Associate Software Architect - Ruby on Rails

Associate Architect : Software Development (Ruby on Rails)

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!

Experience Level

Mid Level