Senior Ruby on Rails Developer

B2B Wave helps wholesale distributors scale their business by offering them exceptional B2B e-commerce experiences. With hundreds of customers and tens of thousands of users, all the way from Australia and New Zealand to Canada and the U.S., we aim to make B2B e-commerce easier for small businesses.  We are looking for a talented, result-driven, entrepreneurial Ruby on Rails Developer to join our growing team.

The ideal candidate has a passion for coding and goal-oriented thinking. You must be excited to find creative solutions to interesting coding challenges.

This position works directly with the head of our development team and closely with our support and marketing teams to build a competitive product and implement new features.  

Familiarity with a multitude of APIs, demonstrated experience launching production-ready, easy-to-read, and maintainable code, and a strong team spirit are a must.

• 8+ years of hands-on Ruby on Rails experience
• Experience in interacting with APIs with external systems (authentication flows, navigating rate limits, webhooks consumption)
• Proficient with HTML, CSS, Javascript/jQuery/Vue.js
• Proficient with MySQL/PostgreSQL and writing scalable queries
• Extensive MiniTest/RSpec experience
• Experience in caching strategies with Redis, Memcached, and MemoryStore
• Working in small teams with Scrum or Kanban
• Writing clean, readable, and maintainable code
• Excellent English communication skills (both spoken and written)
• Eligible to work in Canada

Nice to Haves

• Basic UI/UX skills
• Experience with accounting terms (VAT, Sales tax, GST)
• Experience with eCommerce/B2B eCommerce applications
• Experience with interacting with APIs with payment gateways (Stripe, Paypal, Authorize.net)
• Experience with interacting with APIs with invoicing systems (QuickBooks Online, Xero, Sage)
• Experience in solving performance issues in scaling startups
• Experience in developing web apps that handle 500k+ requests/day
• Familiarity with Linux administration

What you will be responsible for

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement new features and improve existing ones
• Ensure that our integrations meet application marketplaces' requirements
• Improving the performance of our web application
• Reviewing PRs for security, performance, and code quality
• Reducing technical debt and modernizing our tech stack
• Extending our B2B Wave's API

What we offer

• Competitive compensation
• Benefits (health, dental, vision)
• 4 weeks paid vacation

Location

• Bloor & Yonge intersection (yellow & green line)
• Hybrid work (1-2/days/week at the office)

• Competitive compensation
• Benefits (health, dental, vision)
• 4 weeks paid vacation
• Hybrid work (1-2 days/week at the office - Bloor & Yonge intersection)