Latency-Driven Backend Engineer — Rails & Scale

Energy Innovation Corp; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Retail Solutions Group in Seattle, WA is seeking a Backend Developer who treats latency budgets like personal commitments and uses Ruby on Rails for rapid prototyping.

You will pair with technology analysts, coordinate releases with remote teams, and optimize queries for high-throughput workloads across Seattle and beyond. Mentorship is built in, with a clear path to senior tech roles mapped, not vague.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a similar Backend Developer role.
• Proven leadership experience guiding mid-level initiatives.
• Empathy, strong communication, and positive presence.
• Discretion with sensitive information and professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Pair with technology analysts to align models with behavior.
• Translate napkin ideas into Rails prototypes.
• Coordinate releases with Seattle, WA and remote teams.
• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput workloads.
• Lead design reviews to catch costly mistakes before they are built.
• Defend uptime and reliability during off-hours.
• Bridge cross-functional teams so the platform talks.
• Tune Angular queries to avoid timeouts.

Skills

Backend development

Leadership

Angular

Ruby on Rails

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Angular

Job description

Retail Solutions Group in Seattle, WA is seeking a Backend Developer who treats latency budgets like personal commitments and uses Ruby on Rails for rapid prototyping.

You will pair with technology analysts, coordinate releases with remote teams, and optimize queries for high-throughput workloads across Seattle and beyond. Mentorship is built in, with a clear path to senior tech roles mapped, not vague.