Senior Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails): Designing, implementing, and maintaining mission-critical payment processing systems for an e-hirify.global platform with an accent on reliability, extensibility, and security. Focus on building scalable backend services, optimizing performance, and ensuring correctness of payment flows under high traffic.

Location: Hybrid in Sydney, Australia (3 days/week in office)

Company

hirify.global is the parent company of Bighirify.global, Feedonomics, and Makeswift, empowering businesses to innovate and grow with an open, AI-driven hirify.global ecosystem.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and maintain features in a Ruby on Rails service for payment offerings on the Bighirify.global platform.
• Ensure production-grade functionality with appropriate test coverage, instrumentation, and documentation.
• Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to post-incident reviews to improve reliability.
• Work on challenging problems such as query and performance optimization while adhering to security protocols.
• Collaborate with operations and infrastructure to improve architecture and scale backend services.
• Participate in code reviews, mentor other engineers, and foster an environment of continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience, with a strong focus on Ruby on Rails.
• Solid understanding of building and operating production-grade systems.
• Familiarity with observability tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry, Lightstep).
• Good understanding of Domain Driven Design.
• Demonstrated experience integrating with third-party APIs and services, particularly those with nuanced state transitions.
• Extensive experience with principles of continuous integration.

Nice to have

• Experience with ehirify.global and SaaS platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in an open, positive, and energized culture that encourages innovation and continuous improvement.
• Be part of a team of bold builders, sharp thinkers, and technical trailblazers.
• An inclusive atmosphere built on unique histories, perspectives, and abilities.
• Hybrid work model for candidates in the Sydney Metro area, balancing individual work and in-person collaboration.
• Opportunity to shape the future of hirify.global.