Ruby on Rails Backend Engineer - Scale APIs & Cloud

NDA; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

NDA is seeking an experienced backend engineer to develop and scale a dating platform with a large user base. You will build and optimize backend services, APIs, and cloud deployments to ensure performance and reliability at scale.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of Ruby on Rails production experience, strong knowledge of databases, and hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, IaC tools, and REST APIs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Ruby on Rails production experience.
• Experience designing and scaling backend systems.
• Strong databases and query optimization knowledge.
• Experience with cloud, deployment and optimization.
• Terraform or other IaC tools knowledge.
• Understanding of microservices, serverless and DevOps practices.
• Experience with REST APIs and automated testing.
• Knowledge of web and mobile app security.
• English level B2+ or higher.

Responsibilities

• Develop and scale backend services.
• Design and improve backend architecture.
• Optimize application performance and database queries.
• Work with cloud infrastructure and deployment.
• Build and maintain APIs and integrations.
• Run A/B tests and support product experiments.
• Improve security, reliability, and development processes.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Backend design

Databases & SQL

Cloud deployment

Terraform

Microservices

Serverless

DevOps

REST APIs

Automated testing

Application security

English (B2+)

Job description

NDA is seeking an experienced backend engineer to develop and scale a dating platform with a large user base. You will build and optimize backend services, APIs, and cloud deployments to ensure performance and reliability at scale.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of Ruby on Rails production experience, strong knowledge of databases, and hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, IaC tools, and REST APIs.