Ruby Backend Developer (Prowly Development Team)

Prowly is a SAAS company with over 10 years of experience, creating a product that helps PR professionals tell their brand stories. In 2020, Prowly became a part of Semrush, one of the biggest mar-tech companies in the world.

Before you read about the brand new role of Backend Developer - just take a look at our Culture Book and see what makes us different from other workplaces 🚀

What is more, we can officially call ourselves Dream Employer of 2023 as we were granted the title thanks to our coworkers' engagement and transparency.

👉🏻Tasks in the role:

• Develop or co-develop software to implement new, modify, and maintain current Prowly features.
• Performing tasks based on agile project methodology in collaboration with other members of the product team.
• Taking care of the quality of delivered solutions in terms of code quality, ease of testing and debugging, performance, and architecture.
• Manual and automatic testing of own solutions.
• Create documentation of the developed software.
• Setting up and maintaining the test and production environment.
• Monitoring and optimization of the platform's operation.
• Checking solutions prepared by other developers in terms of code quality and software architecture.
• Reporting the progress of performed tasks and working time devoted to commissioned tasks.
• Presenting delivered solutions at internal company meetings.

👉🏻To excel in this role, we require the following qualifications and qualities:

• Proficient in Ruby, 4-5 years of experience
• Write well-designed, testable, efficient and maintainable code by using web development best practices.
• A product-minded focus when creating applications
• Knowledge of features of Ruby on Rails framework
• Experience in writing clean and clear tests with RSpec or Minitest
• Experience with relational databases, including PostgreSQL
• Experience with non-relational databases, including Redis and Clickhouse (nice to have)
• Good knowledge of Sidekiq or other background jobs tools
• Experience with Rubocop or other code linters
• Experience with Websockets
• Experience working with Git/GitLab/GitHub in a CI/CD environment
• Experience with Docker and Kubernates
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform or other cloud provider
• Knowledge of developing, composing, and debugging Docker containers
• Knowledge of the design patterns
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Writing self-documenting code
• Knowledge of common web application security issues and best practices for securing Ruby applications
• Experience in application monitoring (observability and debugging)

🎁 What we offer:

• Salary ranges: 20,000 -25,000 PLN gross  
• Flexi Benefit - 2500 PLN gross allowance that can be used in a cafeteria system to spend on what is most valuable to you
• Hiring on a B2B basis is optional
• 100% remote work (offices in Warsaw and Łódź are available)
• Flexible hours (depending on the role & team)
• Trust Paid Time Off - Take extra paid time off when you need it, beyond the allocated number of days
• Mental Health Program (private support sessions PL/EN with therapists/psychologists)
• Additional payment for benefits such as Multisport and Inter Polska - Health Insurance
• The opportunity to influence the product and company strategy; we value input from our employees.
• Educational budget
• English language course conducted by native speakers
• A dedicated Buddy who will support you in the first months of work, as well as onboarding meetings with all departments
• Annual Retreat Event and team building activities
• Referral Program (Recommend a person that can be suitable for a role and receive a bonus)

⏰ Here’s what the recruitment process looks like:

1. Video Call with a Recruiter (30 minutes)
2. Take-home task (60 minutes)
3. Technical Interview (60 minutes)
4. Optional - Meeting with the Team (60 minutes)

Prowly is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our policy is clear: there shall be no discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or sexual orientation.

We are an inclusive organization and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential. We welcome all applications from a wide range of candidates. Selection for roles will be based on individual merit alone.