Sr. Software Engineer, ROR

Essential Job Duties

• • Write clean, scalable, and maintainable code to build software solutions that enable users to access and manage in-home care services.
  • Design, build, and maintain reliable, high-performance Ruby on Rails services.
  • Support and enhance existing products and applications, balancing new feature development with legacy system modernization.
  • Own end-to-end development of features that directly drive revenue and scale the platform.
  • Optimize database queries and API performance to ensure speed, efficiency, and availability.
  • Contribute to architectural improvements and participate in technical design discussions.
  • Participate in a shared on-call rotation to maintain system health, with strong team support.
  • Continuously improve code quality, testing, and deployment practices.

Other Job Duties

• Other duties as assigned by supervisor or HHAeXchange leader.

Travel Requirements

• Travel 10-25%, including overnight travel

Required Education, Experience, Certifications and Skills

• Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of experience building production-grade Ruby on Rails applications.
  • Strong proficiency with relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL.
  • Solid understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) and software design principles.
  • Proficient in Test-Driven Development (TDD) and writing maintainable, well-tested code.
  • Experience working with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS services (e.g., ECS, EKS, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch).
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows (e.g. GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI).
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience.
  • Strong skills in debugging, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
  • Comfortable working in Agile development environments
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience scaling multi-tenant SaaS platforms
  • Experience supporting both legacy systems and greenfield product development
  • Exposure to GraphQL APIs and domain-driven design (DDD)
  • Familiarity with observability and performance tools like Datadog, New Relic, or Scout APM
  • Experience with containerization (Docker) and Kubernetes-based orchestration (EKS/ECS)
  • Knowledge of job queue processing (e.g., Resque, Sidekiq)

  Other Details:

  • Minimal travel of up to 2–3 days per quarter may be required (domestic or international)
  • Remote-first work environment with collaborative, supportive culture