Senior Software Engineer – Ruby on Rails / SaaS

Global Fleet Management•Burnaby, BC

1d•CA$120,000 - CA$120,000•Onsite

About The Position

This is a relocation opportunity to Vancouver, Canada for an experienced Ruby on Rails Engineer. The successful candidate will relocate to our Burnaby, BC Head Office, and PosiTrace will support and manage the applicable relocation and immigration process required for the successful candidate to work in Canada. If you are currently based outside Canada and are looking for an opportunity to build your career in Canada while working with an international SaaS company, we would love to hear from you. About PosiTrace PosiTrace is a founder-led SaaS company specializing in GPS fleet tracking, AI-powered dash cameras, and asset management solutions. We are growing internationally across Canada, the United States, and Mexico, with ambitious plans to expand both geographically and into larger enterprise markets. Our mission is simple: make fleets more profitable. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer in Ruby on Rails to help us evolve and scale the technology behind our growing SaaS platform. The Role As a Senior Software Engineer in Ruby on Rails, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and improving our production SaaS platform. Ruby on Rails is a core requirement for this position. You should have strong, hands-on professional experience building and maintaining production applications with Ruby on Rails. You will work across backend and web application development, collaborating closely with Product and Engineering to build reliable, scalable solutions that directly impact our customers. This is a hands-on role for an engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, taking ownership, and contributing to technical decisions in a growing international SaaS environment.

Requirements

5+ years of professional software development experience.
Strong professional experience with Ruby on Rails — this is a must.
Proven experience building and supporting production SaaS or web applications.
Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and software design principles.
Strong SQL and database engineering experience, particularly with MySQL.
Professional experience with Angular and TypeScript or comparable modern frontend development.
Strong experience with automated testing and TDD/RSpec.
Experience working with scalable, cloud-based production systems.
Strong understanding of software architecture, performance, and application scalability.
Excellent written and spoken English.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Ability to work independently, take ownership, and operate effectively in a growing organization.
Willingness and ability to relocate to Vancouver, Canada.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Google Cloud Platform
Redis
Elasticsearch
RESTful API design
WebSockets
CI/CD pipelines
Git/GitFlow
New Relic or similar observability tools
Capybara, VCR, or Capistrano
Microservices and distributed systems
High-volume or performance-critical applications
Agile/Scrum methodologies
Experience working with remote or international engineering teams

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, and maintain production applications using Ruby on Rails.
Build scalable and reliable backend services and web applications.
Develop and maintain APIs and integrations.
Work with large relational datasets and optimize database performance using MySQL and SQL.
Develop and maintain frontend functionality using Angular and TypeScript.
Apply automated testing and TDD practices, particularly RSpec.
Participate in architecture decisions and contribute to platform scalability and reliability.
Conduct and participate in code reviews.
Identify technical debt, performance issues, and opportunities for refactoring.
Support application deployments, monitoring, troubleshooting, and production reliability.
Collaborate with Product Management to translate customer and business requirements into effective technical solutions.
Maintain technical documentation and development standards.
Estimate work, communicate progress, and manage priorities effectively.