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Christopher W.

Engineer

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Designs fullstack applications, managing frontend and backend components.
Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, SQL
React
$70-100/h
Francisco N.

Security Specialist

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Designs fullstack applications, managing frontend and backend components.
AWS, Lambda, EC2, S3, Terraform
React
$35-65/h
Matthew E.

Test Engineer

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Optimizes performance and scalability of applications through container orchestration.
Flutter, Dart, Firebase, REST API
React
$45-75/h
Alberto G.

DevOps Engineer

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Focuses on backend development and database management for enterprise solutions.
C#, .NET, ASP.NET, Entity Framework
React
$70-100/h
Karl S.

Security Specialist

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Designs fullstack applications, managing frontend and backend components.
AWS, Lambda, EC2, S3, Terraform
React
$60-90/h
Nicholas B.

Senior Developer

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Develops scalable applications using modern frameworks and cloud services.
JavaScript, React, Node.js, GraphQL, Docker
React
$65-95/h
Darnell W.

Senior Developer

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Develops scalable applications using modern frameworks and cloud services.
JavaScript, React, Node.js, GraphQL, Docker
React
$55-85/h
Lucia F.

Senior Developer

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Develops scalable applications using modern frameworks and cloud services.
JavaScript, React, Node.js, GraphQL, Docker
React
$35-65/h
Tori W.

Frontend Developer

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Builds mobile apps using cross-platform technologies and cloud integration.
Swift, Kotlin, Android, iOS, Firebase
React
$65-95/h
Marcela C.

Frontend Developer

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Builds mobile apps using cross-platform technologies and cloud integration.
Swift, Kotlin, Android, iOS, Firebase
React
$45-75/h
Elena F.

Fullstack Developer

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Optimizes performance and scalability of applications through container orchestration.
Go, Microservices, REST API, Kubernetes
React
$40-70/h
Tatiana S.

Engineer

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Designs fullstack applications, managing frontend and backend components.
Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, SQL
React
$60-90/h

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Our network of Ruby developers provides comprehensive development services, covering the entire app development lifecycle to optimize costs, boost profitability, and enhance efficiency.

Ruby on Rails Development

Ruby on Rails development enables rapid and efficient web application development. We utilize the Rails framework to build scalable and maintainable solutions, ideal for startups and businesses looking to quickly launch web applications.

Ruby API Development

Ruby API development enhances the functionality of your applications with robust APIs. We use the Ruby programming language and frameworks like Ruby on Rails to create seamless integrations and improve connectivity.

Ruby Web Development

Ruby web development builds dynamic and scalable web applications using the Ruby programming language. We leverage frameworks like Ruby on Rails to create custom solutions tailored to your business needs.

Ruby Migration Services

Ruby migration services upgrade your existing Ruby applications to the latest version. We ensure a smooth transition with minimal disruption, leveraging Ruby's new features and improvements for enhanced performance and maintainability.

Ruby Testing and QA

Ruby testing and QA ensure the quality and performance of your Ruby applications. We use manual and automated testing techniques to identify and fix issues, ensuring your Ruby app provides a seamless user experience and functions as intended.

Custom Ruby Solutions

Custom Ruby solutions build efficient and scalable applications tailored to your needs. We use the Ruby programming language and frameworks like Ruby on Rails to create custom solutions for web, mobile, and enterprise applications.

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Hundreds of the world's leading enterprises and startups partner with Pangea.ai agencies to do more with less.

Building a car booking feature with Skyscanner

TravelTech, UI/UX, Java, Swift
React
Building a car booking feature with  Skyscanner

Promising better scooter mobility for Bolt's logistics team

Transportation & Smart Mobility, Redux
React
Promising better scooter mobility for Bolt's logistics team

Delivering UX/UI delight to HelloFresh, America's #1 meal kit

FoodTech, Mobile Apps, D2C
React
Delivering UX/UI delight to HelloFresh, America's #1 meal kit

Building the first-ever mobile app experience for Wise

Fintech, AWS, Swift, Kotlin
React
Building the first-ever mobile app experience for Wise

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August 14, 2024
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A Comprehensive Guide to Hiring Ruby Development Teams

Prags Mugunthan
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10 years of experience

Prags Mugunthan is the Co-founder and CEO at Pangea.ai, where he spearheads the evolution of the workplace through pioneering remote and distributed work solutions. Under her leadership, Pangea.ai is committed to creating the leading platform for businesses to hire the top percentile of remote design and engineering talent. Prags' vision for a future where work is remote for talent and distributed for organizations drives the company's strategy, expanding access to exceptional global talent while fostering a more flexible and inclusive work culture.

