Backend Developer
Summary
Build and maintain Ruby on Rails features for a SaaS platform, optimize performance, and mentor engineers while collaborating with product and design teams.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain core platform features
- Feature development: Design, implement, and maintain Ruby on Rails features used daily by our users.
- Code quality: Ensure maintainable, well-tested, and performant code.
- Innovation: Propose and implement improvements that enhance user experience and functionality.
- Improve performance and scalability
- Optimization: Identify bottlenecks and enhance system performance across the stack.
- Scalability planning: Architect systems that can handle growing user base and transaction volume.
- Monitoring & troubleshooting: Use metrics and logs to proactively detect and fix issues.
- Mentor and support the engineering team
- Code reviews: Provide actionable feedback and guidance to maintain team standards.
- Knowledge sharing: Host workshops, pair programming sessions, and internal documentation.
- Career growth: Support junior engineers in skill development and confidence building.
- Collaborate across teams
- Cross-functional planning: Partner with Product and Design to translate requirements into technical solutions.
- Problem-solving: Contribute to discussions that resolve technical and product challenges.
- Feedback loop: Help prioritize technical debt and feature requests to maximize impact.
Requirements
- Experience with Ruby on Rails in production environments
- Understanding of web application architecture, RESTful APIs, and database design
- Hands-on experience with testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-based deployments
- Experience with performance optimization and scaling applications
- Bonus points if you've worked in SaaS, legal tech, or highly regulated industries
- You've contributed to open-source projects or internal tooling