
We seek a highly skilled and experienced Ruby on Rails Development Team Lead/Architect to join our dynamic team at Uphance. The ideal candidate will have proven expertise in leading and architecting RoR projects, focusing on building scalable, high-quality applications. This role requires a combination of technical leadership, mentorship, and a strong commitment to best practices in software development.
Job Type: Contract/Remote/Full-Time/Long-term
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain high-quality Ruby on Rails applications that meet our high-quality standards.
- Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable Ruby code.
- Utilise your expertise in Ruby on Rails to enhance the performance and reliability of our platform.
- Set the technical direction for the existing RoR project, including system architecture and technology stack decisions.
- Guide and mentor team members to enhance their technical skills and understanding of RoR best practices.
- Conduct code reviews to maintain high coding standards and ensure adherence to best practices.
- Optimise application performance, focusing on ActiveRecord queries and overall architecture.
- Tackle complex technical challenges and provide efficient solutions, particularly when specifications are unclear or incomplete.
- Establish and enforce testing protocols; write and guide the team in writing effective tests.
- Define and ensure consistent adherence to best practices, particularly in the context of large applications.
- Manage the development process using Agile methodologies, possibly acting as a Scrum Master if required.
- Work closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to meet project requirements and timelines.
Technical Requirements and Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Proven experience with Ruby on Rails, MySQL, HTML, and JavaScript (6+ years)
- Extensive experience with Ruby on Rails and familiarity with its best practices
- Proven track record of technical leadership and team management
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to address issues with incomplete specifications
- Proficiency in performance optimisation and software testing
- Experience with Agile development and Scrum practices
- Excellent mentoring and communication skills
- Experience with large-scale application development
- Application performance monitoring/tuning
General Requirements:
- Availability to work during the IST working hours.
- High-speed Internet and the ability to join technical video meetings during business hours.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to work as part of multi-functional teams.
- Ability to collaborate and be a team player.
Why Uphance?
- Engage in Innovative Projects: Immerse yourself in cutting-edge projects that not only test your skills but also encourage the exploration of new design realms.
- AI-Integrated Challenges: Take on projects infused with AI, pushing the boundaries of your abilities and allowing for exploration in uncharted territories of software design and development.
- Flexible Work Environment: Whether you embrace the digital nomad lifestyle or prefer the comfort of your own space, Uphance provides the freedom to design and create from any corner of the globe.
- Inclusive Team Environment: Join a dynamic, international, and inclusive team that values and celebrates diverse ideas.
- Collaborative Team Dynamics: Become a part of a supportive and motivated team that shares in the celebration of collective successes.
- Recognition and Appreciation: Your accomplishments will be acknowledged and applauded regularly in our Recognition Rally.
Compensation:
Salary Range: INR 24 LPA to INR 32 LPA (Salary is not a constraint for the right candidate)
At Uphance, we value innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to lead a group of talented RoR developers, contribute to exciting projects, and play a key role in our company's success. If you are passionate about Ruby on Rails and thrive in a leadership role, we would love to hear from you. Apply today and follow us on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/uphance !

About Uphance LLC
About
Uphance is an emerging software company in the apparel and fashion management industry, dedicated to aiding its clients in optimising their operations and accelerating growth. Its software encompasses comprehensive functionalities for managing various aspects of an apparel enterprise, ranging from new product design and development to production, inventory management, eCommerce, B2B commerce, order management, warehouse operations, and accounting, among others. With its headquarters in the USA, Uphance provides services to prominent brands, distributors, retailers, and manufacturers in the apparel, footwear, jewellery, and accessories sectors across North America, Europe, and Australia.
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Uphance is an emerging software company in the apparel and fashion management industry, dedicated to aiding its clients in optimizing their operations and accelerating growth. Its software encompasses comprehensive functionalities for managing various aspects of an apparel enterprise, ranging from new product design and development to production, inventory management, eCommerce, B2B commerce, order management, warehouse operations, accounting, among others. With its headquarters in the USA, Uphance provides services to prominent brands, distributors, retailers, and manufacturers in the apparel, footwear, jewelry, and accessories sectors across North America, Europe, and Australia.
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Key Responsibilities
- Build core platform features: Develop robust APIs, services, and integrations that power billing automation and revenue recognition capabilities.
- Work across the full stack: Contribute to backend services and frontend interfaces to ensure seamless user experiences.
- Implement critical integrations: Connect the platform with external systems including CRMs, data warehouses, ERPs, and payment processors.
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The Impact You'll Make
- Power business growth: Enable fast-growing B2B companies to scale billing and revenue operations efficiently.
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- Shape product direction: Join during a scaling phase where your contributions directly impact product evolution and customer success.
- Accelerate your expertise: Gain deep exposure to financial systems, B2B SaaS operations, and enterprise-grade software development.
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Ideal Candidate Profile
Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on Backend Engineering experience building scalable, production-grade systems.
- Strong backend development experience using one or more frameworks: FastAPI / Django (Python), Spring (Java), or Express (Node.js).
- Deep understanding of relevant libraries, tools, and best practices within the chosen backend framework.
- Strong experience with databases (SQL & NoSQL), including efficient data modeling and performance optimization.
- Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining APIs, services, and backend systems with solid system design and clean code practices.
Domain
- Experience with financial systems, billing platforms, or fintech applications is highly preferred.
Company Background
- Experience working in product companies or startups (preferably Series A to Series D).
Education
- Candidates from Tier 1 engineering institutes (IITs, BITS, etc.) are highly preferred.