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Prags Mugunthan is the Co-founder and CEO at Pangea.ai, where he spearheads the evolution of the workplace through pioneering remote and distributed work solutions. Under her leadership, Pangea.ai is committed to creating the leading platform for businesses to hire the top percentile of remote design and engineering talent. Prags' vision for a future where work is remote for talent and distributed for organizations drives the company's strategy, expanding access to exceptional global talent while fostering a more flexible and inclusive work culture.

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There are few technologies from the early 2000s that are still as strong or as popular as Ruby remains today. While the tech world, in particular, has shifted in drastic ways since then, Ruby has gone from strength to strength to become one of the defining technologies of the modern web.

Efficient, cost-effective, flexible, and robust at scale—Ruby, combined with Rails, has been the safe choice for critical web applications since its release. With its consistently strong credentials and extensive user community, businesses are still seeking out Ruby developers to deploy apps and services in the near future. But how do you seek out a Ruby development team for your business? We can help you with selecting the right company, just tell us what you need. We can do the work for you and connect you with up to 5 companies within 72h that match your need- all for free.

Knowing where to start to find, hire, and manage Ruby and Rails application developers can be tough. Getting to know Ruby application development is a steep learning curve. That’s where our Comprehensive Guide to Hiring Ruby Development Teams comes in to help.

Listed below is everything you need to get started on tackling some of the toughest management challenges of Ruby development.

Beginning at the advantages and drawbacks of the technology itself, our guides go step-by-step from the tools and frameworks through to the finding, hiring, and onboarding of Ruby developers into your business. Following along with each of these articles will give you a complete and thorough education into the exciting world of Ruby and provide you with the knowledge and opportunity to dive into creating new applications today.

Pros and Cons of Ruby Development

Combined with Rails, Ruby has become a de-facto standard for web applications at scale over the last decade or so. But what is it about Ruby that makes the technology so highly valued by developers?

Amongst the advantages of Ruby development are the sheer number of libraries and extensions available to assist with projects. These libraries, along with smart language design and excellent framework tools, make Ruby application development one of the fastest and most efficient processes in application engineering.

Some of the drawbacks of the language, on the other hand, include outright deficiencies in performance compared to competing tools. Add to that, gaps in documentation, and you begin to see where the language can create new issues as it solves others.

How these pros and cons stack up within your firm will depend on the features and functionality you prioritise within your apps. Indeed, it will depend on the makeup of your development team too.

Weighing up Ruby against other competing options and figuring out if it’s the right fit for your next project takes careful examination of the language and its many uses.

Our guide on The Pros and Cons of Ruby Development breaks down the advantages and drawbacks of Ruby Development for you. Taking a deep dive into its greatest features—and the things to watch out for—it’s a perfect introduction to get started with the language.

The Ultimate Guide to Ruby Development Frameworks in 2021

When developers think of Ruby frameworks, the go-to option is inevitably rails. It’s a web application framework that delivers a huge amount of value to developers and one that many are already intimately familiar with.

Speed, reliability, and familiarity make Rails exceptionally hard to pass up. But Rails exists as just one of the many frameworks available to support Ruby Development.

Included alongside fully-fledged frameworks such as Rails, Hanami, and Padrino are micro-frameworks such as Sinatra and Grape. These offer options for control and customisation that larger solutions can’t compete with. Microframeworks, either in combination with each other, with fully-fledged frameworks, or entirely on their own—add extensions and features to the Ruby language that make it an increasingly powerful asset.

Yet, conventional frameworks offer functionality and ease of use that heads-off future issues and incompatibility problems before they arise. Full frameworks offer a platform more often thought of as a stable application base.

Each of the options available for application development comes with advantages and drawbacks. Some favour certain kinds of development projects or ways to approach a problem over others.

Taking a deep dive into some of the most popular and productive frameworks available today, The Ultimate Guide to Ruby Development Frameworks takes a look at the features and benefits your teams may want to consider for your next application or service.

Should You Hire Ruby Development Freelancers, or an Outsourced Ruby Team?

Unlocking the full advantages of Ruby means incorporating it into your teams and practices in a way that makes sense, maximises efficiency and delivers results. This means making a choice in how you onboard Ruby developers into your teams and how you manage them into the future.

The two primary options are between hiring Ruby freelance developers and outsourced Ruby development teams, and both come with advantages and drawbacks that should be carefully considered.

