Faria Education Group was founded to transition schools from paper onto a curriculum-focused learning platform. Today, Faria is a world leader in international education SaaS systems and services, powering curriculum for over 10,000 schools & districts and 3 million students with a suite of three services: ManageBac, Atlas Curriculum Management, and Open Apply.

This is a full-time development position in our Taipei office. We expect you to be able to contribute to the development of high-quality software solutions with minimal guidance. You should already be familiar with web development using Ruby on Rails, and have experience using and creating complex solutions. You will need the ability to quickly learn and maintain a mature codebase. We also value high-quality UI/UX work that matches our emphasis on customer service.

Responsibilities:

- Successfully drive the internationalization of OpenApply for the Chinese market, with specific attention to database and other backend issues.
- Integrate with China-specific APIs from other services.
- Support Chinese customers in their use of OpenApply as needed by our S&S organisation.
- Troubleshoot functionality issues, suggest and implement solutions.
- Assist our DevOps team with administration of servers in China.
- Work effectively as part of a worldwide, remote-first team.
- Knowledge and Qualifications

Knowledge and Qualifications:

- Minimum of 2+ years writing web applications in Ruby on Rails. Rails 5 experience a plus.
- Good working knowledge of Ruby and JavaScript.
- Experience with RSpec and Capybara.
- Experience with source code control via Git and GitHub.
- Experience with code quality and continuous integration tools.
- Experience with work as part of a global team.

Communication:

Because of Faria’s worldwide nature, effective communication is essential:
- Communicate with other parts of Faria Education Group including product teams, QA, design, support and marketing.
- Proper remote presence & etiquette through Slack, Jira, GitHub and other systems.
- Adherence to operating procedures with timely followups to avoid surprises and dropped work.
- You will report to OpenApply Principal Developer - China Localization.