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Experience: 4 - 9 Years
Work Location: Remote - Work from anywhere / Technopark, Trivandrum
Qualification: B Tech / BE / BCA / MCA / BSC Computers
Skills: Odoo ERP , Python, Postgresql, MYSQL
Required Technical Competency & Qualifications
v In Depth understanding of Odoo ERP and all the default Odoo modules.
v Good Knowledge in ORM methods, Python and JavaScript.
v Strong Knowledge on API integration.
v Capable of working on Odoo framework on existing app and custom module.
v Enhance applications, develop and configure features and functionalities that support business requirements
v Good Knowledge in code repositories- Github.
v Should have good technical support skills.
v Good Analytical, Communication and interpersonal skills.
v Ability to work with a close bound team structure.
v Ability to work under minimal supervision.
v Should be able to work in client facing roles.
Experience in C#, OOps, Javascript, HTML
· Should have delivered successful end-to-end development to deployment experience on Web applications and Api’sin last 1-5 years
· Experience in SQL is a must
· Should have 1-5 years experience in backend development
· Experience in service-based development using technologies such as Web API and RESTful services.
· Proficient in writing clean, well-structured code with proper abstraction and reusability.
. Ability to work to tight deadlines, manage priorities, and take responsibility for delivering to time and quality requirements.
Opportunity in our Product Team?
Our system has over 4 products & 12 modules designed by product managers working with banking & finance experts. The company’s growth from here is based on a multi-product strategy. The way we’re scaling our product team is in-line with the company’s strategy.
Your customers are the CFOs & Finance Teams in mid to large scale enterprise businesses and you will build these products to solve the problems faced by them.
You’ll become familiar with all parts of our stack from end to end. You’ll design and implement features to be scalable and resilient by working with both our infrastructure engineers and our product engineers. You’ll be a driver for positive change to Finly’s engineering culture, processes and technology.
Here are some examples of the projects in the different products:
Payment automation by building a deep integration with multiple banking systems:
- Governance frameworks with policy controlled workflows.
- Core finance document management system.
- Automating reconciliation of transactions across business
- Collaboration tools among finance, vendors & employees.
- Continuous ETL for integrating with CRMs like Salesforce & Accounting Systems like SAP.
WITHIN 1 MONTH, YOU'LL
- Complete Finly’s new-hire training week, and learn Accounts Payable
- Processes & the various partners we work with to make Finly happen.
- Investigate, solve and release a bug fix to production. In order to do this you will ramp up on Finly’s engineering stack by pair-programming with your teammates and attending engineering training sessions designed and presented by the team.
- Meet with cross-functional peers around the company to learn how the product functions.
- Complete your engineering starter project and deploy your first changes to production.
WITHIN 3 MONTHS, YOU'LL
- Individually contribute reliably ship full features to customers.
- Own major product areas and take features from mock to deploy.
- Estimate technical scope and time to complete major features and initiatives.
WITHIN 6 MONTHS, YOU'LL
- Move to new product vertical & initiative and start designing and architecting scalable systems as per the requirements discussed with Product Manager.
- Have made a visible impact on the product for all the users of Finly.
- Work closely with your team to remove roadblocks, educate on best practices and improve how we work.
- Be comfortable navigating most of our stack and infrastructure
- Be responsible for the planning, scoping, design, and implementation of new features
- Participate in interviewing and hiring, as a way to influence team growth and how our values inform our culture
WITHIN 12 MONTHS, YOU'LL
- Individually contribute and lead teams to reliably ship full features to customers.
- Estimate technical scope and time to complete major products and initiatives.
- Define tools and standards for product engineering to measure performance impact of releases
- Help grow other engineers technically by mentoring, pairing and developing other learning opportunities
- Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to define priorities and set delivery goals.
So in this role, you will work with the respective team’s product manager and other engineers in that team. You may work on the front-end or backend or both based on the requirement of the project.
Join us & have the authority and responsibility to make things happen!
- Develop and manage e-commerce websites, web applications & web sites.
- Analyze, design, code, debug, test, document & deploy applications.
- Participate in project & deployment planning.
- Must be a self-starter & be able to work with minimum supervision
- Exp. In modules/extensions development/customization.
- Exp. In Theme integration/customization.
- Exp. In API creation/integration.
- Exp. In Migration from Magento1 to Magento2
- Extensive experience of PHP and MySQL.
- Exposure on Magento 2, CMS and JavaScript frameworks such as jQuery.
- Demonstrable knowledge of XML, XHTML, CSS, Modules i.e. API integration,
- Payment Gateways, XML with a focus on standards.
- Demonstrable source control experience
- Two or more published websites in E-Commerce

Demonstrable experience in Core Java (8 or higher) and Spring framework (Core, AOP, Batch, JMS).
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- Excellent customer facing skills that include conducting compelling technical briefing & demonstrations. The person should have a technical aptitude to implement new technologies and articulate the solutions to the customer.
- Java, Spring with Database & Unix - Preferred with Scala or Spark(Hadoop) background
- Proven knowledge in OOPS & Data Structures
- Strong experience of developing multi-threaded and synchronization application
- Demonstrated delivery experience of Micro services APIs using Springboot, Oracle PL/SQL development and activities like Performance tuning / Optimization.
- Experience of using Git/Bitbucket, Maven/Bamboo, & related tools.
- Good Understanding of Agile Delivery Methodology & experience in working with Scrum teams.