While freelancers come as a comparably low-cost, low-risk, and quick-to-deploy option, they also add future management, maintenance, and communication complications. Far from an easy fix, it can be more prudent to take a long term view instead.

On the other hand, outsourced teams add a professional finish and approach to development projects; at additional cost considerations for the firm.

Neither option fits every approach and neither solves every problem. Both have a place in your firm, and each can be used for different types of projects. Knowing when to use one and not the other is an invaluable management skill to have.

Should You Hire Ruby Developer Freelancers, or an Outsourced Ruby Development Team? takes a deep dive into both options and weighs up the pros and cons of each to take a position on when you should consider either one over the other.

How to Interview a Ruby Developer and What to Look For?

When it comes to finding application developers, the hiring process is one of the most significant challenges of the software industry. It’s a decision you have to make that has far-reaching and long-lasting consequences for both your firm and the candidates you interview.

Future success in both technical and business endeavors depends on finding a candidate that both knows the right technologies, languages, tools and if the candidate in question has obtained any Ruby certifications; while also having the soft skills required to fit into the teams and processes already in place within your company. Adding to the challenge: you’ve only got a couple of hours on a midweek day to find out all this and more.

Our Ruby interview guide will help you make the most of the time you have available. Looking at the soft and hard skill questions to ask, and what to look for in their answers, we can aim to get the most out of the process to find that one ideal candidate who is the perfect fit for the job.

Included in our article, " How to Interview a Ruby Developer and What to Look For?” is the ideal technical test to evaluate a candidate’s expertise and give the best possible predictor to their future job success.

If you are struggling to get through the hiring process, we are here to help: tell us what you need. We can do the work for you and connect you with up to 5 companies within 72h that match your need- all for free.

The Do’s & Don’ts of Managing an Outsourced Ruby on Rails Development Team

Managing a remote technical team, even today, is still a tough topic for many business owners. Despite the modern technologies and tools available, the process is one that still feels like a major departure from having a team that sits right next door.

It doesn’t help, of course, that the wider web is littered with misconceptions, myths, and mistakes that muddy the waters of remote team management.

The reality of having a remote team that is more successful and more productive than even an in-house one is closer than you think. The secret isn’t in the tools or technologies you use—although they do help—but in the way you deploy and use them effectively.

Just a few steadfast rules and a select few guidelines are all it takes to transform in-house management skills into remote management wizardry.

The Do’s & Don’ts of Managing an Outsourced Ruby on Rails Development Team Will set you up on the right path to effective remote teams in ways that will keep both its members and their production stats very happy indeed.

A Glimpse Into the Future of Ruby Development

A large part of the challenges involved in the software industry is that it’s, understandably, one of the fastest moving industries out there.

Both Ruby and Rails are each well over a decade old now. Nevertheless, both technologies have enjoyed so much permanence precisely because they have insisted on continually evolving and changing to keep up with modern standards and tools.

This evolution provides developers with both large challenges and great opportunities for continued professional development.

With such a strong user base, some 3 million apps strong, Ruby isn’t likely to be a technology going away anytime soon. In fact, that user base and the strong community around it is at the heart of Ruby’s future growth.

From the unique package management solution of Ruby to its automated systems and potential for strong security, the features of Ruby being actively developed today will ensure the platform remains invaluable for some time to come.

A Glimpse into the Future of Ruby Development takes a close-up look at the features of Ruby and how they’re likely to change in months and years to come.

Ruby Development Teams

Ruby, when combined with rails in particular, is an exceptionally powerful toolset that can achieve a great deal in the world of web development. From robust reliability to the scalable, cost-effective, and flexible credentials of the language—Ruby and Rails can make almost all things possible on the web.

For these reasons, many of the world's biggest apps and services still depend on the technology into today. Now, with our guide in hand, you can put it to work for you too! From the pros and cons of the language to its management and future, the articles and guides presented here give you everything you need to get started with the topics, challenges, and benefits of Ruby development.

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How can businesses get in touch with the Pangea.ai team?

Anyone can get in touch with us through the "Contact Us" section on our website by emailing us at [email protected]. Our team is always ready to assist with any questions or concerns.

How is Pangea.ai compensated?

We operate on a success fee model. This means we only earn a percentage from the total project cost that the client and the agency agree upon. There are no hidden costs or additional fees - transparency is key for us.

Who is Pangea.ai not suited for?

