Senior Ruby on Rails Fullstack Engineer - Public Service

Pluribus Digital; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Pluribus Digital is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Fullstack - Backend) to design, implement, and maintain secure, cloud-based applications for federal agencies. You will focus on backend Ruby on Rails while delivering robust frontend features with React, within small cross-functional teams.

You will participate in Agile ceremonies, contribute to CI/CD pipelines, and ensure scalable, observable systems.

Qualifications

• 8+ years professional software development experience.
• 4+ years professional Ruby on Rails development experience.
• Strong front-end development experience using React.
• Experience deploying applications through CI/CD pipelines and cloud environments like AWS CLI.
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar).
• Fundamental understanding and ability to apply skills in Infrastructure, and Monitoring and Observability.
• Solid understanding of: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), RESTful API development, Test-driven or behavior-driven development.

Responsibilities

• Translate business goals into effective technical solutions using Ruby on Rails and modern web technologies.
• Design and implement responsive, accessible, user-facing features.
• Support the full product lifecycle: backlog refinement, development, testing, documentation, delivery.
• Participate in pair programming, code reviews, retrospectives, and Agile ceremonies.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, researchers, architects, and engineers.
• Work in a cloud-based Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery environment.
• Build and integrate RESTful APIs powering front-end experiences.
• Ensure applications are secure, scalable, and maintainable.
• Follow TDD and/or BDD methodologies; automated testing with Mocha, RSpec, Jasmine, or similar frameworks.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

React

CI/CD

AWS

PostgreSQL

MySQL

OOP

RESTful API

TDD/BDD

Tools

RSpec

Mocha

Jasmine

Job description

Pluribus Digital is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Fullstack - Backend) to design, implement, and maintain secure, cloud-based applications for federal agencies. You will focus on backend Ruby on Rails while delivering robust frontend features with React, within small cross-functional teams.

You will participate in Agile ceremonies, contribute to CI/CD pipelines, and ensure scalable, observable systems.