Remote Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer

• We design and implement scalable, high-performance backend systems to power our e-commerce experience.
• We build and maintain APIs that support our frontend, mobile, and third-party integrations.
• We architect systems for membership access, catalog management, checkout, order fulfillment, and payments.
• We collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and data teams to deliver features that improve the user experience.
• We own backend services end to end, from design to deployment and monitoring.
• We contribute to best practices in code quality, testing, reliability, and observability.
• We help define our backend architecture and make strategic technical decisions as we scale.
• We mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of technical excellence and collaboration.

Technologies:

• API
• AWS
• Architect
• Backend
• Cloud
• Docker
• Frontend
• GraphQL
• Support
• Kafka
• Kubernetes
• Mobile
• PostgreSQL
• Ruby
• microservices

• We have 7+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems in production environments.
• We are a strong Rubyist, with experience writing custom DSLs and/or contributing to a major Ruby gem.
• We have deep knowledge of Ruby metaprogramming and how to use it for terse, DSL-centric applications.
• We understand the technical challenges of concurrency, inventory management and reservation, currency and price management, and third-party API integrations.
• We have strong experience with microservices software design and software DSLs across multiple models, concerns, and integrations.
• We have experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, including data modeling and performance optimization.
• We are familiar with cloud infrastructure such as AWS and containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
• We have experience developing and deploying GraphQL and RESTful APIs.
• We have experience building multi-tenant systems, including access control, reporting, and authentication/authorization concerns.
• We have a strong understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithmic principles.
• We are comfortable working in high-growth, early-stage environments and have a bias toward action.
• We are collaborative communicators who are excited to help shape a luxury tech brand.
• Bonus: prior experience in e-commerce, marketplaces, or membership-based platforms.
• Bonus: familiarity with event-driven architectures and message queues such as Kafka or SQS.
• Bonus: experience working closely with design or product teams in consumer-facing companies.
• Bonus: passion for fashion, luxury, or retail innovation.