Software Engineer II: Rails Backend & Data Platform

SCALIS; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Stronghold Investment Management in Dallas seeks a Software Engineer II to join the Tech Development team, building scalable backend services and data systems powering investment workflows.

The role focuses on high-performance APIs in a Ruby on Rails ecosystem, with PostgreSQL, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Redis, and Azure. Candidates typically have 3–6 years of hands-on experience and will contribute meaningfully to architecture and delivery.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building backend services and data workflows.
• Proficiency with Ruby on Rails ecosystem and scalable APIs.

Responsibilities

• Build APIs, backend services, and data workflows powering firm-wide operations.
• Scale data-intensive applications for performance and reliability.
• Collaborate on system architecture and long-term technical design.
• Own automated and event-driven data pipelines using Kafka.
• Write durable, well-architected code.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Backend APIs

Data systems

Performance optimization

Tools

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Redis

Microsoft Azure

Job description

Stronghold Investment Management in Dallas seeks a Software Engineer II to join the Tech Development team, building scalable backend services and data systems powering investment workflows.

The role focuses on high-performance APIs in a Ruby on Rails ecosystem, with PostgreSQL, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Redis, and Azure. Candidates typically have 3–6 years of hands-on experience and will contribute meaningfully to architecture and delivery.