Associate Ruby on Rails Engineer

Join Us as an Associate Ruby on Rails Engineer – Build, Learn, and Make an Impact!

Are you ready to kickstart your engineering career and make a real difference from day one? As an Associate Ruby on Rails Engineer, you'll dive into the heart of our products, learning their ins and outs while playing a vital role in keeping them running smoothly. From troubleshooting real-world issues to crafting smart solutions, you'll work side-by-side with experienced engineers who are passionate about mentoring and sharing knowledge.

In this role, you'll collaborate with support engineers, product owners, QA teams, and other developers to solve problems that matter. Your strong communication skills and eagerness to learn will help you thrive in our fast-paced, supportive environment.

As you grow, so will your responsibilities. You'll take on more complex challenges, contribute to feature development, and become a go-to expert in your product area. If you're hungry to learn, eager to code, and excited to build products people rely on—this is the opportunity for you.

This position is a hybrid role (3 days a week in the office) based out of our Raleigh, NC office with convenient access to I-40, US-1, and 440.

Day to day, we use Rails 7, Ruby, RSpec, Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript, PostgreSQL, Rocky Linux and GitHub.

REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS

• Foundational Ruby on Rails Experience – You've built applications or completed projects using Ruby on Rails and are eager to grow your expertise in a production environment.
• Problem-Solving Mindset – You enjoy digging into issues, identifying root causes, and crafting effective solutions that make a real impact for users.
• Strong Communicator – You can clearly and professionally communicate ideas, updates, and technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Team Player Mentality – You collaborate well with cross-functional teams including support engineers, QA, product owners, and senior developers.
• Eagerness to Learn – You’re passionate about leveling up your technical skills and are excited to take ownership of your growth and development.
• Debugging & Troubleshooting Skills – You're comfortable using tools and logs to investigate problems and are ready to roll up your sleeves to help solve them.
• Attention to Detail – You care about clean code, thorough testing, and delivering quality work.
• Customer-Oriented Thinking – You’re always mindful of how your work affects the end user and strive to improve their experience.
• Database Knowledge – You have a working understanding of relational databases (like PostgreSQL or MySQL), can write basic queries, and are familiar with how Rails interacts with data.
• Linux is your Friend - You’re comfortable navigating the command line, using shell tools, and working in a Linux-based development or production environment.
• Strong Educational Background – B.S. Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar field

DESIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

A candidate with any of the following will be at an advantage:

• Knowledge of the data center domain, energy management and DCIM tools
• Familiarity with Rsync, Systemd, SSH tunnels
• Experienced with TypeScript and Angular (or other JavaScript frameworks such as React)
• Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, etc)
• Unix systems administration
• JSON:API / OpenAPI / Swagger

Why Sunbird?

• We are all about delighting our clients and live/breathe the end client/user experience
• We believe in collaboration, teamwork, creativity and taking initiative

Interested? Read on for additional details about this opportunity to join our amazing team!

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