Staff Backend Engineer — Rails Lead & Architect (Remote)

Kin Insurance; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company equity

401K with company match

Flexible PTO

Paid parental leave

Continuing education opportunities

Job summary

A digital insurance provider is seeking a Staff Engineer to develop products in a Ruby on Rails environment. The role involves writing clean code, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating across teams on complex engineering challenges. Preferred qualifications include over 6 years of software engineering experience and deep knowledge of Ruby on Rails. The company offers competitive compensation, equity, and comprehensive benefits, with remote work options for candidates in specific states.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 5+ years experience coding with Ruby on Rails.
• Strong understanding of SQL and RDBMS.
• Experience designing scalable systems.

Responsibilities

• Write clean, maintainable code in Ruby on Rails.
• Mentor junior engineers.
• Develop technical roadmaps.
• Conduct pair programming sessions.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

SQL

Event-driven architecture

API-first systems

Big data engineering on AWS

Job description

A digital insurance provider is seeking a Staff Engineer to develop products in a Ruby on Rails environment. The role involves writing clean code, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating across teams on complex engineering challenges. Preferred qualifications include over 6 years of software engineering experience and deep knowledge of Ruby on Rails. The company offers competitive compensation, equity, and comprehensive benefits, with remote work options for candidates in specific states.