Senior Software Engineer (Ruby)

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Summary

The Senior Software Engineer (Ruby) is responsible for the development of educational web applications for Full Sail University utilizing Ruby and associated technologies. They work in a team setting and participate in all parts of the software development lifecycle.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain back-end components for Full Sail educational web applications including our in-house learning management system (LMS).
• Write clear, maintainable, efficient code that achieves business goals.
• Design application architecture, data models, and APIs to support new functionality and document decisions made in the process.
• Incorporate security best practices to ensure that applications appropriately control access to sensitive resources.
• Perform code reviews and assist peers with difficulties and troubleshooting.
• Assist front-end developers with correct and efficient utilization of API resources.
• Collaborate with cross-functional product teams to understand business needs and design appropriate changes to address these needs.
• Assess the technical feasibility and impact of proposed functionality and provide guidance with respect to potential issues that may arise.
• Create automated tests to identify and resolve problems during development.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and remedy application defects and issues.

Other Responsibilities:

• Adhere to the policies and procedures of Full Sail University.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of company and personnel information.

Competencies:

• Strong understanding of software development fundamentals.
• Strong understanding of Ruby fundamentals and modern usage.
• Strong understanding of relational databases, SQL, data modeling, and query performance tuning.
• Strong understanding of JavaScript fundamentals and modern usage.
• Comfortable working across the web stack with modern front-end technologies as need arises.
• Comfortable utilizing MacOS/Linux command line tools.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills across technical and non-technical subjects.
• Aptitude for creative problem solving along with a methodical and patient approach to troubleshooting.
• Desire to continuously learn new skills and refine existing ones, ability to help others to do the same.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Participatory approach to teamwork along with initiative to work independently.

Education and/or Experience:

• 5+ years professional experience as a software developer, preferably with a recent focus on back-end development of web applications in a team setting.
• 2+ years of Ruby experience, preferably in a professional production environment or in substantial personal projects for which the applicant can share source code.
• Experience collaborating with other roles in the software development process such as stakeholders, design, and operations.
• Experience with extensive automated testing in a production environment.
• BSc or MSc in Computer Science or another pertinent degree program is positively recognized but not required.
• Professional experience developing highly interactive, medium to large scale web applications is highly beneficial.
• Experience integrating with third party APIs is helpful.
• Experience working with educational technologies is helpful.
• Experience with the following technologies is beneficial:

• PostgreSQL
• Sequel ORM
• JRuby
• RSpec
• Java
• NodeJS
• ReactJS
• Redis
• AWS technologies such as S3, RDS, EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, SNS, etc.

Environmental Factors/Physical Demands:

Work is performed in an office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to have the ability to maintain active customer and employee communication; access, input and retrieve information from the computer system; enter alphanumeric data into a computerized system often while listening on the telephone. May be subject to bending, reaching, kneeling, stooping and lifting up to thirty (30) pounds.

Full Sail is an Equal Opportunity Employer.