Mid-level Software Engineer – Backend, Ruby on Rails

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil.

📋 Description

• Each day, you will tackle intricate technical problems, prioritizing rapid delivery and ongoing value generation.

• Develop technical solutions while ensuring quality, readability, and compliance with the standards set by the team, aiding in the creation of scalable, secure, and sustainable systems.

• Plan and carry out your deliveries with a level of autonomy that reflects your experience, remaining aligned with the team's priorities to guarantee predictability and reliability in meeting commitments.

• Take ownership of production systems: monitor errors, resolve bugs, and work collaboratively to maintain the technical health of applications, including asynchronous jobs and queues.

• Actively engage in refinement sessions, technical discussions, and planning meetings, contributing ideas, identifying technical risks, and assisting in breaking down tasks into clear, actionable steps.

• Commit to continuous learning through feedback, code reviews, and initiatives aimed at improvement, showcasing technical development and increasing independence in problem-solving.

• Collaborate with the team during the technical exploration of new requirements, suggesting simple and efficient alternatives that align with existing architecture while steering clear of unnecessarily complex solutions.

• Foster transparent and respectful communication within the team, sharing context, articulating questions clearly, and contributing to a collaborative, high-trust environment.

⛳️ Requirements

• Ruby on Rails: hands-on experience with Rails, adhering to best practices for code organization, framework conventions, and domain-driven design patterns.

• Software Architecture: understanding of system design, modularization, and RESTful APIs.

• Software Engineering Practices: knowledge of SOLID principles, design patterns, code reviews, automated testing, refactoring, and version control (Git).

• Ruby Programming: expertise in modern Ruby, capable of writing expressive, readable, and well-tested code.

• Background Jobs and Asynchronous Processing: experience with asynchronous processing queues using Sidekiq, including worker creation, retries, and job monitoring.

• Development Lifecycle: participation in the delivery process (technical discovery, refinements, QA, and deployment), demonstrating increasing autonomy at each stage.

• Databases: familiarity with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL), including data modeling and query writing.

• Proven track record as a software engineer involved in the development and maintenance of backend systems in production.

• Active involvement in digital product projects that deliver substantial contributions to scalable, highly available systems.

• Practical experience with Ruby on Rails, building and maintaining backend applications in a production environment.

• Knowledge of API design, relational data modeling, and service integration.

• Experience working in agile teams, collaborating with PMs, designers, and other engineers to create product-oriented solutions.

• Basic understanding of version control and CI/CD tools, along with knowledge of deployment environments and application monitoring.

🏝️ Benefits

• Holistic Well-being: We prioritize the well-being of those who drive progress. We support each employee’s overall well-being through initiatives and benefits that facilitate self-care across five pillars: Emotional, Financial, Physical, Occupational, and Social.

• Diversity and Belonging: Diversity strengthens us. We actively promote inclusion and belonging, ensuring that TOTVS is a place where you can truly be yourself.