Senior Ruby on Rails API Lead (Remote)

Doyle Security Services, Inc. (DSS); United States Virgin Islands; On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Doyle Security Services, Inc. (DSS) seeks a senior Ruby on Rails engineer to design, build, and maintain production-grade APIs enabling communication between internal, external, and third-party systems.

The role emphasizes hands-on development and API excellence in a remote, U.S.-based environment. The ideal candidate has 6+ years of Rails experience, strong API skills, and a proven ability to lead engineering teams while contributing code.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of strong Ruby on Rails experience.
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Experience with RSpec testing framework.
• Strong experience designing, building, and maintaining APIs.
• Ability to lead engineering teams while remaining hands-on with development.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop APIs, including specifications, endpoints, data models, REST, and GraphQL.
• Develop and maintain production-grade Ruby services.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure code quality, maintainability, and security.
• Collaborate with Technical Leads, Engineering Crew Leads, and API Architects.
• Integrate APIs with internal systems, external applications, and third-party services.
• Use AI-enabled development tools to improve productivity and code quality.
• Create and maintain comprehensive API documentation.
• Implement authentication, authorization, encryption, and secure development practices.
• Collaborate with external engineering teams on technical standards, governance, compliance, and ongoing cATO maintenance.
• Monitor and optimize API performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Manage API versioning and backward compatibility.
• Troubleshoot production issues and implement enhancements.
• Participate in Tier 1 and Tier 2 on-call operations.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

API design & development

Leadership & hands-on coding

On-call support (Tier1/Tier2)

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

RSpec

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Git

OAuth

Sidekiq

Spring Boot/Java

Job description

Doyle Security Services, Inc. (DSS) seeks a senior Ruby on Rails engineer to design, build, and maintain production-grade APIs enabling communication between internal, external, and third-party systems.

The role emphasizes hands-on development and API excellence in a remote, U.S.-based environment. The ideal candidate has 6+ years of Rails experience, strong API skills, and a proven ability to lead engineering teams while contributing code.