Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails, APIs)

Oyster HR; United States; À distance; USD 120 000 - 160 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Oyster HR is seeking a skilled backend engineer to build and maintain Rails APIs that power our global employment platform. You’ll work with product, design, and security teams to translate requirements into reliable, scalable services.

You’ll own APIs end-to-end, implement authentication and authorization, and improve maintainability through testing and code reviews. This role supports teams across multiple countries and aligns with Oyster’s distributed culture.

Qualifications

• Experience building and maintaining Rails APIs for production use.
• Ability to translate requirements into scalable API solutions.
• Collaborates with product and security teams to ensure robust design.

Responsabilités

• Own internal API use cases from discovery to delivery.
• Design, implement, test, review and release Rails API changes.
• Ensure secure authentication, authorization and data handling.

Connaissances

Ruby on Rails

API design

Code reviews

Distributed systems

Outils

Ruby on Rails

API development

Description du poste

One platform, a whole world of opportunityThe best jobs have always clustered in a handful of the world's wealthiest cities. But talent is everywhere. Oyster set out to close that gap - building a global employment platform that lets companies hire, pay, and care for brilliant people anywhere.

We're proof that a high-performing culture doesn't need an office. Distributed across 60+ countries since 2020, we've built something the industry keeps noticing:Ranked #10 of 250 on TIME and Statista's 2026 list of America's Top WorkTech Companies Named one of America's Greatest Startup Workplaces 2026 by NewsweekA G2 Spring 2026 Leader across Employer of Record, Global Employment, Multi-country Payroll, and HR ComplianceThe only B Corp-certified global employment platform ~ independently verified since 2023Two of those rankings measured our business impact from the outside. One measured how our own people feel about working here. They landed in the same place ~ because at Oyster, culture and performance aren't separate conversations. They're the same one.And we're just getting started. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who care as much as you do, we'd love for you to apply.

The Opportunity

Our team owns Oyster’s APIs, connected architecture (including Model Context Protocol services) and identity and access management systems. In this role you’ll build and maintain the Ruby on Rails APIs that help our internal teams get work done more effectively. You’ll partner directly with colleagues across the business to understand how they work, find where an API can remove manual effort, clarify requirements and deliver real productivity improvements. You’ll take well-scoped projects from design through release, with the team’s support on design choices and on unfamiliar or higher-risk areas. Along the way, you’ll grow your ownership of projects within the team.

What You’ll Build

OwnInternal API use cases, from discovery to delivery. Work with internal stakeholders to understand their workflow, define acceptance criteria and break the work into manageable increments.Production Rails APIs. Design, implement, test, review and release changes within established architecture and security practices, raising dependencies and risks early.Secure, careful code. Handle authentication, authorization and sensitive data carefully, and seek review for unfamiliar access-control or integration changes.Reliable, maintainable systems. Troubleshoot defects and API failures using evidence, add regression coverage and contribute to maintainability improvements.Measurable impact. Evaluate delivered workflows with stakeholders to confirm adoption and productivity gains.A strong team culture. Contribute to domain modeling and design discussions with Product and senior engineers. Give constructive code reviews, document API behavior and decisions for async collaboration, support less-experienced colleagues and help simplify unnecessary process.

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