Ruby on Rails Developer

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, become part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow.

Project Description: Client is looking for a Senior Software Engineer will work closely with other engineers of varying disciplines (DevOps, QA, Front-End ReactJS, etc), product, as well as other parts of the organization. They craft applications in Java/Kotlin, leveraging AWS, CircleCI, and Terraform. We are always looking to adopt modern technology to solve business challenges.

Responsibilities:

Build out features and solutions to collect, moderate, and/or deliver user-generated content to our customers

Become an expert on multiple of our solutions and areas of our codebase, while understanding the larger architecture of our entire suite of solutions

Participate in technical brainstorming and knowledge transfer sessions; provide technical advice at a team level and a department level

Communicate across teams by collaborating with fellow engineers, product managers, UX designers, operations, and other development teams to build a holistic experience

Proactively identify pain points and potential issues within our architecture and code base, and proactively tackle tech debt

Contribute to each step of the product development process, from ideation and design, to planning and architecting, to building out the solution and infrastructure, to testing, to releasing, and maintenance

Participate, build, and implement department CI/CD, application monitoring, security, and general developer tooling initiatives

Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

6+ years of full-stack application development in our language stack (Kotlin, Java) and with AWS

5+ years of experience developing APIs for front-end applications

5+ years of strong experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and large data sets

2+ years of experience leveraging and maintaining CI/CD tooling (CircleCI, Drone, GitHub Actions)

2+ years of experience leveraging infrastructure as code using Terraform

1+ years of experience with event-driven development (SQS, SNS, Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub) and idempotent patterns

Previous experience leveraging automated database DDL (Liquibase, Flyway)

Previous experience leveraging automated database DDL (Liquibase, Flyway)

Previous experience with object data stores (AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, GCP Cloud Storage) and/or document data stores (AWS DynamoDB, MongoDB, NoSQL)

Previous experience building containerized applications (Docker) and deploying them to orchestration (AWS ECS, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm)

Experience with source control tools such as Git

Strong Tech Lead / Staff Engineer / Lead Engineer Profiles

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Mandatory (Experience 1) - Must have minimum 6+ years of overall Software Engineering/Development experience building production backend systems.

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Mandatory (Experience 2) - Must have Tech Lead ownership, with experience setting technical direction, architecture, frameworks, or engineering standards used by other engineers.

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Mandatory (Experience 3) - Must have strong hands-on Backend development experience with deep proficiency in at least one backend programming language. (Python, Java, Golang etc)

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Mandatory (Experience 4) - Must have strong System design/distributed systems experience, including architectural trade-offs, scalability, failure modes, reliability, and long-term maintainability.

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Mandatory (Experience 5) - Must have strong CS fundamentals in Data Structures & Algorithms, Operating Systems, and Networking, with the ability to apply them to complex backend/system problems

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Mandatory (Experience 6) - Must have owned complex, ambiguous, or business-critical engineering problems end-to-end, demonstrating clear technical judgment, trade-offs, problem-solving, and measurable technical/business impact; not limited to feature implementation.

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Mandatory (Experience 7) - Must have formal technical leadership experience, including mentoring Senior Engineers, conducting design/code reviews, driving engineering quality, and leading technical decisions across a team.

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Mandatory (Experience 8) - Must be a hands-on IC + Tech Lead, with approximately 70–80% hands-on coding/engineering involvement, not a pure people-management profile.

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Mandatory (Company) - Product Companies / Startups / B2B SaaS

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Mandatory (Education) - CS degree or equivalent (B.Tech/B.E./B.S.)

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Preferred (Skills) - Experience with Kafka/NATS/RabbitMQ, AWS, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, security/compliance, multi-tenant systems, and financial/billing platforms.

About Us

We believe the future of software development is AI-native — where engineers operate at a higher level of abstraction and quality remains non-negotiable. 

Incubyte is a software craft consultancy where the “how” of building software matters as much as the “what”.  

We partner with companies of all sizes, from helping enterprises build, scale, and modernize to early-stage founders bring their ideas to life. 

Our engineers operate in an AI-native development model, using AI as a collaborator across the SDLC to accelerate development while upholding the discipline of software craftsmanship. Guided by Software Craftsmanship and Extreme Programming practices, we build reliable, maintainable, and scalable systems with speed, without compromising quality. If this way of building software resonates with you, we’d like to talk. 

Our Guiding Principles 

These principles define how we work at Incubyte. They are non-negotiable. 

Relentless Pursuit of Quality with Pragmatism 

 We build high-quality systems without losing sight of delivery. 

Extreme Ownership 

 We take responsibility end-to-end for decisions, execution, and outcomes. 

Proactive Collaboration 

 We collaborate closely, challenge each other, and solve problems together. 

Active Pursuit of Mastery 

 We continuously improve our craft and raise our bar. 

Invite, Give, and Act on Feedback 

We seek, give, and act on feedback to get better every day. 

Ensuring Client Success 

We act as trusted partners and focus on real outcomes, not just output. 

Job Description

This is a remote position.

Role Overview

As a Software Craftsperson I, you will have 2+ years or experience and will work on well-defined tasks as part of a team, building strong software engineering fundamentals and gradually increasing your independence.

You’ll work closely with experienced engineers, ask questions, seek feedback, and learn the team’s ways of working. You’ll contribute to building reliable, maintainable software while developing your skills in coding, testing, debugging, tooling, and documentation.

At Incubyte, AI is part of how we craft software. You’ll use AI to explore solutions, learn faster, improve code, write and review tests, debug issues, and get quick feedback — while developing a strong understanding of the fundamentals behind the work.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Deliver well-defined tasks on time, with increasing independence and support from experienced engineers when needed.

Write clear, reliable, and maintainable code by following established team patterns and practices.

Build strong fundamentals in testing, debugging, tooling, and documentation.

Actively seek feedback, learn from code reviews and peers, and apply feedback to improve your work.

Ask questions, understand the “why” behind tasks, and connect your work to customer value.

Communicate clearly about progress, blockers, and challenges; raise problems along with possible solutions.

Contribute positively to team ceremonies, collaboration, and continuous small improvements.

Use AI thoughtfully to support learning, coding, testing, debugging, and faster feedback.

Requirements

What We're Looking For

Expertise in Ruby on Rails, Test Driven Development, React, React.js or JavaScript, and TypeScript 

Strong skills in object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, and software engineering methodologies 

Ability to design and develop web architecture and optimize existing infrastructure 

Experience working in Agile and eXtreme Programming methodologies within a continuous deployment environment 

Interest in mastering technologies like web server ecosystems, relational DBMS, TDD, CI/CD tools 

Knowledge of server configuration and deployment infrastructure 

Experience using source control, bug tracking systems, writing user stories, and technical documentation

Benefits

Life at Incubyte

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We are a remote-first company with structured flexibility. Teams commit to shared rhythms during core hours, ensuring smooth collaboration while maintaining autonomy. Twice a year, we come together in person for a co-working sprint and once a year for a retreat - with all travel expenses covered.

Our environment is built for crafters: pairing, refactoring, experimenting with AI, and pushing the boundaries of software excellence. We are all lifelong learners, and our work is our passion.

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Perks

Dedicated learning & development budget.

Sponsorship for conference talks.

Comprehensive medical & term insurance.

Employee-friendly leave policies.

Home Office fund

Medical Insurance