Senior Ruby Developer

Company Description

Perry Street Software is Jack’d and SCRUFF. We are two of the world’s largest gay, bi, trans and queer social dating apps on iOS and Android. Our brands reach more than 30 million members worldwide so members can connect, meet and express themselves on a platform that prioritizes privacy and security.

Perry Street is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, national origin, ancestry, medical condition, disability, marital status, caregiver status, pregnancy, citizenship, age, military or veteran status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Job Description

The Senior Ruby Engineer will help build pure Ruby API powering 30M users in our family of LGBTQ+ mobile dating apps.

We are looking for engineers who are passionate about architecture and monads! Ok just kidding about the last part -- but you can see more about our architecture in our Medium blog series here: https://medium.com/perry-street-software-engineering\

What you'll do:

• Help advance one of the largest Ruby APIs powering our family of LGBTQ+ mobile dating apps! Built 100% in Ruby, Sinatra, ActiveRecord/Support/Everything. 
• Maintain a complex backend that processes more than 350 million web server requests per day
• Build well factored, maintainable, and tested code using RSpec with Test & Behavior Driven Development (TDD & BDD)
• Understand and build using strong architectural patterns beyond the standard MVC of Rails, coping with the complexity of a code base which is over 10 years old
• Be able to work with, mentor, and guide a team of developers

Who you are:

• 3+ years of software development experience
• Have a strong sense of OO programming and Architectural patterns
• Strong sense of ownership, ability to work independently, and proven track record of driving products
• Shipped consumer API used concurrently by thousands of users

Nice to Have:

• Full-stack knowledge of technologies like Ruby, SQL, Linux, React, and AWS would be highly desirable
• Data-driven mindset

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.