Ruby on Rails Full Stack Developer

Company Description

THIS OPENING IS FOR OUR GURGAON, INDIA OFFICE AND NOT FOR SAN DIEGO, CA OFFICE. 

PrepSmarter is a next-generation test prep service for CFA®, FRM®, CPA®, CA and other competitive exams. 

PrepSmarter's continuous adaptive practice engine delivers questions at the right level of difficulty that optimizes learning. Unlike books, videos, or classes, PrepSmarter adapts to your strengths and weaknesses. 

PrepSmarter employs latest insights in cognitive science to dynamically address each individual's knowledge gaps, increases knowledge retention and impart solid confidence to apply new concepts on exams and beyond.

PrepSmarter cultivates a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity. Ours is a very dynamic, highly demanding work environment. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget. It’s about making learning fun, personalized, scalable and sustainable. This is high performance IT. Do you like:

• Little structure and hierarchy, few rules and an opportunity to define your own role.
  
• An opportunity to make significant contributions by wearing multiple hats and managing multiple parts of the business.
• A chance to build something meaningful at the intersection of three of the fastest growing fields on the planet - brain science, technology and education.
• To make some high-impact decisions, interact with executives, and simply “make a difference.”
• Unlimited advancement opportunity!

Job Description

• Full stack web development using Ruby on Rails, AngularJS, HTML5, CSS3, SASS, jQuery, Databases (esp. PostgreSQL) and shell.
• Contribute to the architecture and evolution of our scalable Cloud platform
• Conceive and develop the new engagement concepts and design .
• Find creative and elegant solutions to complex problems
• Work in an agile environment where quick iterations and good feedback are a way of life
• Continually look for opportunities to improve our platform, process and business

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent preferred
• 3-6 years of full stack Ruby on Rails development experience
• Deep expertise and practical knowledge of operating systems, PostgreSQL and NoSQL databases (Redis or couchbase or mongodb)
• Working knowledge of Amazon Web Services(AWS), S3, CloudFront and DigitalOcean
• Experience of having built web-scale or online gaming products
• Experience with Docker(docker.io) will be a plus
• Self motivated and team player

Extra Consideration Given to:

• An active github account
• Rolled out your own web site in the cloud
• Contributed fixes/features to Rails, jQuery
  
• Written and/or maintain a Rails plugin

Additional Information

Benefits & Perks:

• Mobility options available between different functions and locations.
• CTC will be market competitive and significant chunk of the stock options so that you can share the upside of PrepSmarter's success.
  
• An intimate and informal office set-up that will make you feel at home
• Casual dress code everyday
• Flexible working hours.
• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.