Job Description
About the Role
Kaleris is a private equity-backed software firm focused on supply chain optimization, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. We are a global leader in the supply chain execution market, focused on accelerating the transformation of digital supply chain for industrial and finished goods shippers and carriers by combining best-in-class solutions for challenges tied to yard management, shipment visibility, and asset management, across rail, truck, and multi-mode transportation.
We are looking for a software engineer who brings innovation and energy to our yard management and finished vehicles logistics solutions development. If you are passionate about innovation, software development, and working with amazing people, then please let us know.
Our engineering team practices agile software development. Our technologies include Javascript, React.js, jQuery, Ruby on Rails, Linux, PostgreSQL, GPS and location awareness, Digital Mapping, Apple Mac development workstations, cloud computing, Redis/Resque, JSON and other queueing systems to integrate our applications with customer systems.
Day-to-day Responsibilities
- Collaborate with team mates to formulate detailed designs, implement solutions from requirements, and estimate size of the work.
- Active participation in agile product development process and adherence to test-driven development methods
- Triage, debug and diagnose production and development integration issues
- Support product deployment, configuration, and testing
- Communicate pro-actively and listen carefully
- Work independently
- Commit to negotiated schedule
Experience Needed
- 3+ years software development experience in Ruby on Rails implementation experience
- Hands on experience with Ruby, HTML & CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery
- OO design experience and familiarity with web app frameworks such as Rails or Django
- Significant experience with SQL language
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in computer science or related
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment by learning quickly, applying new knowledge effectively, and still maintain a disciplined approach to software development
- Ability to work both independently and with a team, with remote development teams (international)
- Passion for quality and continuous improvement
- English Language proficiency is required for this role.
Benefits & Compensation
The following is a summary of the benefits currently offered by Kaleris to its local employees in Mexico. These benefits are periodically reviewed and are subject to change at any time by the company on its sole discretion.
- Paid Holidays- 14 days of declared paid holidays in a year.
- Annual Vacation - 15 days of annual vacation, eligible after completion of one year with the Company.
- Vacation Bonus - All Employees after completing one year of employment with the Company, will receive the respective vacation premium, equivalent to 25% of the amount paid for vacation.
- Christmas Bonus - All employees are entitled to receive an amount equal to 15 days of salary in the month of December, paid towards Christmas Bonus
- Maternity Leave - Eligible employees are entitled for maternity leave of 12 weeks (6 weeks before & 6 weeks after child birth) paid at 100% by IMSS. Paid Parental leaves of 4 weeks for a secondary caregiver are available for all full time employees as per the Company policy.
- Health Insurance - All eligible employee and their direct family (spouse and children - until they complete 21 years old or they finish superior education) can participate in the health insurance program. The sum insured is MXN 6,306,000 with a copy of 10%
- Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life - The company provides a term life and accidental death and dismemberment of 24 times monthly base salary.
- Volunteering Time Off - Volunteering Time Off is one paid day off for employees to contribute their time to recognized charitable institutions, causes, or non-profit organizations. Any unused VTO will not be carried forward or paid out.
- Paid Parental Leave - Eligible employees can avail paid time off for birth, care, and bonding time with their newborn or adopted child. The primary care giver can avail 12 weeks of paid parental leave while the secondary care giver can avail 2 weeks of paid leaves. In countries where the current Parental leave benefits are better compared to the Paid Parental leaves, the local policy will take precedence.
- Flexible Work Policy - The company offers a hybrid working structure and flexible working hours to all employees.
- Superannuation - Employer will make statutory contributions in accordance with legal requirements.
- Business Travel Insurance - When traveling 100 miles (161 kilometers) or more on company business, employees are provided 24 hour worldwide all-risk accident protection at no cost to the employee.
- Employee Assistance Program - The company offers customized program offering professional counselling and consultation for our employees and families, that helps employees overcome various life challenges by providing access to trained, knowledgeable resources.
- Tuition Reimbursement - The company encourages learning and fully reimburses the cost of pre-approved, highly job-specific courses taken and passed in a confirmed employee's spare time up to an annual limit of $1,500 USD.
_The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned from time to time or the scope of the position may change necessary to business demands.
_Kaleris is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.