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Ruby Software Developer

  • Hybrid
    • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Job description

Location:  Ottawa, ON : Hybrid

Term: Perm    

High Tech Genesis is seeking a talented Ruby Software Developer to join our innovative team. If you're passionate about building high-quality software solutions and thrive in a collaborative environment, we want to hear from you!

  • Develop, maintain, and manage build systems and tools to ensure product quality and provide a seamless developer experience.

  • Develop processes and tools to uphold codebase integrity and ensure consistent outcomes. This includes implementing check-in validation rules, managing branch and merge procedures, conducting automated testing, and utilizing static and dynamic analysis tools.

  • Investigate and recommend evolution to the structure of the code base and build processes to shorten the developer feedback loop.

  • Work closely with the Site Reliability Engineering team to ensure scalability and availability of build systems, and the integration of its processes with the agile tool set used to track user stories and product defects.

  • Respond to build system issues and coordinate the triage and remediation efforts across the product teams.

  • Influence and drive operational excellence and standard processes within the organization.

Job requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in the areas of development, build, and release engineering

  • Demonstrated experience with development of modular build systems and tools for a scalable continuous infrastructure that provides a streamlined developer experience

  • Solid understanding of the integration between automated software testing and the build process

  • Experience with Ruby on Rails and RSpec pipelines

  • Experience with TypeScript and React toolchains and pipelines

  • Experience with Linux and open-source software

  • Strong scripting knowledge using Shell, Groovy, Ruby, and/or Python

  • Experience with distributed version control systems such as Git, Gitlab, Gerrit, and/or GitHub

  • Experience with continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, Gitlab, and/or GitHub

Bonus points for:

  • Experience with the use of containers in a build environment

  • Experience with data collection, parsing, and visualization tools such as the Elastic Stack and Grafana

  • User Experience and the ability to generate and communicate meaningful development metrics

  • Experience or willingness to work in an agile environment (Scrum, Kanban, etc.)

Please be advised:

  1. Applicants must have the legal right to work in Canada.

  2. Kindly submit your resume in MS Word format upon application for this position.

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