Senior Ruby on Rails Architect & Tech Leader

Alex Staff Agency Careers; United States; Remote; USD 47,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to $6,000 gross/month

Job summary

Alex Staff Agency Careers is seeking a Lead Ruby on Rails Software Engineer to join our Engineering team. This is a technical leadership role requiring deep RoR expertise and strong architectural vision to drive complex software delivery, mentor engineers, and lead cross-team initiatives.

You will own systems, drive architecture, set coding standards, and help grow the engineering group while delivering scalable, secure solutions across the platform.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience.
• 5+ years of professional Ruby on Rails experience.
• Experience designing and scaling APIs, distributed systems, and web applications.
• Experience with relational databases and modern version control.

Responsibilities

• Leading the architecture, design, and development of Ruby on Rails applications.
• Planning and overseeing large technical projects with multiple teams.
• Mentoring junior to senior engineers and driving best practices.
• Collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Architecture teams to deliver scalable solutions.
• Identifying risks and implementing resolution strategies.

Skills

API design

Distributed systems

Web applications

Security models

Mentoring

Tools

Ruby on Rails

MySQL

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Alex Staff Agency Careers is seeking a Lead Ruby on Rails Software Engineer to join our Engineering team. This is a technical leadership role requiring deep RoR expertise and strong architectural vision to drive complex software delivery, mentor engineers, and lead cross-team initiatives.

You will own systems, drive architecture, set coding standards, and help grow the engineering group while delivering scalable, secure solutions across the platform.