Senior Software Engineer (Rails/Ruby)

Apptoza Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptoza Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to advance our Rails/Ruby platform in Toronto. You will own features from design through deployment, collaborating closely with product, design, and engineering teams.

Bring 5+ years of Rails experience, a deep database and testing background, and a focus on security and accessibility. This role offers a long-term contract with a hybrid work arrangement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with Ruby on Rails, Sidekiq and Redis.
• Strong SQL with MySQL or PostgreSQL.
• Experience in unit/integration testing.
• WCAG/Accessibility knowledge.
• Frontend: ReactJS, Webpack, JS/HTML/jQuery.
• Team player; collaborates with product, design, and engineering.
• Fast learner; strong written and verbal communication.
• App security awareness and data protection.

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality, well-tested code aligned with business needs.
• Maintain and ensure production reliability.
• Propose improvements to the platform.
• Design, code, test and integrate new features per PO/team.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture planning and delivery meetings.
• Update progress daily via Jira or Kanban.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Sidekiq

Redis

Unit testing

Accessibility

ReactJS

JavaScript

Code reviews

Communication skills

Security awareness

Education

Degree in computer engineering or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub

CircleCI

Terraform

OpenAPI

Job description

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer (Rails/Ruby)

Location: Toronto, ON (4 days hybrid)

Contract: Long Term

What will you do?

• Write high-quality, well-tested code while understanding business needs
• Maintain and ensure high quality software, with accountability for production reliability and usage
• Effectively contribute suggestions and new ideas to improve our platform.
• Designing, coding, unit testing and integrating new features and functionality as defined by the PO and team
• Participating in code reviews, architectural planning, and delivery meetings
• Updating progress daily through the tracking tool (Jira) or Kanban board

What do you need to succeed?

Must-Have:

• 5+ years of experience and a solid understanding of Ruby on Rails, Sidekiq, Redis
• Deep experience with databases and data structures (MySQL or Postgres)
• Experience in Unit/Integration testing
• Experience in WCAG or Accessibility
• Experience with ReactJS, Webpack, jQuery/JavaScript/HTML
• Participate in code reviews, architectural planning, and delivery meetings
• You're a team player, and enjoy collaborating with the product, design, and engineering teams to solve problems
• You learn new concepts quickly (industry, business, and technical)
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• You care deeply about application security and understand the importance of protecting sensitive user data

Nice to Have:

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in computer engineering or equivalent training/experience
• Experience with compliance standards, e.g. ISO 27001 or SOC 2
• Experience building apps in a cloud environment (i.e. Docker/Kubernetes)
• Deploying to cloud Infrastructure: AWS (various services), familiarity with Terraform
• Experience with Rust
• DevOps tools such as Docker, Github, CircleCI
• Monitoring and logging tools like New Relic, Dynatrace, Sumo Logic, Splunk
• Familiarity with Open API specification