Tech Lead Full-Stack Rails Engineer

Mitre Media Corp.; United States; Remote; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Remote-first work environment

Growth opportunities through conferences

Job summary

A dynamic FinTech company is seeking a Full-Stack Rails Tech Lead to architect and implement AI-powered web applications. You will lead a small team to enhance user experiences across leading financial platforms. The ideal candidate has expert Ruby on Rails skills, experience with LLM integration, and thrives in a remote-first collaboration environment. This position offers competitive compensation of $160,000–$200,000 and enables you to shape innovative FinTech tools that impact millions of investors.

Qualifications

• Expert-level Ruby with 5+ years experience.
• Experience with Ruby on Rails version 6–8 preferred.
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL or MySQL database systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain Rails applications (Rails 8).
• Integrate LLMs into microservices for state management.
• Enhance front-end experiences using Hotwire or React.

Skills

Ruby

Rails (6-8)

PostgreSQL or MySQL

Elasticsearch

Redis

Docker

StimulusJS or JavaScript ES6

Tailwind CSS

HTML

HTTP

AI/ML integration

LLM frameworks or APIs

Job description

About Mitre Media

Mitre Media is redefining FinTech with AI-driven tools that empower millions of investors. Our portfolio, including Dividend.com and MutualFunds.com, leverages LLMs to deliver data insights and visually rich user experiences. For over a decade, we’ve served individual investors, financial advisors, and asset managers through premium data, tools, and advertising solutions. Join our lean, entrepreneurial team to shape the future of AI-powered investing from your location ±3 hours from Eastern Time.

Our users are highly engaged, spending meaningful time per visit while researching investments across hundreds of categories. With a large U.S. audience, we focus on building tools that make a real impact and foster a culture of trust, innovation, and dynamism. If you’re passionate about financial technology and AI, we’d love to connect!

About the Role

As a Full-Stack Rails Tech Lead, you’ll architect and implement LLM-powered web applications within our microservices-based Rails 8 platform. Reporting directly to our CTO, you’ll collaborate with a small, high-impact team to deliver experiences across Dividend.com, MutualFunds.com, and other brands in our portfolio. This role combines expert Ruby on Rails skills with AI integration expertise, requiring you to leverage LLMs in development workflow, state management, and user interactions.

You’ll work in a remote-first hybrid environment that encourages in-person collaboration. You’ll manage projects using ShapeUp, balancing on-time delivery with de-scoped outcomes. As a technical leader, you’ll shape system architecture and implement core features while maintaining an entrepreneurial, “get things done” mindset.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain Rails applications (Rails 8)
• Integrate LLMs into microservices for state management and real-time user experiences
• Enhance front-end experiences with Hotwire, StimulusJS, or React, ensuring seamless AI-driven interactions
• Optimize LLM inference for low latency and cost using caching and asynchronous processing

Required Technical Skills

Back-End

• Ruby (5+ years, expert-level)
• Ruby on Rails (Rails 6–8 preferred)
• PostgreSQL (or MySQL)
• Elasticsearch
• Redis
• Docker

Front-End

• StimulusJS or JavaScript ES6
• Tailwind CSS
• HTML
• HTTP

AI Integration

• Experience integrating AI/ML models with web applications
• Familiarity with LLM frameworks or APIs (e.g., LangChain, Hugging Face, xAI, Anthropic)

Nice-to-Have Technical Skills

• Kubernetes for microservices orchestration
• React for advanced front-end components
• Graph databases for complex financial data
• Contributions to open-source Rails or AI projects

Required Soft Skills

• Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for AI and FinTech
• Natural leader who mentors and inspires teammates
• Problem-solver with a “get things done” mentality
• Excellent communication, thriving in remote and cross-team collaboration
• Attention to detail, ensuring clean, maintainable code
• Team player comfortable as an individual contributor

Why Join Us?

• Impactful Work: Build AI-powered tools that help millions of investors make data-driven decisions.
• Cutting-Edge Tech: Work with Rails 8, LLMs, and modern tools in a microservices architecture.
• Autonomy and Influence: Collaborate with the CEO and CTO to shape our AI-driven platform with freedom to innovate.
• Compensation: $160,000–$200,000 CAD/USD (based on experience) and benefits.
• Remote Flexibility: Remote-first (±3 hours from ET) with hybrid in-office collaboration in Toronto or NYC
• Growth Opportunities: Budget for AI and Rails conferences and access to advanced AI tools for experimentation.
• Dynamic Culture: Join a small, collaborative team focused on trust, innovation, and impact in FinTech.

About Mitre Media’s AI-Driven Platform

Mitre Media powers premium financial brands like Dividend.com and MutualFunds.com with the Mitre Platform. The platform integrates traditional content management, financial data, first-party data, ad revenue, and subscription tools, enhanced by LLMs for rich, user-focused experiences. Our data-driven insights delight users, while our advertising solutions deliver performance for partners.

How to Apply

Submit your resume and a brief note on why you’re excited about building AI-driven FinTech to [e-mail].