Senior Ruby Developer & Tech Lead — Flexible, Hybrid

Retail Partners; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 64,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Retail Partners is seeking a Python-focused developer to join our Louisville team. You’ll own meaningful backend and tooling work, translating business ideas into scalable solutions while maintaining high quality and speed.

You will collaborate with a team that values professionalism, strong communication, and the ability to adapt to flexible work arrangements in Louisville, KY. A clear growth track and mentorship ensure ongoing development as you tackle increasing responsibilities.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience with people management and software development
• Excellent time-management skills with a bias toward action
• Ability to deliver bad news clearly and early
• Willingness to commute to Louisville, KY or work flexibly as needed
• Fluency in Python and People Management, with strong opinions on both
• Proven professionalism, ideally near Louisville, KY
• Reliability to handle hard assignments

Responsibilities

• Turn Retail Partners's TypeScript on-call noise into meaningful alerts
• Translate napkin ideas into a microservices prototype with impact
• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning
• Build Python tooling to accelerate Louisville engineers
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with our growing user base
• Translate business requirements into technical specs and tasks

Skills

Python

People Management

Time management

Bias toward action

Composure under pressure

Tools

TypeScript

Python tooling

Microservices

Job description

Retail Partners is seeking a Python-focused developer to join our Louisville team. You’ll own meaningful backend and tooling work, translating business ideas into scalable solutions while maintaining high quality and speed.

You will collaborate with a team that values professionalism, strong communication, and the ability to adapt to flexible work arrangements in Louisville, KY. A clear growth track and mentorship ensure ongoing development as you tackle increasing responsibilities.