Ruby on Rails Engineer
Bluelight
AWSRubyRuby on Rails
Laravel Engineer, MySQL Tuning
Bluelight
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇪🇨 Ecuador
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
LaravelMySQLPHPReactSQL
About the role
- Design and develop high-quality web applications using Laravel for Bluelight's consultancy clients.
- Optimize MySQL performance and write/optimize complex SQL queries for large datasets.
- Design database schemas and implement normalization/denormalization strategies for scalability.
- Implement and maintain authentication, security, and testing (Pest, PHPUnit) in backend systems.
- Build and maintain robust, scalable RESTful APIs and integrate with front-end (ReactJS) when needed.
- Work on large-scale multitenant SaaS applications and collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients.
- Take ownership of estimates, deliverables, and commitments, ensuring high-quality, timely delivery.
- Participate in continuous learning, training, and professional development activities.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience with Laravel, specifically with Laravel 8 and above, demonstrating a deep understanding of the framework's architecture and capabilities.
- Expertise in MySQL database performance optimization, with a proven ability to identify and resolve complex database bottlenecks.
- Strong hands-on experience in writing, optimizing, and debugging complex SQL queries, especially for applications handling large and growing datasets. This includes a thorough understanding of EXPLAIN plans, indexing strategies (including composite indexes), and query rewriting techniques.
- Proficiency with database schema design and normalization/denormalization strategies to ensure scalability and data integrity, particularly for high-volume transactions.
- Experience with Eloquent ORM and Laravel Query Builder, coupled with a clear understanding of how these tools generate SQL and how to optimize the underlying queries for performance.
- Experience working in complex large-scale multitenant SaaS applications.
- Solid experience with Laravel Authentication and implementing robust security practices in backend systems.
- Experience with testing tools, such as Pest PHP and PHPUnit, to ensure code quality and system reliability.
- Proficiency in designing and implementing robust, scalable RESTful APIs in Laravel, focusing on performance and data efficiency.
- Experience with ReactJS is a plus.
- Ability to take extreme ownership over your work. Every day is a challenge to ensure you are performing to the expectations you and your team have agreed upon, both regarding estimates and the general process.
- Ability to identify with Bluelight's clients' goals and dedicate yourself to delivering on the commitments you and your team make to them.
- A positive mindset and a can-do attitude.
- Forensic attention to detail.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and bonuses, including performance-based salary increases.
- Generous paid-time-off policy
- Flexible working hours
- Work remotely
- Continuing education, training, conferences
- Company-sponsored coursework, exams, and certifications
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
LaravelMySQLSQLEloquent ORMLaravel Query BuilderRESTful APIsPestPHPUnitdatabase schema designnormalization
Soft skills
ownershipcollaborationattention to detailpositive mindsetcan-do attitude