Lead Ruby on Rails Software Engineer

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🌐 Portugal, Poland, +4 more countries – Remote

🇵🇹 Portugal – Remote 🇵🇱 Poland – Remote 🇷🇸 Serbia – Remote 🇲🇪 Montenegro – Remote 🇭🇷 Croatia – Remote 🇨🇿 Czechia – Remote

💵 $6k / month

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🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Alex Staff Agency

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11 - 50 employees

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🤝 B2B

Recruitment • B2B

Alex Staff Agency is a recruitment agency specializing in connecting IT professionals with companies around the globe. The agency offers a variety of services including career counseling for candidates, helping them find job opportunities in countries they love, and assisting employers in hiring skilled talent. With over 20 years of experience in the field, Alex Staff Agency has built a broad network across more than 150 markets, facilitating successful relocations and onboarding for numerous candidates. The agency prides itself on supporting candidates throughout the hiring process and beyond, offering guidance and expertise every step of the way.

📋 Description

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of Ruby on Rails applications • Plan and oversee large technical projects involving multiple engineering teams • Coordinate tasks and assignments within complex cross-team projects • Drive technical direction, coding standards, and engineering best practices • Mentor and develop junior, intermediate, and senior engineers • Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Architecture teams to deliver scalable solutions • Identify technical risks and drive resolution strategies • Identify team-specific technical issues and propose or implement solutions • Evaluate new technologies and recommend solutions aligned with business goals • Lead prototyping and research initiatives for future platform improvements

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in software development • 5+ years of professional experience with Ruby on Rails • Experience designing and scaling APIs, distributed systems, and web applications • Experience with MySQL or other relational databases • Experience with Git and modern CI/CD practices • Expert-level software development, debugging, testing, and analytical skills • 2+ years of experience planning and executing cross-team technical projects • Expert-level knowledge of relevant sector technologies, engineering processes, and security models • Strong written and spoken English; interviews are conducted in English • Ability to freely communicate in Russian or Ukrainian • Nice to have: experience with microservices and service-oriented architectures • Nice to have: experience integrating third-party platforms and APIs • Nice to have: leadership, team-building, and mentoring skills • Nice to have: strategic thinking and ability to evaluate alternative technical approaches • Nice to have: strong communication and stakeholder management skills • Nice to have: data-driven decision-making and analytical mindset • Nice to have: expertise using generative AI tools to improve software development, code quality, debugging, testing, documentation, and engineering productivity • Nice to have: experience working on multiple projects in various stages simultaneously

🏖️ Benefits

• Up to $6,000 gross/month • Stable, long-term position with a well-established American company • Significant ownership and responsibility for the systems you develop • Dynamic, continually growing company culture • Fast, agile development within a collaborative team • Cutting-edge, open-source tech stack and large-scale, global applications • Friendly and supportive team culture