Sr. Software Engineer, ROR

Team: Self-direction

Location: United States

Commitment: Full Time

Workplace Type: remote

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).
• Bachelors 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