Ruby on Rails Developer

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain features in a Ruby on Rails monolith or service-oriented architecture
• Design and build RESTful APIs consumed by frontend and mobile clients
• Write database migrations, optimize queries, and manage ActiveRecord models
• Ensure code quality through testing with RSpec or Minitest
• Collaborate with designers and product managers to ship user-facing features
• Troubleshoot and resolve production bugs and performance bottlenecks
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering standards

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of professional Ruby on Rails development
• Strong understanding of MVC architecture and Rails conventions
• Experience with ActiveRecord, database migrations, and SQL optimization
• Proficiency with testing frameworks (RSpec, Minitest, or Capybara)
• Familiarity with background job processing (Sidekiq, Resque, or DelayedJob)
• Experience with RESTful API design and versioning
• Comfortable with Git and collaborative development workflows

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with frontend technologies (Hotwire, Turbo, Stimulus, or React)
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience scaling Rails applications (caching, load balancing, read replicas)
• Knowledge of Ruby metaprogramming and gem development
• Experience with GraphQL in a Rails context

Tech Stack

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and equity package
• Flexible remote or hybrid work arrangement
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Annual learning and development budget
• Generous PTO policy

Interview Process

1. 1Recruiter phone screen (30 min)
2. 2Technical phone screen: Ruby and Rails fundamentals (45 min)
3. 3Take-home coding exercise: build a small Rails feature (2-3 hours)
4. 4Live code review and pair programming session (60 min)
5. 5Culture and team fit interview (30 min)