Reedsy

Senior Ruby Engineer - Remote Europe

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About the role

We welcome applicants based anywhere in Europe.

About Reedsy

We’re here to give authors the tools and resources they need to create beautiful books. Our marketplace gathers the industry's best publishing professionals — the likes of Neil Gaiman's editor, Nora Roberts' book marketer, and GRRM’s cover designer.

We’ve grown to a community of 5,000,000 authors, and transformed the way people write and publish their book. Want to hop on board and help us get to our next destination? Cool, keep reading!

Responsibilities

Our objective is to build the best ecosystem for writers, providing support at any stage of their journey. We have built a number of products at Reedsy over the years, including a marketplace, a book discovery platform, a writing app, a central authentication system, an email marketing app and many more. We have ambitious new features in the pipeline for each of those and we need your help!

Here's what you'll be doing:

Architect and develop highly scalable web applications;

Work closely with our designers and engineers to design, build, and ship new features from scratch;

Evaluate and improve the performance, durability, and security of applications in production;

Take ownership for your tasks and see features through from start to finish;

Build RESTful APIs.

Requirements

5+ years with Ruby on Rails at production level

Experience with SQL (MySQL) and NoSQL (Redis) databases

Unit tests (RSpec) and QA testing tools and techniques

Git advanced knowledge

Strong emphasis with Object Oriented Design and Design Patterns

Perfectly fluent in English, great communication skills

Experience working remotely

Bonus points

Experience with Elasticsearch

Experience with deployment automation tools

Experience building production-grade applications integrating LLMs

A good dose of ambition, a willingness to learn, and a great sense of humor

Benefits

Work from home;

Paid paternal and maternal leave;

Annual team retreat

Salary range:

€70k – €120k

Interview prep

Walk in with sharper answers.

Use these suggested prompts to prepare. They are not questions supplied by the employer.

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Technology & IT MySQL Remote Collaboration Sales SQL Writing Mid level

Practice questions

  1. Tell us about work you have done that is close to the Senior Ruby Engineer - Remote Europe role.
  2. How would you approach your first 30 days at Reedsy?
  3. Which of MySQL, Remote Collaboration and Sales have you used recently, and what did it help you achieve?
  4. Describe a time you solved a problem without waiting to be told exactly what to do.
  5. How do you stay organised and communicate clearly when working remotely?

Prepare before the call

  • A recent example that proves your experience with MySQL, Remote Collaboration and Sales.
  • One short story with a problem, your action, and the result.
  • Two examples that show the strengths listed on your CV.
  • A clear reason why this role and company interest you.
  • Your availability, preferred work style, and salary expectations.

Ask them

  • What would success look like in the first 90 days?
  • What are the main problems this hire should help solve?
  • How does the team give feedback and measure good work?
  • What does a normal working week look like for this role?
Practice line

I am interested in the Senior Ruby Engineer - Remote Europe role at Reedsy. My relevant experience is [your example], where I [your action] and achieved [your result].

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