Full Stack Ruby Developer

Description

We are a team of distributed software developers focusing on exciting challenges of voice, video and text: real-time communications. We are Mojo Lingo: Voice Applications that Work Like Magic.

At Mojo Lingo, the focus of everything we do is communications. Communications underlie everything humans do: every new idea that spread, every magnificent cathedral built, every successful revolution happened because the team behind it communicated effectively. Our mission is to bring seamless, contextual, powerful communications to the world.

We are seeking an experienced Full Stack Ruby developer to join our team creating these applications. As a remote position, you will be largely autonomous, and will be required to work independently. In particular, we’re looking for someone who is a strong problem-solver and relishes a challenge in combating ambitious features and complex bugs. Each person on our team is empowered to make decisions and enjoys great latitude in choosing the right tools and method for the job.

What does “Full Stack” mean to us? When we deliver an application, we don’t just throw it over the wall. We think about how our customer will deploy the application and make sure we give them something they can run. That means we are looking for help not only writing the software, but also figuring out how to package it and how to troubleshoot and manage it in production. We’re looking for someone who is comfortable digging into operational issues and finding ways to make everything work that much more smoothly.

From the beginning we have been a distributed team, with headquarters in Atlanta, but our team members are located around the United States, South America, and Europe. We build tools that enable people to communicate fluidly across a wide range of devices, technologies and physical spaces. We are known as application developers and often use technology like speech recognition, text-to-speech, Voice over IP (telephony and non-telephony), instant messaging/text chat and everything to do with the Web.

If you enjoy delighting people by making computers do unexpected things, all while solving complex, technical challenges in a unique industry, come join us!

Summary Requirements

Must Haves - Soft Skills:

Curiosity and aptitude for learning complex systems

Excellent communication skills - since this is remote work, strong communication by phone/IM/email is critical

A commitment to deliver quality work on time

Mid-level developer with history of successful projects

Must Haves - Technical Skills:

2-5 years Ruby experience

Experience developing web applications with Rails

Strong grasp of software engineering fundamentals

Experience troubleshooting Linux Operating System issues

Familiarity with network tracing tools like Wireshark

Nice-to-Have - Bonus Skills:

Experience with Voice over IP, especially any of Asterisk, FreeSWITCH, SIP, Telephony, etc

Experience with WebRTC

Experience with XMPP or other instant messaging systems

Basic skills with HTML, CSS & Javascript, but no design skills required

Knowledge of programming languages other than Ruby, such as C, Java, Javascript, Go, Erlang/Elixir, etc. We’re looking for someone with a capacity to learn.

Duties and Responsibilities

Drive development of important, customer-facing projects

Work on stories as described in our agile project management tool (Pivotal Tracker or Atlassian JIRA)

Join our daily standup calls to report status to the team

Take feedback from testers and users to identify and resolve application problems

Make recommendations on additional features or functionality

Diagnose failures in staging and production environments, understand the underlying issues, and resolve them

Maintain knowledge of Ruby developer tools and best practices

Communicate with clients to understand requirements and report regularly on progress

Be self-sufficient delivering assigned tasks - we work as a team, but we expect the members of that team to pull their own weight and contribute independently

Technology
This is some of the technology we use on projects with our clients. Not every project uses every technology, but we get to apply a diverse range of technology to solve the problems.

Version control: Git

Web backend: Rails

Web frontend: jQuery, Bootstrap

Asynchronous workers: Resque, Sidekiq

Development project management: Pivotal Tracker

Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, LDAP

Telephony: Adhearsion, Asterisk, FreeSWITCH

Messaging & PubSub: XMPP (ejabberd), Redis

Education and Experience

2-5 years of relevant industry experience, majority with Ruby

Proven track record of delivering projects

Experience working on small teams preferred

Location
Live wherever you like! This is a remote position. Of course, if you happen to be in the Atlanta area, you’re welcome to work out of our offices downtown. If you’re not in Atlanta, please be within 5 hours of US Eastern Timezone.