Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby): Lead the development of Ruby on Rails Backend components for a unified data event platform, enabling users to query, visualize, and analyze their data to optimize workflows within hirify.global with an accent on high-scale data pipelines. Focus on maintaining code quality, security, and performance standards, mentoring junior engineers, and solving complex technical problems.

Company

hirify.global is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered platform, used by more than 100,000 organizations.

What you will do

• Lead the development of Ruby on Rails Backend components leveraging high-scale data pipelines.
• Collaborate with Product Management and other stakeholders to maintain a high bar for quality.
• Maintain code standards through code review.
• Develop features and improvements to the hirify.global product in a secure, well-tested, and performant way.
• Solve technical problems of high scope and complexity and provide technical leadership.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers on the team.

Requirements

• Significant experience with Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL.
• Strong database experience and demonstrated expertise in ClickHouse databases or similar analytical databases.
• Proven experience working with a platform or complex applications at large scale.
• Deep understanding of distributed, scalable, and reliable systems.
• Excellent proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment.
• Experience monitoring system health with tools like Prometheus or Grafana.

Nice to have

• Experience with Golang or demonstrated ability to quickly learn new languages.
• Solid GCP and/or AWS experience.
• Hands-on experience managing cloud infrastructure and ensuring efficient deployments.
• Production experience operating a managed Kubernetes cluster (ex. GKE or EKS).
• Leadership experience mentoring other engineers and driving technical decisions.

Culture & Benefits

• hirify.global hires new team members in countries around the world and all roles are remote.