Senior Software Engineer, Workato

• Self-directed problem solver who can navigate ambiguous requirements
• Excellent debugging skills with ability to trace issues across multiple system layers and external services
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical documentation and cross-team collaboration
• Experience with large-scale refactoring projects and technical debt reduction
• Ability to balance technical excellence with pragmatic business needs
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and production incident response
• Ruby & Ecosystem: Expert-level proficiency in Ruby with 5+ years of experience building and maintaining large-scale, production Ruby on Rails applications. Deep understanding of Ruby internals, metaprogramming, and performance optimization techniques
• Advanced PostgreSQL expertise including complex query optimization, execution plan analysis, indexing strategies, and database performance tuning
• Proficiency in database internals: understanding of MVCC, transaction isolation levels, locking mechanisms, and replication strategies
• Experience with database scaling patterns: sharding, partitioning, read replicas, and connection pooling
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex database performance issues in production environments
• Systems:
• Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts and their practical implications
• Expertise in caching strategies at multiple layers (application, database, CDN)
• Experience with message queuing systems and understanding of distributed queue patterns (at-least-once, exactly-once delivery, dead letter queues)
• Proficiency in performance profiling, memory leak detection, and optimization of Ruby applications
• Understanding of concurrency models in Ruby and their appropriate use cases
• Integrations:
• Deep understanding of HTTP client libraries, connection pooling, and timeout strategies (connection, read, write, idle timeouts)
• Expertise in authentication and authorization patterns: OAuth 2.0 flows, JWT, API keys, SAML, webhook signatures
• Experience with retry mechanisms, circuit breakers, and graceful degradation for third-party dependencies
• Proficiency in handling rate limiting, backpressure, and API quota management
• Understanding of common integration challenges: data synchronization, eventual consistency, idempotency
• API Management:
• Understanding of API gateway patterns and routing strategies
• Familiarity with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications for API documentation
• Knowledge of API versioning strategies and backward compatibility
• Basic understanding of API monitoring and analytics
• Codebase:
• Proven track record of working with and enhancing mature, established codebases
• Ability to understand and refactor complex systems while maintaining stability
• Experience in incremental improvement strategies and maintaining backward compatibility
• Skills in navigating through layers of abstraction to understand system behavior
• Testing: Expert-level testing skills including RSpec, with emphasis on testing complex integrations, creating test harnesses for external dependencies, and maintaining high test coverage in established systems

Desirable

• We are looking for an exceptional Senior Ruby/Rails Developer to join our growing Data Integration team
• You will be responsible to:
• Lead technical design discussions and architectural decisions for system improvements
• Mentor junior and mid-level developers on best practices and system internals
• Investigate and resolve complex production issues, especially those involving external dependencies
• Architect solutions for API reliability, monitoring, and performance
• Collaborate with DevOps and Infrastructure teams on system reliability and performance
• Document critical system behaviors and integration patterns