Backend engineer. Ruby, Ruby on Rails

Project

Bookmate - is a subscription based e-book service that makes reading accessible to anyone in the world with a mobile phone.

• Bookmate is written in Ruby and Ruby on Rails
• The code base has a continuous history since 2009
• The project started on Rails v2.3.3. At early 2021 it is Rails 6.0.3
• More than 40 developers made over 50k commits
• More than 0.5M LOC counts the main RoR app only
• Test coverage is 95% and continues to grow
• The total volume of Bookmate databases is calculated in terabytes

Processes

Backend team follows the best practices of creating high-quality software:

• Testing. All code that gets into Bookmate’s repositories has full test coverage.
• Continuous integration. Automatic code builds are run for every commit made to any repository branch
• Static code analysis is performed for each commit. We use the Code Climate service to automate this process.
• Code review. Any code change will be reviewed by at least two randomly chosen teammates
• Collective code ownership. Any member of the team can make the necessary changes to any part of the system.
• DevOps. Our DBA/SRE engineers work in close proximity to our developers and are always ready to help.

Team

The Bookmate Backend team can be proud of their roster. Both past and present. At different times, wonderful people worked on the project, all of them were united by a love of books, the Ruby language and good code. Join us!

About you

• Have strong Ruby language knowledge
• Have good SQL language proficiency
• Familiar with engineering culture and have collaborative development skills

—

Apply for this job