About This Role
This engineering role focuses on building, maintaining, and optimizing scalable production web applications and APIs using Ruby on Rails. You will work on backend services, business logic, and internal tools, emphasizing clean, well-tested code and performance. The role involves collaboration with product and engineering teams to deliver reliable features, enhance application performance, and maintain systems built for scale.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain production Ruby on Rails applications
- Develop backend services, business logic, and internal tools
- Work with Ruby, Rails, ActiveRecord, and MVC architecture
- Build reusable, maintainable services following Rails best practices
- Integrate with front-end technologies such as Stimulus, React, or Vue.js
- Design and maintain RESTful APIs
- Integrate third-party APIs, SaaS platforms, and payment systems
- Build and maintain webhooks and background synchronization jobs
- Implement authentication, authorization, and rate limiting
- Design and maintain PostgreSQL/MySQL schemas
- Optimize SQL queries, indexes, and database performance
- Build asynchronous workflows using Sidekiq/Resque
- Work with Redis and caching strategies to improve performance
- Write unit, integration, and system tests using RSpec, Minitest, or Capybara
- Maintain clean, readable, and well-tested code
- Participate in code reviews and CI/CD workflows
- Help reduce technical debt and improve long-term maintainability
- Troubleshoot production issues and performance bottlenecks
- Improve API response times and background job performance
- Follow secure development and OWASP best practices
- Monitor application health using tools such as New Relic, Datadog, Honeybadger, or Rollbar
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional Ruby on Rails development experience
- Strong proficiency in Ruby, Rails, ActiveRecord, and MVC
- Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL
- Experience building and integrating REST APIs
- Experience with Sidekiq or Resque
- Familiarity with Redis, caching, and background processing
- Experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines
- Strong understanding of scalable backend application development
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
- Comfortable working remotely during U.S. business hours
Nice to have:
- React, Vue.js, or Stimulus experience
- AWS, GCP, or Heroku deployment experience
