Ruby on Rails Engineer – ESG Platform (Hybrid)

Trellis Group; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Flexible work environment

ACA Paid Holidays

Summer Fridays

Personal/Family Care

Student Debt Forgiveness

Pet Insurance

Job summary

ACA Group is seeking a Ruby on Rails Developer to design, build, test, and maintain scalable Rails applications. The role is based in Durham, NC with hybrid work (2 days in the office) and requires strong RESTful API design, PostgreSQL, and AWS experience.

You will collaborate with QA, product, and a distributed team to deliver robust software and mentor junior engineers. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of Rails experience, solid SQL skills, and a track record of writing automated tests.

Qualifications

• 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).
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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, working closely with QA engineers and the 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.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

SQL

AWS

RESTful APIs

RSpec

Git

Distributed team communication

PostgreSQL

Tools

AWS

ECS

EC2

RDS

S3

PostgreSQL

RSpec

Git

Job description

ACA Group is seeking a Ruby on Rails Developer to design, build, test, and maintain scalable Rails applications. The role is based in Durham, NC with hybrid work (2 days in the office) and requires strong RESTful API design, PostgreSQL, and AWS experience.

You will collaborate with QA, product, and a distributed team to deliver robust software and mentor junior engineers. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of Rails experience, solid SQL skills, and a track record of writing automated tests.