Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer - Remote (EST/CST)

Change.org, PBC; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

HHAeXchange is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to scale our Rails/AWS/Kubernetes stack and drive feature delivery across the platform. You’ll work across our Rails, AWS, and Kubernetes-based stack to power critical workflows that improve lives every day.

To perform this role, you’ll own end-to-end development, optimize queries, and contribute to architectural improvements while supporting a remote, EST/CST-based team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building production-grade Ruby on Rails applications.
• Strong proficiency with relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) and software design principles.
• Proficient in Test-Driven Development (TDD) and writing maintainable, well-tested code.
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS services (e.g., ECS, EKS, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows (e.g. GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI).
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong skills in debugging, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
• Comfortable working in Agile development environments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Write clean, scalable, and maintainable code to build software solutions that enable users to access and manage in-home care services.
• Design, build, and maintain reliable, high-performance Ruby on Rails services.
• Support and enhance existing products and applications, balancing new feature development with legacy system modernization.
• Own end-to-end development of features that directly drive revenue and scale the platform.
• Optimize database queries and API performance to ensure speed, efficiency, and availability.
• Contribute to architectural improvements and participate in technical design discussions.
• Participate in a shared on-call rotation to maintain system health, with strong team support.
• Continuously improve code quality, testing, and deployment practices.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

MySQL

PostgreSQL

OOP & design principles

TDD

AWS

CI/CD

Agile

Communication

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

CircleCI

Docker

Kubernetes (EKS/ECS)

AWS

Job description

HHAeXchange is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to scale our Rails/AWS/Kubernetes stack and drive feature delivery across the platform. You’ll work across our Rails, AWS, and Kubernetes-based stack to power critical workflows that improve lives every day.

To perform this role, you’ll own end-to-end development, optimize queries, and contribute to architectural improvements while supporting a remote, EST/CST-based team.