Associate Architect : Software Development (Ruby on Rails)
Skills
About the role
While technology is the heart of our business, a global and diverse culture is the heart of our success. We love our people and we take pride in catering them to a culture built on transparency, diversity, integrity, learning and growth.
If working in an environment that encourages you to innovate and excel, not just in professional but personal life, interests you- you would enjoy your career with Quantiphi!
Responsibilities
Lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable Ruby on Rails applications.
Configure, optimize, and scale Puma, Unicorn, Falcon or other application servers for high-performance systems.
Architect and deploy Rails applications using AWS services (ECS, EKS, EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFront, IAM).
Build, maintain, and scale Docker-based microservices with Kubernetes orchestration.
Drive migration projects from Blackboard to Canvas LMS, ensuring:
Secure and accurate migration of courses, content, and user data.
API-based integrations between Canvas LMS and internal/external systems.
Performance tuning, testing, and validation of migrated systems.
Collaborate with DevOps and product teams on CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and monitoring.
Work with caching and background processing systems (Redis, Sidekiq, SQS, Kafka) to optimize app performance.
Implement monitoring and alerting systems (CloudWatch, New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana).
Participate in code reviews, provide technical leadership, and mentor junior engineers.
Requirements
6+ years of software development experience, with strong expertise in Ruby on Rails.
Proven experience in Blackboard to Canvas LMS migration (data migration, integrations, APIs, LTI, SCORM).
Strong knowledge of Puma Unicorn, Falcon or other application servers tuning, concurrency, and scaling.
Hands-on experience with AWS cloud (ECS, EKS, EC2, RDS, S3, IAM).
Proficiency with Docker/Kubernetes for containerized deployments.
Experience with Linux servers, Nginx/Apache, load balancers.
Expertise with relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and performance optimization.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline).
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills in distributed, high-traffic systems.
Nice-to-Have
Experience with GraphQL APIs or gRPC integrations.
Exposure to Elasticsearch/OpenSearch.
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible/CloudFormation).
Prior work in EdTech/LMS platforms with deep understanding of LTI/SCORM compliance.
If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
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