Ruby on Rails Developer

Company Overview

Venn Technology is purpose-built to be the kind of company clients love to work with and brag on—and that consultants compete to work for. We help small to medium-sized businesses discover newfound efficiencies and effectiveness, delivering more profit to the bottom line and help non-profits maximize the giving they receive to better fulfill their missions. We accomplish this via strategic implementation of Salesforce.com and leveraging integrations with Sage Intacct and today’s best apps including Shopify, Authorize.net, Stripe, ProCore, Slack, PayPal, AWS, Dropbox, Box, and more.

Job Description

We go the extra mile. We do the right thing. Always. This position is working primarily on integration apps and methodologies.

It will also require someone with the ability to complete projects independently.
Personally perform all steps to ensure code is production-ready, including QA and check-in.

Key Qualifications

Functional understanding of the Ruby language; including:
Ability to build a functioning Rails app ground up/without assistance
Competence with Ruby Exceptions (ie. error handling), IRB, and Test Driven Development
Ability to work well with clients as needed
Competence with basic office systems and Slack
Passion for development and willingness to stay up to date on the latest developments and trends
Eagerness to learn
Working understanding of the following:
- Git
- IRB
- HTML/CSS
- Basic Linux CLI
- RESTful API principles and the building blocks of HTTP requests
- PostgreSQL or MySQL

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

Saas/SCSS
Javascript (ECMAScript 6+)
Redis
Sustainable, repeatable integrations
Writing tests using the Rails test suite
Agile development & project management

"Nice to Have" Experience

Background job queueing/processing (at scale)
AWS core products (IAM, EC2, S3, Route 53, RDS, ElastiCache)
Containerization (eg. Docker)
Continuous Integration & Development (CI/CD)
Microservices Design & Best Practices
Serverless computing (eg. AWS Lambda)
Familiar with CRMs, ERPs, HRMSs, Financial Accounting basics

Location

We are hiring for a full-time team member to be located within our Grapevine, Texas office. Relocation compensation is not available. The position will require occasional travel to visit client sites within the DFW metroplex and other cities across the US.