Software Developer

Agile Software Development Ruby Ruby on Rails (RoR)

Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia · 25 years experience · Part-time

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Match Score — ruby on rails developer

The candidate has over a decade of continuous Ruby on Rails experience across multiple roles from 2008 to present, including recent senior leadership positions like Director of Engineering at A. (2017-present) managing Ruby teams, making him an excellent match for a Ruby on Rails developer role. Strongest signals include deep hands-on RoR work (e.g., refactoring for 10x speed-up, Rails engines, performance optimizations), leadership in building and mentoring Ruby teams, and relevant skills like AWS, Heroku, Git. Main concerns are minor date overlaps in experience (e.g., 2011-2014 roles), part-time availability which may not suit full-time needs, and lack of formal education or certifications. No stale skills; all RoR experience is recent and production-grade. Overall, high fit due to recency, depth, and continuity.

Summary

S. is a senior web developer and programmer with over a decade of experience working on the web. He is passionate about Ruby and Ruby on Rails. He can work in different roles, ranging from an individual developer to tech lead and project manager.

Work Experience

Director of Engineering

A. · 2017 - PRESENT

Grew a team of Ruby developers. Mentored new developers. Provided tech guidance. Managed different projects.

Lead Developer and Project Manager

O.I. · 2014 - 2017

Built a team of five developers. Mentored junior Ruby developers.

Ruby Developer

E.G. · 2012 - 2014

Created a JSON service-based architecture for running multiple sites. Refactored most of the existing code. Created a Rails engine with common functionality shared by multiple sites. Streamlined the deployment process. Implemented performance improvements on yoga.info and ayurvedafinder.com.

Senior Ruby/Rails Engineer

R.I. · 2011 - 2014

Optimized and further developed the Reciprocity gamification app. Worked on a Google sponsored GRC open source project. Implemented a new Refinery-based CMS for sonatype.com. Maintained opower.com. Worked from Google in Mountain View and SF.

Freelance Ruby/Rails Web Developer

O.I. · 2008 - 2011

Freelanced on many different projects. Worked on BlueZeppelin.com, FormaxStore.com, EroticAd.com, and Kaufmax.rs.

CEO, Lead Developer, Co-founder

A.S. · 2001 - 2008

Led a team of developers and designers. Handled project management tasks.

Skills & Expertise

Other

PayPal Machine Learning Vi

Tools

Jekyll Git GitHub Pages GitHub AWS IAM Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) Amazon CloudFront CDN Vim Text Editor MacVim

Storage

MySQL Amazon S3 (AWS S3) SQLite PostgreSQL Redis MongoDB Memcached NoSQL

Languages

Ruby Sass Haml SQL CSS HTML JavaScript PHP Go

Paradigms

Object-oriented Programming (OOP) Model View Controller (MVC) Agile Software Development Continuous Integration (CI) Test-driven Development (TDD)

Platforms

MacOS Heroku Amazon EC2 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Ubuntu Linux

Frameworks

Ruby on Rails (RoR) Bootstrap Ember.js

Libraries/APIs

Devise PayPal API jQuery Amazon API X (formerly Twitter) API jQuery UI