Ruby Backend Software Engineer

Zelis • St. Louis, MO

1d • $95,000 - $120,650 • Hybrid

About The Position

At Zelis, we Get Stuff Done. So, let’s get to it! A Little About Us Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience across payers, providers, and healthcare consumers. We serve more than 750 payers, including the top five national health plans, regional health plans, TPAs and millions of healthcare providers and consumers across our platform of solutions. Zelis sees across the system to identify, optimize, and solve problems holistically with technology built by healthcare experts – driving real, measurable results for clients. At Zelis, AI is woven into the fabric of how we work. Every associate is expected - and empowered - to partner with AI to challenge the status quo, accelerate innovation, and amplify their impact. This is a place for builders with a growth mindset who act with agility, embrace change, and use modern technology to shape smarter solutions, exceptional experiences, and the future of our industry for our clients, customers, and our culture. A Little About You You bring a unique blend of personality and professional expertise to your work, inspiring others with your passion and dedication. Your career is a testament to your diverse experiences, community involvement, and the valuable lessons you've learned along the way. You are more than just your resume; you are a reflection of your achievements, the knowledge you've gained, and the personal interests that shape who you are. Position Overview Our ideal candidate is a Ruby Backend Software Engineer (2-3 years) with experience building scalable production applications, working with large data sets, and owning the entire development lifecycle. You will need to be a team player while collaborating closely with our product managers to enhance our mature, complex product. You will get to work with Angular, Ruby, AWS, among other technologies. We offer comprehensive onboarding, career guidance, a competitive salary, a remote-friendly workspace, and continuing education support. We follow an Agile methodology in small software teams. This is an amazing opportunity for a hands-on, motivated Software Engineer who can define and implement new and challenging technical projects.

Requirements

• 2-3 years of backend development experience in Ruby.
• Solid understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms.
• Understanding on how to build distributed high-volume services in Ruby.
• Knowledge of development best practices (agile methodologies, code reviews, backend testing frameworks).
• Experience in backend architecture.
• Experience with or understanding of front-end development, particularly Angular, to effectively collaborate on full-stack features
• Experience working with AWS.
• Knowledge of API architecture development and optimization.
• Solid understanding of relational databases like PostgreSQL.
• Understanding of Apache Solr or willingness to learn.
• Exposure to queueing systems such as RabbitMQ or willingness to learn.
• Experience contributing to products in a production environment (product lifecycle, sticking to release schedules, etc.).
• Knowledge of development best practices (agile methodologies, code reviews, JavaScript testing frameworks).

Responsibilities

• Write easily maintainable, extendable, and understandable code that adheres to software engineering design principles.
• Creating and maintaining our APIs.
• Developing new full-stack features to improve our products.
• Supporting and enhancing current systems.
• Debugging and optimizing code.
• Supporting and development of comprehensive documentation and tests.
• Building tooling to improve our operational efficiency.
• Developing the frontend experience using Angular.
• Creating and maintaining our Backend architecture.
• Planning and maintaining a product long term.
• Performing code reviews.
• Collaborating with product to deliver on the roadmap.

Benefits

• comprehensive onboarding
• career guidance
• continuing education support
• 401k plan with employer match
• flexible paid time off
• holidays
• parental leaves
• life and disability insurance
• health benefits including medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed