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Toptal · 1 month ago

Senior Back-end Engineer (New Business)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Toptal is a company focused on delivering value through technology, particularly using Ruby on Rails. As a Senior Back-end Engineer, you will work on developing new features, improving existing code, and mentoring team members while collaborating closely with other engineers and stakeholders.

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Responsibilities

Write elegant, efficient, and testable Ruby code that is easy to maintain and debug

Cover code with tests and perform manual testing of features, while reviewing the work of colleagues

Work on the infrastructure part of the project, collaborating with Infrastructure Engineers

As a true teammate, continuously improve the team’s processes, brainstorm ideas, communicate statuses, and progress

Mentor team members, provide feedback, and continuously improve as a professional

Learn new concepts and technologies

Design, develop, document, analyze, create, test or modify computer or cloud based systems or programs

Join our team, where you will be introduced to Toptal’s practices and processes

Start participating in company-wide training sessions

Set up your local environment and get familiar with our tech stack

Create your first pull request

Familiarize yourself with the team’s business domain

Contribute to our product development

Develop a deeper understanding of our technologies, processes, and product pipeline

Actively supply software planning, development, and maintenance

Suggest and implement improvements to Toptal’s processes and codebase, while exercising discretion and independent judgment

Lead technical initiatives in our team

Drive improvements to the codebase and processes

Have a detailed understanding of Toptal’s technical stack, collaboration rituals, processes, and performance

Mentor Toptal’s new team members

Qualification

Ruby on RailsSQL databasesObject-oriented programmingAutomated software testingGraphQLKafkaCommunication skillsProblem-solvingFeedback skillsAdaptability

Required

5+ years of web development experience with Ruby/Rails

5 years of experience with SQL databases

Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming, automated software testing, development, and testing essential methodologies

Ability to consider multiple quality dimensions like user impact, failure tolerance, code maintenance, implementation time, security breaches, and performance

Be genuinely interested in technology and love to try new things

Tackle complex problems by considering multiple solutions, weighing them, and deciding on the best course of action

Must have outstanding written and verbal communication skills

Thrive on providing and receiving transparent but always constructive feedback

Ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly growing company and handle a wide variety of challenges, deadlines, and a diverse array of contacts

You must be a world-class individual contributor to thrive at Toptal. You will not be here just to tell other people what to do