Ruby on Rails Engineer – Flexible Hours & Mentorship

Mercedes-Benz; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 46,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercedes-Benz in Fort Wayne, IN is hiring a full-time Ruby Developer to own end-to-end services, focusing on Ruby on Rails and scalable architecture. The role emphasizes ownership over projects, on-call readiness, and mentoring junior engineers.

You’ll work with cross-functional partners to deliver impactful features and ensure robust code quality. The position offers growth opportunities, a collaborative team culture, and a path to handle increasing load with Rails-based solutions, while

Qualifications

• Proficiency with Ruby on Rails and backend systems.
• Experience delivering full-stack features in a fast-moving team.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and contribute to on-call practices.

Responsibilities

• Pair with cross-functional partners to scope and deliver projects.
• Document architecture, decisions, and APIs for the broader org.
• Own a technology service end to end, from PHP schema to on-call rotation.
• Re-architect the technology flow so Ruby on Rails handles higher load.
• Ensure code quality through automated linting, testing, and static analysis.
• Mentor the junior cohort through their first real on-call at Mercedes-Benz.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Full-stack development

On-call experience

Mentoring

Tools

PHP

APIs

Job description

Mercedes-Benz in Fort Wayne, IN is hiring a full-time Ruby Developer to own end-to-end services, focusing on Ruby on Rails and scalable architecture. The role emphasizes ownership over projects, on-call readiness, and mentoring junior engineers.

You’ll work with cross-functional partners to deliver impactful features and ensure robust code quality. The position offers growth opportunities, a collaborative team culture, and a path to handle increasing load with Rails-based solutions, while