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Responsibilities
The following information is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or required skills.
- 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.
In the first week, expect to
- 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.
In the first month, expect to
- Familiarize yourself with the team’s business domain.
- Contribute to our product development.
- Develop a deeper understanding of our technologies, processes, and product pipeline.
In the first three months, expect to
- Actively supply software planning, development, and maintenance.
- Suggest and implement improvements to Toptal’s processes and codebase, while exercising discretion and independent judgment.
In the first six months, expect to
- Lead technical initiatives in our team.
- Drive improvements to the codebase and processes.
In the first year, expect to
- Have a detailed understanding of Toptal’s technical stack, collaboration rituals, processes, and performance.
- Mentor Toptal’s new team members.
Qualifications and Job Requirements
- 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.
- Knowledge of GraphQL and Kafka is preferred but not required.
- 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.
