Remote Ruby on Rails Engineer - Scalable SaaS Backend

JobCubby; Colombia; Presencial; COP 218.688.000 - 312.412.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Pavago is hiring a Ruby on Rails Developer to build, optimize, and maintain scalable web applications that power growing businesses and modern SaaS products. You will work across backend architecture, APIs, databases, and application performance while collaborating closely with product, engineering, and design teams to deliver production‑ready features.

If you’re passionate about clean code, scalable architecture, and taking ownership from development through deployment, this is an excellent

Formación

• 3+ years of professional Ruby on Rails development experience.
• Strong proficiency with Ruby, Rails, ActiveRecord, and MVC architecture.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL databases.
• Experience with background job frameworks such as Sidekiq or Resque.
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and backend application architecture.
• Experience with Git workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience writing automated tests using RSpec, Minitest, or similar frameworks.
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently in a remote, collaborative environment.

Responsabilidades

• Build, maintain, and enhance Ruby on Rails applications, APIs, and backend services.
• Develop scalable business logic using Rails conventions, ActiveRecord, controllers, and service objects.
• Design and maintain RESTful APIs while integrating third-party services and external APIs.
• Collaborate with frontend developers using React, Vue, or Stimulus when required.
• Contribute to feature development from planning and architecture through deployment.
• Design and maintain PostgreSQL or MySQL database schemas.
• Optimize queries, indexes, and database performance for scalability.
• Implement caching strategies using Redis, Memcached, or similar technologies.
• Manage background jobs using Sidekiq, Resque, or equivalent frameworks.
• Monitor and improve application performance under increasing workloads.
• Write and maintain unit, integration, and system tests using RSpec, Minitest, or Capybara.
• Maintain strong test coverage and high code quality standards.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to clean, maintainable codebases.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows.
• Enforce coding standards using RuboCop and other quality tools.
• Optimize API response times and overall application performance.
• Monitor applications using tools such as New Relic, Datadog, Rollbar, or Honeybadger.
• Troubleshoot production issues and deploy fixes with minimal downtime.
• Implement secure authentication, authorization, and application security best practices.

Conocimientos

Ruby on Rails

ActiveRecord

MVC architecture

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Sidekiq/Resque

RESTful APIs

Git & CI/CD

RSpec/Minitest

Problem solving

Remote collaboration

Herramientas

Docker

Kubernetes

Redis

AWS/GCP/Heroku

Descripción del empleo

Pavago is hiring a Ruby on Rails Developer to build, optimize, and maintain scalable web applications that power growing businesses and modern SaaS products. You will work across backend architecture, APIs, databases, and application performance while collaborating closely with product, engineering, and design teams to deliver production‑ready features.

If you’re passionate about clean code, scalable architecture, and taking ownership from development through deployment, this is an excellent