Ruby Developer

Egreenservices; Nashville (TN); Remote; USD 76,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb in Nashville is seeking a contract Ruby Developer to deploy production code for a broad audience. The role offers a pay range of $76,000 to $109,000 and the autonomy to run your own projects within a collaborative team.

Candidates should be comfortable relocating to Nashville or working remotely, bring at least four years of tech experience, and enjoy solving complex distributed systems using Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, and Rust.

Qualifications

• Four years of technology experience or cycles.
• Willingness to relocate to Nashville, TN, or work remotely.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Growth mindset and openness to constructive feedback.

Responsibilities

• Land Kubernetes performance wins measurable in TN retention numbers.
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Nashville production without dropping the baton.
• Own the mid-level Coaching workstream that unblocks Nashville roadmap.
• Replace Redis hack with a Kafka solution that survives Nashville scale.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents across stakeholder-based applications.
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Docker and Rust.
• Untangle Kafka dependency knots that have slowed Nashville releases.

Skills

4 years experience

Relocation willingness

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Growth mindset

Tools

Docker

Kafka

Rust

Kubernetes

Job description

This contract Ruby Developer position is your opportunity to deploy production code that reaches a massive audience. This contract opening offers $76,000 - $109,000, the autonomy to run your own projects, and a team invested in your development.

Key Responsibilities

• Land Kubernetes performance wins Bristol Myers Squibb can measure in TN retention numbers
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Nashville, TN production without dropping the baton
• Own the mid-level Coaching workstream that unblocks the rest of Bristol Myers Squibb's Nashville, TN roadmap
• Replace the brittle Redis hack with a Kafka solution that survives Nashville scale
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents across Stakeholder Management-based applications
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Docker and Rust
• Untangle the Kafka dependency knots that have slowed Nashville releases for months

What You'll Bring

• Resilience measured across 4 years of technology cycles
• Willingness to relocate to Nashville, TN, or to make remote work
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• The composure to deliver bad news early and clearly
• A growth mindset and openness to constructive feedback

Equal parts laboratory and workshop, Bristol Myers Squibb builds ownership-driven technology products that hold up far beyond the borders of Nashville, TN. We value clear writing and honest conversation over status games and politics.

We answer the money question first with $76,000 - $109,000, then keep going with growth budgets, mentorship, and a flexible contract schedule.

This role is being actively staffed, with offers expected before the quarter closes.