Lead Software Engineer – Remote, Rails & DevOps

Gifthealth Inc

Columbus (OH)

Remote

USD 140,000 - 185,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Gifthealth Inc. is seeking a Lead Senior Software Engineer to guide the design, development, and delivery of scalable software while providing technical leadership and people management for a small team.

The role combines hands-on coding with mentorship and cross-functional collaboration to ensure high-quality, secure, and reliable systems supporting healthcare access. Responsibilities include setting technical direction, driving execution, and fostering a strong engineering culture aligned with

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in CS, engineering, or related field (Required).
5–10 years of professional software engineering experience (Required).
Experience leading technical projects or small engineering teams (Required).
Experience with Agile or similar delivery methodologies (Required).
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices (Required).
Knowledge of Ruby and Ruby on Rails; RESTful APIs; Postgres; cloud platforms (Required).
Strong design, coding, and leadership skills; cross-functional collaboration (Required).

Responsibilities

Leads design, development, and delivery of scalable software aligned with business priorities.
Provides technical leadership, code reviews, and architectural guidance to the team.
Mentors and supports a team of 2–8 engineers; offers performance feedback and career development.
Collaborates with product, design, operations to translate requirements into solutions.
Oversees reliability, performance monitoring, testing strategies, and production support.
Contributes to documentation, standards, and process improvements.