s best IT engineers? Do you wish you could control which projects to work on and choose your own pay rate? Are you interested in the future of work and how the cloud will form teams? If so - the Gigster Talent Network is for you.

Our clients rely on our Network for two main areas, Software Development and Cloud Services. In some cases, they need help building great new products, in others they want our expertise in migrating, maintaining, and optimizing their cloud solutions.

At Gigster, whether working with entrepreneurs to realize ‘the next great vision’ or with Fortune 500 companies to deliver a big product launch, we build really cool enterprise software on cutting-edge technology.

The Role

• Lead the creation, development, and implementation of critical system design changes, enhancements, and software projects
• Ensure timely execution of project deliverables
• Work with other engineers to ensure the system and product is consistent and aligned through all processes
• Improve product quality, performance, and security through substantial process improvements
• Follow development standards and promote best practices
• Perform code review sessions & suggest improvements or alternatives when appropriate.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years of software development experience with a strong background in Ruby on Rails
• Proficient in writing SQL queries against a relational database
• Comfortable operating in a Linux environment
• Experience in REST and effective web services design
• Experience with version control systems, such as Git
• Nice to have - Front-end development experience with Backbone.js and JavaScript

What we offer

  • Totally remote, full-time (40h/week)
  • IST hours
  • Short-term independent contractor agreement (until September) with the possibility of extending it until December
  • Payment in USD, biweekly or monthly - your choice

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Full Time

Experience level

Mid-level

Location requirements

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India +/- 0 hours

About Gigster

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Gigster helps companies create teams of workers—including remote/distributed employees.

Gigster does software development & design on demand. Submit a project & get a quote in minutes for any app or website. We assemble a vetted, US-based team and manage the project, giving weekly updates. Developers in our community have built award-winning apps and websites with 100M+ users, gone to top schools like MIT, Stanford, and Caltech, and worked at tech titans like Google, Facebook, and Pinterest.

Gigster is based in San Francisco and has raised a $10m Series A from Andreessen Horowitz. Seed round investors include Greylock, Bloomberg, and Y Combinator. We've done 80 web & mobile projects for clients including Google, Square, and multiple venture or incubator backed startups.

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Gigster

Company size

51-200 employees

Founded in

2003

Chief executive officer

Andy Tryba

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