Backend Engineer - RoR, AI/ML, Postgres

March 5

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SkilldLabs

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SkilldLabs is a Boston-based company specializing in providing highly skilled Latin American experts to North America’s top companies and tech startups. They focus on staff augmentation and talent acquisition, ensuring that each expert is a perfect cultural and technical fit for the client's team. SkilldLabs offers end-to-end solutions, including custom software development, product design, quality assurance, and full-stack development, with a strong emphasis on innovation and technology. Utilizing proprietary behavioral and psychological screening, SkilldLabs transforms hiring by delivering tailored, nearshore expert teams that seamlessly integrate into businesses and drive success. Their expertise spans various domains including AI, machine learning, and cloud engineering.

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📋 Description

• Technical Leadership: Lead the development team in building and improving our Ruby on Rails-based AI communications platform. • Architecture Design: Design and implement scalable system architecture for handling vector embeddings, real-time communications, and AI integrations. • Code Quality: Establish coding standards, review pull requests, and ensure maintainability and thorough documentation. • AI Integration: Enhance AI capabilities, particularly around vector embeddings, semantic search, and natural language processing. • API Development: Expand and improve our API endpoints using Grape and related technologies. • Performance Optimization: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, particularly around database queries and vector operations. • Third-party Integrations: Maintain and expand integrations with services like OpenAI, Twilio, Postmark, and other communication platforms. • Team Mentorship: Mentor junior and mid-level developers, fostering a culture of learning and technical excellence.

🎯 Requirements

• Ruby on Rails: 5+ years of experience, particularly with API-only applications. • PostgreSQL: Advanced knowledge, including extensions like pgvector for vector operations. • AI/ML Technologies: Experience with embedding models, vector search, and NLP. • API Development: Expertise with API development (our stack uses Grape/Grape-Entity). • Background Jobs: Experience with Sidekiq and job scheduling for asynchronous processing. • Cloud Services: Familiarity with cloud deployment and services. • Testing: Strong background in test-driven development (TDD) and automated testing. • Git: Advanced Git workflow management. • Preferred Qualifications : pgvector and the neighbor gem for Rails vector operations. • Knowledge of OpenAI's embedding and completion APIs. • Experience with communication services like Twilio (SMS, Voice) and Postmark (Email). • Familiarity with real-time communication using Pusher or similar services. • Background in chunking and processing large text documents for semantic search. • Experience with Kaminari for pagination with large datasets. • AI-powered application development experience. • Experience with automated CI/CD pipelines.

🏖️ Benefits

• Paid online learning • Family Leave • Work from home + remote office allowance • Computer Sponsor program • Sponsored certifications • A dynamic and collaborative work environment • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI-driven products • Generous PTO plan and local holidays paid • Payment in USD.