Pangea.ai may not be the best fit for businesses, regardless of their size, seeking to procure software development services that adhere to a more localized, centralized, and onsite workforce model. If your preference leans towards traditional HR firms with account executives and constant interaction or agencies who cover every engagement model, tech stack, and domain, our platform may not align with your needs. Similarly, if you view agencies solely as an opportunity for cost arbitrage or tend to select agencies based on a certain bias, Pangea.ai, with its focus on global, merit-based partnerships and specialized talent, might not cater to your preferences.

Who is Pangea.ai best suited for?

Pangea.ai is the go-to platform for businesses of all sizes that aim to harness the benefits of software development services in a global, remote, and distributed workforce. Emphasizing a self-serve marketplace model, we enable you to unlock world-class talent with a few clicks, focusing on boutique, specialized agencies who can bring unique value to your projects. We encourage a partnership mindset, where agencies are seen as equals to your in-house teams, fostering long-term collaborations. We believe in the immense potential of agencies markets for talent arbitrage and stand firm on selecting agencies based on their merit. So, if you're in pursuit of a tech team to build your entire product from scratch or ramp up your hiring with a couple of additional engineers, Pangea.ai is the ideal platform for you.

Why should businesses choose Pangea.ai?

As your reliable partner, Pangea.ai offers a unique method of finding top-notch tech agencies for your needs. We eliminate the guesswork in agency selection by combining AI with expert human analysis to match your project's unique requirements with the right tech partners.

How does Pangea.ai evaluate the Client Experience of an agency?

At Pangea.ai, we evaluate the Client Experience of a agency through a tailored survey dispatched to at least five active clients from the past six months. This survey gauges performance across eight critical aspects: Customer Journey, UI/UX Design, Project Management, Technical Expertise, Quality Assurance, Documentation Level, Business Maturity, and Process Maturity. Each of these segments gets a score, the collective average of which provides the overall Client Score. This evaluation is performed twice annually to ensure up-to-date, accurate representation of the agencies’ performance.

How does Pangea.ai compute the Team Health Score?

The Team Health Score at Pangea.ai is computed using a proprietary algorithm that aggregates and processes the inputs received from our Team Vibe survey. This score reflects the average of the scores obtained in eight crucial segments: Satisfaction, Personal Growth, Peers Rapport, Management Rapport, Culture, Well-being, Feedback & Recognition, and Advocacy. These segments scores are based on employee input and sentiment, offering an insight-driven metric that genuinely reflects the health of an agency.

How does Pangea.ai evaluate Team Health of an agency?

Pangea.ai evaluates the Team Health of an agency using our proprietary product, Team Vibe. This is a survey distributed to each team member of an agency organization, measuring sentiment across eight key segments: Satisfaction, Personal Growth, Peers Rapport, Management Rapport, Culture, Well-being, Feedback & Recognition, and Advocacy. Each segment receives a score which then contributes to an overall Team Health score. A minimum participation rate of 75% is expected from the agency organization; however, our current average participation rate is 83.2%. For continuous and updated evaluations, Team Vibe is administered twice a year to each agency.

What does the onboarding process to Pangea.ai look like?

Onboarding at Pangea.ai follows a three-step process designed to ensure our platform hosts only the best agencies. First, prospective agencies complete a Team Vibe assessment, where they must attain a satisfactory Team Health score with a participation rate of 75% or higher. Second, agencies must provide a minimum of five client references, who then complete the Pangea Client Experience Survey and generate a satisfactory client score. The final step involves the agency completing their profile with data points that are verified through documentation by human experts within the Pangea.ai team. If the agencies' data meets or exceeds the average industry benchmark, they are welcomed to Pangea.ai. Agencies not meeting these benchmarks are given a period to improve before reconsideration.

How do I know that the agencies at Pangea.ai are trustworthy and reliable?

At Pangea.ai, we ensure that all our agencies are trustworthy and reliable through a comprehensive three-step onboarding process that spans over 4-6 weeks. This process involves rigorous verification of agencies' employee and client universes, alongside validation of key metrics and KPIs against industry benchmarks. Our stringent onboarding and listing fee aids in eliminating fraudulent agencies. Given its rigorous and time-consuming nature, this process selectively attracts agencies that align with Pangea.ai's vision and meet our stringent industry benchmarks. Furthermore, our agencies undergo regular evaluations to maintain up-to-date information, thereby discouraging unserious and unhealthy agencies who might not meet the stringent industry benchmarks. Hence, such agencies find it counterproductive to pay and spend time on onboarding while also having to adhere to ongoing evaluations.