Senior Software Engineer - Ruby on Rails

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Ruby on Rails in United States.

You will join a high-performing engineering team focused on building and improving a large-scale SaaS platform that powers mission-critical financial operations.
This role offers the opportunity to work on a mature product while continuously evolving its architecture, performance, and user experience.
You will contribute to building new features, improving system reliability, and reducing technical debt in a fast-moving but structured environment.
A strong emphasis is placed on collaboration, mentorship, and raising engineering standards across the team.
You will work closely with cross-functional partners to translate customer needs into scalable technical solutions.
This position is ideal for engineers who care deeply about code quality, system design, and long-term maintainability.
It combines hands-on development with technical leadership and meaningful impact on product direction.

Accountabilities:

• Design, build, and maintain new features within a mature Ruby on Rails-based SaaS platform, ensuring high performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with product, implementations, and engineering teams to translate customer requirements into clear technical designs and production-ready solutions.
• Improve system reliability by focusing on non-functional requirements such as logging, monitoring, security, resiliency, and observability.
• Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and mentoring to elevate engineering practices and support the growth of junior developers.
• Identify and reduce technical debt while contributing to long-term architectural improvements and system modernization efforts.
• Support production systems by diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving issues when needed to ensure platform stability.
• Help define engineering standards and promote best practices across coding, testing, and software design.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience in Ruby on Rails development, with strong proficiency in JavaScript.
• Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including design patterns, architecture principles, and maintainable system design.
• Experience working on SaaS applications, with exposure to fintech or similar high-scale transactional systems considered a plus.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional and agile environments.
• Proven ability to write clean, efficient, and well-tested code while avoiding common performance pitfalls.
• Experience mentoring engineers or contributing to team growth through code reviews and pair programming.
• Familiarity with modern engineering tools and technologies such as React, Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch, AWS, Kubernetes, and observability platforms is a plus.
• Strong team-oriented mindset with humility, accountability, and a focus on shared success.

Benefits:

• Competitive base salary of $120,000–$140,000 USD
• 10% annual performance bonus
• Fully remote work environment (#LI-Remote)
• Opportunity to work on a large-scale SaaS platform with real financial impact
• Collaborative engineering culture focused on mentorship and continuous improvement
• Exposure to modern cloud infrastructure and scalable distributed systems
• Equal opportunity workplace with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion
• AI-supported recruitment process with transparency and fairness

How Jobgether works: We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team. We appreciate your interest and wish you the best! Why Apply Through Jobgether? Data Privacy Notice: By submitting your application, you acknowledge that Jobgether will process your personal data to evaluate your candidacy and share relevant information with the hiring employer. This processing is based on legitimate interest and pre-contractual measures under applicable data protection laws (including GDPR). You may exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, objection) at any time. #LI-CL1