Backend Rails Developer, Location: Century City, Cape Town, Job Type: Full-Time. Our client is looking for a Backend Rails Developer wishing to relocte to Cape Town. Do you like writing mean and clean code? Then this position is for you. Were looking for someone with a passion for programming and for writing beautiful code. You will join a team of exceptional developers working in a fast-paced, agile environment to deliver world-class software. Salary is negotiable based on experience and qualifications and they also offer benefits!

Key Requirements: +- 3 to 5 years experience. Ruby on Rails or similar stack experience (such as Django, Laravel, Play or NodeJS). Proven work experience in software development. Experience developing highly interactive applications. A firm grasp of object-oriented analysis and design. Able to work, efficiently, with revision control (Git). Passion for writing great, simple, clean, highly tested and efficient code.

Knowledge of RESTful APIs. Good knowledge of relational databases. Working knowledge of NoSQL databases.

Core Responsibilities: Write clean, maintainable and efficient code. Design robust, scalable and secure features. Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle. Follow best practices (test-driven development, continuous integration, SCRUM, refactoring and code standards)

Drive continuous adoption and integration of relevant new technologies into design. Project Management. Client Management. Complete Daily Client Project Hours. Provide Client Assistance. Brownie Points. Demonstrable knowledge of front-end technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS and JQuery, React.js, Sidekiq, AngularJS (Typescript).

AWS: OpsWorks/Chef, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, CloudFront, Elasticache/Redis. Working knowledge of Photoshop or Sketch. Experience using Jira.

Please note that due to the high volume of CV's received; only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Should you not receive communication from our offices within two weeks of submission please note that your application will not be considered for this position.

We will keep your CV on file and re-establish contact with you should opportunities in line with your expertise become available again.

If you meet the above mentioned requirements, send us your CV via this job board or send your CV to: recruitment@surgo.co.za