Makeen Technologies LLC Ruby on Rails Developer

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and support various business-related applications that are using: Ruby, Python, PostgreSQL, Redis and other technologies as needed.


• Assist with any migration activities involving any of the various applications.


• Integrate disparate web services and develop orchestrations to enhance our products and improve the user experience.


• Act as support and maintenance for on-going system support issues, bugs and security vulnerabilities


• Must be diplomatic, while effectively communicating (both orally and written) adhering to all matters related to confidentiality


• Actively create and update documentation related to the development and support of all the affected applications.


• Document technical solutions and articulate these solutions to both a business and technical audience

Essential Tech Skills:

• 5+ years of experience in the Ruby language, and a familiarity with the Rails application framework. Experience with multiple languages preferred.


• A strong understanding of PostgreSQL and Redis


• Previous use of queuing systems (ideally Sidekiq)


• Working knowledge of AWS infrastructure, covering: S3, RedShift/RDS, and ECS


• A familiarity with Docker, and deploying Docker containers via ECS


• Knowledge of standard source code management and build tools such as Jira, Git, GitHub Actions and Jenkins.

Bonus Tech Skills:

• Experience or knowledge of the Google APIs (specifically YouTube)


• Working knowledge of modern JavaScript frameworks, in general, and React in particular.


• Understanding or experience with ETL pipelines.


• Working knowledge of Python, as a handful of our ETLs are written in it.