Senior Ruby Developer
Fathom Management LLC•Austin, TX
•$130,000 - $150,000•Remote
About The Position
The Senior Ruby Developer will join a technical team responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining production-grade APIs that support communication between internal, external, and third-party systems. The role calls for a hands-on Ruby on Rails engineer with strong API expertise who can contribute directly to production code while collaborating with technical leadership and engineering teams. The position is remote and U.S.-based, and requires U.S. citizenship.
Requirements
- At least 6 years of strong Ruby on Rails experience.
- Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
- Experience with the RSpec testing framework.
- Strong experience designing, building, and maintaining APIs.
- Ability to lead engineering teams while remaining hands-on with development.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- U.S. citizenship required.
Nice To Haves
- Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
- Application security and secure development.
- Git.
- OAuth.
- Sidekiq or asynchronous job processing.
- Spring Boot or Java.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop APIs, including specifications, endpoints, data models, REST, and GraphQL.
- Develop and maintain production-grade Ruby services.
- Participate in code reviews and ensure code quality, maintainability, and security.
- Collaborate with Technical Leads, Engineering Crew Leads, and API Architects.
- Integrate APIs with internal systems, external applications, and third-party services.
- Use AI-enabled development tools to improve productivity and code quality.
- Create and maintain comprehensive API documentation.
- Implement authentication, authorization, encryption, and secure development practices.
- Collaborate with external engineering teams on technical standards, governance, compliance, and ongoing cATO maintenance.
- Monitor and optimize API performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Manage API versioning and backward compatibility.
- Troubleshoot production issues and implement enhancements.
- Participate in Tier 1 and Tier 2 on-call operations.
Benefits
- Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Short- and long-term disability insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match and immediate vesting.
- Military leave.
- Professional training and development.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Employee wellness program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
