Remote Ruby on Rails Engineer — Build Scalable APIs

Pavago; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Pavago is seeking a Ruby on Rails Developer to build, maintain, and scale modern web applications and APIs for U.S. client projects. This is a fully remote role with U.S.

client business hours and sprint/deployment flexibility. You will work with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers on backend services, PostgreSQL/MySQL, background jobs using Sidekiq or Resque, testing, security, and production reliability.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional Ruby on Rails development experience.
• Strong proficiency with Ruby, Rails, ActiveRecord, and MVC architecture.
• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL.
• Experience with Sidekiq or Resque.
• Experience building and integrating RESTful APIs.
• Strong Git and version-control workflows.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices.
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment and overlap U.S. client business hours.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain production Ruby on Rails applications.
• Develop backend functionality using Ruby, Rails, ActiveRecord.
• Design and maintain RESTful APIs.
• Build and manage background jobs using Sidekiq or Resque.
• Integrate third‑party APIs and external services.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers working with React, Vue.js, or Stimulus.
• Design and maintain PostgreSQL and/or MySQL databases.
• Create and run database migrations.
• Optimize queries and application performance.
• Improve scalability, reliability, and data integrity.
• Write and maintain unit, integration, and system tests.
• Use RuboCop, StandardRB, or similar tools to maintain code quality.
• Support CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment.

Skills

Ruby

Ruby on Rails

ActiveRecord

MVC architecture

RESTful APIs

PostgreSQL / MySQL

Sidekiq / Resque

Git & version control

CI/CD

Remote work

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Sidekiq

Resque

RSpec

Minitest

Capybara

Git

CI/CD tools

Job description

Pavago is seeking a Ruby on Rails Developer to build, maintain, and scale modern web applications and APIs for U.S. client projects. This is a fully remote role with U.S.

client business hours and sprint/deployment flexibility. You will work with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers on backend services, PostgreSQL/MySQL, background jobs using Sidekiq or Resque, testing, security, and production reliability.