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Summary: Liberty IT Solutions is seeking a talented Ruby on Rails Engineer to help us both create and maintain APIs consumed by first and third-party apps and services to positively impact the lives of millions of Americans.  We need a creative Ruby on Rails engineer with experience developing high-quality products on schedule, strong communication and collaboration skills, and a passion for innovation. As a Ruby on Rails Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and implementing new cloud-based RESTful APIs, as well as essential work maintaining existing software libraries.

Remote work allowed.

Required Education: Bachelor’s Degree or higher in a business or technical discipline

Required Years of Experience: 5 years, or 5 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education

Responsibilities:

• Participate in requirements analysis
• Collaborate with internal teams to produce software design and architecture
• Participate in Agile SCRUM ceremonies including Story Point Estimation, Backlog Grooming, Sprint/Release Planning, Reviews, and Retrospectives
• Write clean, scalable code based on requirements and design
• Unit Test and deploy applications and systems
• Revise, update, refactor and debug code
• Improve existing software
• Develop documentation throughout the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Serve as an expert on applications and provide technical support

Minimum Qualifications:

• Proven work experience as a developer and adhering to design best practices
• Excellent knowledge of API development
• Excellent knowledge and experience working with the following languages and technologies: Ruby, RSpec, Rails, and SQL
• Excellent knowledge of architecture styles/APIs (SOAP, REST, RPC)
• Excellent analytical and organization skills
• Familiarity with modern source control systems, such as Git
• An ability to understand front-end users’ requirements and a problem-solving attitude
• Has high standards, is results oriented, and is committed to delivering high quality software on time
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker) and Cloud Service Providers (e.g., AWS)
• VA or other Federal Government experience
• CMMI Maturity Level 3, ISO 9001:2015 or 9001:2001, and ITIL experience a plus