Ruby on Rails Developer

ACA Group; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

401(k) plans

Paid time off options

Summer Fridays

Student Debt Forgiveness

Pet Insurance

Job summary

ACA Group, located in Durham, NC, is seeking a Product Engineer to design, build, and maintain the Ethos ESG platform within our development team. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in Ruby on Rails, with a focus on developing robust applications and APIs.

This role offers a hybrid work environment and a competitive benefits package, including medical and dental coverage, 401(k) plans, and unique perks such as Student Debt Forgiveness and Pet Insurance.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience with Ruby on Rails.
• Proficiency with SQL.
• Hands-on experience deploying and maintaining applications on AWS.
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design and development.
• Experience writing automated tests.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Ruby on Rails applications.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs.
• Deploy applications on AWS infrastructure.
• Participate in code reviews and debugging.
• Mentor junior team members.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

SQL

AWS

RESTful API design

Automated testing (RSpec)

Front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)

Git

Communication skills

Tools

PostgreSQL

Docker

Job description

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Product Engineer who will design, build, test, and maintain the Ethos ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) platform on our development team.

Ethos aggregates data from hundreds of sources and uses our algorithms to create ratings and analyses of 15,000+ companies, funds, and client portfolios. We use our data, ratings, and analyses to serve firms on both impact and sustainability-related services.

Durham, NC (Hybrid/2 days a week in the offices)

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain robust Ruby on Rails applications with a focus on performance and scalability.
• Write clean, well-tested, and well-documented code following team conventions and best practices.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and integrate with third-party services.
• Design and optimize PostgreSQL database schemas, queries, and migrations.
• Deploy and monitor applications on AWS infrastructure (ECS, EC2, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, etc.).
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to architectural discussions.
• Debug and resolve production issues with a sense of urgency and ownership. This will often include working closely with our QA engineers/product team to identify and resolve problems quickly.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and advocate for engineering best practices.
• Mentor junior team members and share knowledge across the team.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• 3+ years of professional experience with Ruby on Rails.
• Proficiency with SQL.
• Hands‑on experience deploying and maintaining applications on AWS (ECS, EC2, RDS, S3).
• Solid understanding of RESTful API design and development.
• Experience writing automated tests (RSpec or similar).
• Familiarity with front‑end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and integration with Rails views or API consumers.
• Proficiency with Git and experience working in a collaborative pull‑request workflow.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a distributed team spanning multiple time zones.

Ideally, you will also have

• Experience with background job processing (Sidekiq, Delayed Job, or similar).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes).
• Experience with caching strategies (Redis, Memcached).
• Knowledge of infrastructure‑as‑code tools (Typescript).
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools (New Relic especially).
• Strong proficiency with PostgreSQL — schema design, indexing, query optimization, and ActiveRecord.
• Experience working within an Agile software dev lifecycle using JIRA/Confluence.

What working at ACA offers

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options as well as a flexible work environment. You will be granted time off for designated ACA Paid Holidays, Summer Fridays, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well‑being. We also offer unique benefits such as Student Debt Forgiveness and Pet Insurance.

About ACA

ACA Group is the leading governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisor in financial services. We empower our clients to reimagine GRC and protect and grow their business. Our innovative approach integrates consulting, managed services, and our ComplianceAlpha ® technology platform with the specialized expertise of former regulators and practitioners and our deep understanding of the global regulatory landscape.

What we commit to

ACA is firmly committed to a policy of nondiscrimination, which applies to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotions, training, discipline, terminations, layoffs, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation and all other terms and conditions of employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.