Remote Staff Rails Engineer: Build Core Product

SearchApi; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 940,438 - 1,567,398; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully Remote

Equity share

Profit sharing

Direct collaboration with CEO/CTO

Annual team retreats

Job summary

SearchApi is seeking a senior Ruby on Rails engineer to become the technical backbone of our product. You will own the hardest PRs and raise the bar for the codebase, shipping production code across the product with high trust.

This is a hands‑on role, not management, and you will work directly with an empowered team. Responsibilities include reviewing PRs, building enterprise features, and the Stripe billing integration, while improving performance and security across systems.

Qualifications

• Many years of Ruby on Rails experience.
• Proven track record shipping production Rails apps.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Own the hardest PRs and high‑impact features.
• Review PRs and mentor other engineers.
• Build enterprise features and billing integrations (Stripe).
• Develop product features and developer experience.
• Debug and optimize performance across the stack.
• Maintain security standards and code quality.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Education

BSc or higher in CS

Tools

Stripe

Terraform

AWS

Job description

SearchApi is seeking a senior Ruby on Rails engineer to become the technical backbone of our product. You will own the hardest PRs and raise the bar for the codebase, shipping production code across the product with high trust.

This is a hands‑on role, not management, and you will work directly with an empowered team. Responsibilities include reviewing PRs, building enterprise features, and the Stripe billing integration, while improving performance and security across systems.