Position: Backend Developer(Ruby) in Swedish Product Company
Company: Alcor
Category: Ruby
Experience required: 3y
English level: intermediate

Velory is on the path to change the world, specifically the world of work we live in. By building, developing, and offering a platform that solves every company pain point within software and hardware management. Of course with the employee in focus.

Do you love building well tested and stable Ruby on Rails applications? Do you believe in that by working together we will achieve greater things than by working alone? Then we will probably get along great!

Come join our product team at Velory as a backend developer and help us build out our API:s and services to ship an outstanding product.

What you will do
As a Backend Developer at Velory you will be working tightly with both frontend and backend developers on the API and core functionality of the our platform.

Work with a team of developers to build out the backbone of our platform, written in Ruby on Rails
Conceive of and deploy improvements to the architecture of the platform and overall processes and systems.
Work with, and learn together with an international team while shipping software.
Do code reviews and other tasks to help improve the overall quality and stability of our platform.

Who you are
We look for people who are passionate about what they do best, people with a can-do attitude, lots of energy and a strong entrepreneurial drive. Together we can build a team that is motivated not only by profit but also by purpose, the feeling that the work truly matters.

You are a persistent and curious person that is encouraged to inspire change on a global scale and have dedication to something bigger than yourself. You are a standout colleague that can handle a high level of flexibility and freedom.

High pace is something you are used to working in, sometimes with tasks way beyond your job description that require getting into the details to ensure success. Sometimes it is a matter of slowing down, and thinking through a problem throughly. We need to know when to do one or the other.

As a backend developer at Velory we rely on TDD/BDD (or other test driven methodologies) to build stable, well-thought-out and well tested software. We work together on the problems we face, ask our peers for reviews of our work, and do the same for them.

Together with our frontend and mobile developers you will build the system(s) that make up our core platform.

Required Skills

6+ years of Ruby on Rails.
Experience a relational database, we use PostgreSQL heavily.
Building scalable systems.
Experience with background jobs, we use Sidekiq.
Test heavy development methods(TDD, BDD etc).
Fluency in English, written and spoken.
Nice to have skills:
GraphQL
Heroku
Infrastructure and architecture experience

What we offer
A fast-growing startup on an ambitious mission to digitalize businesses world-wide
Freedom and flexibility in how and where you work
A diverse team of talented and supportive colleagues
Centrally located offices
Six weeks of paid vacation
Generous wellness grant and weekly training sessions with personal trainer
Private healthcare insurance
We are looking for someone who wants to be a full-fledged member of our company and work together alongside the team. If you are outside of Sweden, we're using Boundless as an "Employer of Record" for hassle-free administration and tax compliance. You'll be an official Velorian that way – no matter where you live, we strive to provide everyone with the same level of benefits and experience.

This is Velory

Velory is empowering employees by connecting them with the right hardware, software and services. Since 2014, we have gained the trust from employees at more than 30,000 businesses to supply them with the solutions they need to grow and compete. The “Productivity-as-a-Service” platform is supporting companies in handling a work from home situation and in becoming more circular and sustainable in their operations.

We empower employees, starting with our own.
We work to make companies and employees thrive. And to do that, we offer a friendly culture and a safe space for you to grow. We're always on the look for out-of-the-box believers, creative masterminds, problem solvers, and desktop dynamos. We hire incredible people so we don’t have to create complicated guidelines, instead we want you to get things done on your own terms.

Come work for a company that encourages personal development and a diverse mindset. Our team today consists of people from across Europe, US, South America, Africa and Asia. We believe that by mixing people from different cultures and locations we achieve the best results.