Full-Stack Software Engineer - Ruby on Rails & AWS

Vydia, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) with employer matching

Generous vacation policy

Parental leave

Professional development stipend

Job summary

Vydia, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to design, develop, and enhance our core platform.

You will join a collaborative team building scalable, high-quality software used by customers, partners, and internal teams. As a full-stack engineer, you will translate requirements into efficient solutions, balance performance and maintainability, and work closely with Product Managers and Designers to deliver secure software that supports Vydia's growth.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of practical software engineering experience; degree preferred but not required.
• Experience building and maintaining web-based applications.
• Proficiency in at least one modern backend language or framework (Ruby on Rails, Python, Node.js, Go, Java).
• Experience with frontend technologies (JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Vue, HTML/CSS).
• Experience building SaaS or scalable web-based software applications.
• Strong understanding of software architecture and OO design principles.
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL or MySQL).
• Experience integrating with third-party APIs and RESTful services.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and serverless concepts.
• Familiarity with microservices, serverless, or distributed systems.
• Experience with Git, Agile/Scrum, testing, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and production performance optimization.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality results.
• Fast, adaptable learner capable of grasping new concepts independently.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain features in our Ruby app.
• Design scalable, maintainable code and database structures.
• Write well-tested code that fails gracefully.
• Enhance server monitoring, logging, and alerting; analyze performance.
• Integrate with third-party APIs.
• Work with AWS microservices for storage, load balancing, and serverless.
• Code reviews with engineers and collaboration with Product Managers.
• Participate in Sprint meetings and processes.
• Write and maintain documentation.
• Suggest and implement new ideas to improve technology and team.
• Pursue growth through career development and learning.
• Own features from MVP to polished release, plan phases and tasks.
• Take part in rotating on-call schedule (every 7 weeks).

Skills

Backend development

Frontend development

REST APIs

Cloud architecture

Microservices

CI/CD

Git

Agile/Scrum

Testing & QA

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Ruby on Rails

PostgreSQL

MySQL

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

HTML/CSS

AWS

Job description

Vydia, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer to design, develop, and enhance our core platform.

You will join a collaborative team building scalable, high-quality software used by customers, partners, and internal teams. As a full-stack engineer, you will translate requirements into efficient solutions, balance performance and maintainability, and work closely with Product Managers and Designers to deliver secure software that supports Vydia's growth.