1105 - Senior Ruby on Rails Consultant

We Make Remote Work Remarkable • TopTalent from LatAm

Hello! We are GoFasti, a Talent-as-a-Service. GoFasti bridges the gap between world-class developers and designers from LatAm and first-class companies around the globe.

We need an English-fluent PART-TIME Senior Ruby on Rails Consultant, based in Argentina or Colombia, available to work remotely. We are looking for someone with exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, who embraces changes while maintaining strong attention to detail. An interested and proactive person, who's constantly learning and improving their skills.

Responsibilities

• Participate in client discovery and technical assessment meetings as the lead Ruby on Rails subject matter expert.
• Analyze existing Ruby on Rails applications, architecture, and codebases to identify risks, technical debt, and improvement opportunities.
• Lead system takeover assessments and evaluate legacy applications.
• Develop technical roadmaps, modernization strategies, and implementation recommendations.
• Provide architectural guidance for cloud-native and serverless environments hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Evaluate current infrastructure, deployment processes, and application performance.
• Recommend best practices for maintainability, scalability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Produce technical documentation, architecture recommendations, and implementation plans.
• Support engineering teams throughout project planning and execution phases when required.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on Ruby on Rails development experience.
• Expert-level knowledge of Ruby on Rails architecture, design patterns, and application development.
• Proven experience conducting technical audits, system takeovers, and legacy application assessments.
• Strong experience creating technical roadmaps, modernization strategies, and architectural recommendations.
• Deep understanding of serverless architectures and cloud-native application design.
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including: Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Serverless deployment and operations and Monitoring and scalability best practices.
• Experience reviewing and optimizing existing application architectures.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle, application scalability, and system performance.
• Business-fluent English with excellent verbal communication skills.
• Ability to confidently present technical findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong consulting, stakeholder management, and client-facing communication skills.

It's a Plus

• Experience serving as a technical consultant, solutions architect, or lead engineer in client-facing environments.
• Previous experience leading application modernization or migration initiatives.
• Familiarity with multiple frontend architectures and integrations (React experience).