Ruby on Rails Engineer- Contract

At American Financing, we're innovators with imagination. We do what it takes to help customers achieve their financial goals. And we stay ahead of the competition by challenging ourselves to become more efficient. We are one of the fastest-growing national mortgage lenders because we don't follow the status quo.

See what it's like to work for a national mortgage lender that truly values its employees. Wherever your passions lie, you can find rewarding work and new opportunities here.

Casual work environment

Family-owned, Customer-focused

Denver Post Top Workplace

Top 50 Family-Owned Business

Best of Colorado Business

Inc. 5000 Fastest-growing Private Company

JOB SUMMARY

American Financing is seeking an experienced Ruby Developer to produce efficient, elegant code that meets product requirements. In this role, you will be responsible for troubleshooting, debugging, and maintaining existing software to ensure high performance and seamless user experiences. Additionally, you’ll contribute to evaluating new product ideas, assessing their feasibility, and estimating development timeframes to support timely and successful product launches.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING

Translate product strategy into detailed development requirements for prototype, construction, and final product for the development team

Collaborate closely with production, marketing, implementation teams, and sales teams on the development, QA, and release of software products

Troubleshoot bugs and complex system requirements

Implement designs and UI/UX improvements

Provide timely and accurate status updates on testing progress, issues, and overall project health to project stakeholders.

Assist in maintaining and updating test environments and test data.

Stay current with industry trends and best practices in software development methodologies.

Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Demonstrated proficiency in object-oriented programming and how to apply them in Ruby for modular, maintainable code.

Experience with SQL and Active Record, understanding database relationships, migrations, and optimizations.

Managing code with Git, including branching, merging, and pull requests to facilitate collaborative development.

Knowledge of RSpec for unit testing, as well as debugging techniques using tools like Pry, Byebug, and Rails console.

Experience with building and consuming Restful APIs, and understanding JSON, XML, and serialization.

Familiarity with HAML, ERB, Tailwind and StimulusJS

Knowledge of web security and how to implement secure code practices in Ruby applications

Contract: 9-12 months

Compensation: $60-$70 an hour depending on experience

WHAT WE BRING

Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k

Paid time off and sick days

Paid holidays

Long-term paid disability

Paid maternity and bonding leave

Full desk equipment provided

American Financing Corporation (AFC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. AFC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis protected by law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.