Senior Ruby on Rails Software Developer

internetbrands; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Internet Brands, headquartered in El Segundo, CA, seeks a seasoned software developer to design, build, and maintain scalable systems within the Engineering team. You will write clean, well-tested code, design features, and expand services, ensuring production quality and scalable performance.

The role requires 5+ years of OO programming in Ruby, PHP, or Java, 2+ years of frontend tech (JS/HTML/CSS), SQL expertise, MVC framework experience, and familiarity with modern server components.

Qualifications

• 5+ years with object-oriented programming in Ruby, PHP, or Java.

Responsibilities

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
• Design, estimate, and code new features.
• Expand existing applications and services.
• Ensure all code that goes to production is of top quality.
• Ensure existing applications are scaled to meet expected demand.

Skills

OOP languages: Ruby/PHP/Java

Frontend: JS/HTML/CSS

SQL/DB design

MVC frameworks (Rails/Laravel/Django)

Unit testing

Memcache/Redis

ActiveMQ/Solr

Unix/Linux

REST APIs

JIRA usage

Agentic AI tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka/RabbitMQ

Education

BS/MS from a 4 year college

Tools

JIRA

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka/RabbitMQ

Job description

About the Role

As part of the Engineering team, the Developer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable software systems that meet both functional and technical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code - This is primarily a coding position.
• Design, estimate, and code new features.
• Expand existing applications and services.
• Ensure all code that goes to production is of top quality.
• Ensure existing applications are scaled to meet expected demand.

Collaborate

• Collaborate with team members and other teams, Developers and other functional areas
• Collaborate on enterprise architecture with other teams at Internet Brands.
• Perform code reviews of your team members' work.
• Participate in software design discussions.
• Participate in sprint planning and other project management meetings.

Expertise

• Understand how teams services interact
• Be able to investigate and fix production issues.

Required Experience

• - 5+ years with object-oriented programming in Ruby, PHP, or Java.
• - 2+ years with front-end technologies such as JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• - Complex SQL queries and database schema design.
• - Writing code with agentic tools (we use Claude Code) and understanding their roles in software lifecycle and Real-world experience with skills, subagents, tools, and MCP Servers
• - MVC frameworks (Rails / Laravel / Django) and unit testing
• - Experience with modern server components (Memcache, Redis, ActiveMQ, Solr)
• - Working in a collaborative team environment using tools like JIRA, and Gi
• - Command line UNIX/Linux terminal proficiency
• - Consuming and creating web services.
• - Stable work history and an ability to collaborate effectively.
• - BS/MS from a 4 year college.

Nice to have experience

• - Agentic AI development tools
• - Scrum, Kanban, or other agile methodologies.
• - Rapid deployment tooling such as Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• - Collaborating with engineering teams in multiple locations.
• - Systems integration.
• - Distributed systems.
• - Kafka and/or RabbitMQ.
• - Service oriented architecture.
• - Load testing.
• - Page load optimization.
• - Responsive design.
• - Big data.

About Internet Brands:

At Internet Brands, we carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including your background and experience. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary. We expect the compensation for this role to be in the $100ks.

In addition to our awesome culture, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our benefits include health insurance options such as medical, dental, and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts (FSA) for medical and dependent care, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and life and AD&D insurance. We also provide a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match, paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, commuter benefits as well as access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and well-being coaching services. In addition, employees can take advantage of voluntary benefits such as home, auto and pet insurance, and discounted legal and financial services. For more details, feel free to inquire during the interview process.

Internet Brands, headquartered in El Segundo, Calif, is a fully integrated online media and software services company focused on four high-value vertical categories: Health, Automotive, Legal, and Home/Travel. The company's properties and platforms include the WebMD, Medscape, and Henry Schein ONE networks, which are the global leaders in their markets; Nolo, Avvo, and Martindale, which form the largest consumer information provider in the legal market; and CarsDirect, Fodor's Travel, and many others which are leaders in their key vertical markets. Internet Brands' award-winning consumer websites lead their categories and serve more than 250 million monthly visitors, while a full range of web presence offerings has established deep, long-term relationships with SMB and enterprise clients. The company's powerful, proprietary operating platform provides the flexibility and scalability to fuel the company's continued growth. Internet Brands is a portfolio company of KKR and Warburg Pincus.

Internet Brands is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO).

Notice to California residents: you can find information about our privacy practices, on: https://www.internetbrands.com/work-with-us/cpra