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Hulcan

Senior Ruby Engineer

New York, NY · On-site +1

Who You Are * 8+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems in production environments. * 4+ years leading Ruby cloud stack teams as a Principal Engineer/Architect. * You are very ...

Tech Mirrors

NY · On-site

$100 - $130/hr

Ruby Developer Location: Pittsburg, PA / Lake Mary, FL 10+ years needed Requirements * A Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related discipline with 8+ years of work experience.

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Mobile Developer - RUBY

Washington, DC

A Full Stack Developer Where is your seat? * Washington, DC How much are you paid? * $90,000 - $115 ... You have 2 years experience with Ruby and Web Development * You are expert at mobile development

ForUsAll

Sr. Ruby on Rails Engineer - AI

Oakland, CA · On-site

$120K - $200K/yr

Ruby engineers are some of the best builders in the world--but let's be honest: AI is rewriting the rules of software development. GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT are just the tip of the iceberg. The ...

blueStone

Ruby Developer

Chicago, IL · On-site

Looking for an mid level software developer to work on our Backend platform. If you are interested ... debugging skills (Ruby, Python, C++) Experience working with Algorithms in a software ...

CEDENT

Senior Ruby and Node Developer

Durham, NC

Senior Ruby and Node Developer We are seeking a Senior Ruby and Node Developer with 8+ years of experience in Ruby development and 4+ years of experience working with Node.js. The ideal candidate ...

USM

Ruby on Rail UI Engineer

Colorado Springs, CO · On-site

RubyOnRails UI Engineer Location: Colorado Springs, Duration: 6-12 month contract Required Skills ... Ruby, Python, PERL, Bash, SQL. NICE TO HAVES (Candidate Differentiators) o Experience with Amazon ...

Alpha Net Consulting LLC.

Ruby On Rails Developer

San Jose, CA · On-site

$120K - $164K/yr

Company Description Developer - Ruby on Rails • 5-7 years of development experience • Expert understanding with Object Oriented Development. • Experience in developing using Ruby, Ruby on Rails ...

CEDENT

Senior Ruby and Node Developer

Durham, NC

... Ruby on Rails development. * 4+ years of experience in Node.js development. * Proven experience in refactoring and optimizing existing applications. * Strong knowledge of object-oriented programming ...

360 IT Professionals

Ruby On Rails Developer

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$120K - $165K/yr

Our client- e-commerce company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, that develops computer software for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems seeks an accomplished Ruby On Rails Developer Role ...

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Senior Ruby Engineer

Hulcan

New York, NY • On-site, Remote

Full-time

Re-posted 20 days ago

Job description

What You'll Do
  • Design and implement scalable, high-performance backend systems to power our e-commerce experience.
  • Build and maintain interfaces that support our frontend, mobile, and third-party integrations.
    • Be very experienced working with pull, push models for data parity between third parties and our systems around e-commerce concerns of product, stock, orders and fulfillment synchronization.
    • You'll design, implement and deploy reliable software to solve complex e-commerce concerns.
  • Architect systems for membership access, catalog management, checkout, order fulfillment, and payments.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and data teams to deliver features that elevate the user experience.
  • Own backend services end-to-end, from design to deployment and monitoring.
  • Contribute to best practices in code quality, testing, reliability, and observability.
  • Help define our backend architecture and make strategic technical decisions as we scale.
  • Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of technical excellence and collaboration.

Who You Are
  • 8+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems in production environments.
  • 4+ years leading Ruby cloud stack teams as a Principal Engineer/Architect.
  • You are very familiar with the Ruby object model - eigenclasses, method dispatch, method_missing, send, and all variable types.
  • Expert skills with Ruby idiomatic patterns, terse styling, metaprogramming and be able to create macros, DSLs, etc.
    • Have experience contributing to wildly used gems or developed internal DSLs for domain specific needs.
  • Ruby without Rails - you are able to develop complex applications and deploy Rails features vs custom Ruby plugins for the right use cases.
  • Proficiency in building APIs and distributed services using Ruby.
  • Must know the full ins/outs of Rails AREL, performant code, and proper Sidekiq job handling.
  • Have expert knowledge of proper data model design for e-commerce concerns and understand how to handle locking sensitive resources such as a credit card charge and concepts such as state machines.
  • Expert experience with PostgreSQL, including complex joins and reporting queries, and familiarity with data modeling and performance optimization.
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, ECS, CodeBuild) and containerization (Docker,).
  • Strong understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithmic principles.
  • Comfortable working in high-growth, early-stage environments-bias toward action and strong product sense are key.
  • A collaborative teammate who communicates clearly and is excited to shape the future of a luxury tech brand.

Bonus Points
  • Prior experience in e-commerce, marketplaces, or membership-based platforms.
  • Familiarity with event-driven architectures and message queues (Kafka, SQS, etc).
  • Experience working closely with design or product teams in consumer-facing companies.
  • Passion for fashion, luxury, or retail innovation.

Requirements
What You'll Do
  • Design and implement scalable, high-performance backend systems to power our e-commerce experience.
  • Build and maintain APIs that support our frontend, mobile, and third-party integrations.
  • Architect systems for membership access, catalog management, checkout, order fulfillment, and payments.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and data teams to deliver features that elevate the user experience.
  • Own backend services end-to-end, from design to deployment and monitoring.
  • Contribute to best practices in code quality, testing, reliability, and observability.
  • Help define our backend architecture and make strategic technical decisions as we scale.
  • Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of technical excellence and collaboration.

Who You Are
  • 7+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems in production environments.
  • Genuine Rubyist having written custom DSLs and/or contributed to a major Ruby gem with the deepest knowledge of how to utilize Ruby's metaprogramming capabilities for maximal terse and DSL-centric applications.
  • Experience with the specific challenges of concurrency, inventory management/reservation, currency/price management, and third party API integration system designs - push, pull, effective normalization, etc.
  • High familiarity with excellent microservices software design - using software DSLs over cloud deployed solutions - across dozens of models, concerns, and integrations.
  • Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and familiarity with data modeling and performance optimization.
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Experience developing and deploying GraphQL and RESTful API interfaces.
  • Experience developing multi tenant systems, relating to concerns of access control, reporting, and authorization/authentication.
  • Strong understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithmic principles.
  • Comfortable working in high-growth, early-stage environments-bias toward action and strong product sense are key.
  • A collaborative teammate who communicates clearly and is excited to shape the future of a luxury tech brand.

Bonus Points
  • Prior experience in e-commerce, marketplaces, or membership-based platforms.
  • Familiarity with event-driven architectures and message queues (Kafka, SQS, etc).
  • Experience working closely with design or product teams in consumer-facing companies.
  • Passion for fashion, luxury, or retail innovation.

Benefits
Why Join MILE
  • Opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of the company.
  • Collaborative and innovative work environment.
  • Career growth opportunities in a fast-growing organisation.

Let's build something people talk about. Together.

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