Ruby on Rails Developer

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.

Experience Level  

The Staff Software Craftsperson is a technical leadership role equivalent to an SDE-4/SDE-5. We are looking for seasoned engineers with 8+ years of hands-on experience who have transitioned from building great software to shaping the engineering culture and technical strategy of an entire organization. 

As a Staff-level crafter, your focus shifts from solving well-defined problems to identifying and solving the most complex, ambiguous technical challenges that impact our clients and our internal engineering standards. 

What You’ll Do as a Software Craftsperson  

• Technical Vision & Architecture: Lead the architectural direction for complex, large-scale systems. You will balance the immediate needs of the business with long-term system health, ensuring our solutions remain simple, scalable, and resilient. 
• Engineering Excellence at Scale: Champion disciplined engineering practices (TDD, Pair Programming, CI/CD) across multiple teams. You don’t just follow the bar; you raise it by introducing better patterns and tooling. 
• AI Strategy & Mentorship: Drive our AI-native development model. You will experiment with and define how we use AI to accelerate the SDLC, ensuring the team uses these tools to enhance—rather than replace—deep technical judgment. 
• Cross-Team Leadership: Act as a force multiplier. You will mentor senior engineers, conduct high-impact code reviews, and foster a culture of continuous learning and craftsmanship. 
• Strategic Client Partnership: Work as a technical consultant for high-stakes client engagements, translating vague business goals into robust technical roadmaps and navigating complex stakeholder environments. 
• Systemic Problem Solving: Beyond resolving production issues, you identify "class-level" problems in our infrastructure or codebase and implement systemic changes to eliminate them permanently. 

Requirements

What We're looking for 

• 8+ years of experience building and maintaining high-scale production systems. 
• Mastery of Fundamentals: Expert-level understanding of object-oriented design, functional programming, and system architecture (Microservices, Event-driven, etc.). 
• Polyglot Mindset: High proficiency in Ruby on Rails and React/Angular, with the proven ability to architect solutions across multiple tech stacks (Python, Go, etc.) as needed. 
• Influence without Authority: Demonstrated ability to lead through persuasion and technical excellence rather than just hierarchy. 
• Advanced AI Collaboration: Deep experience integrating AI into a professional workflow to explore architecture, automate toil, and peer-review logic. 
• Proven Ownership: A track record of taking a project from a nebulous idea to a successful, maintained production system. 
• Communication: Exceptional ability to explain complex technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders and executive leadership. 
• Clear thinking and strong problem-solving ability, with the capacity to break down complex problems into simple, well-structured solutions.
• A strong sense of ownership — you take responsibility for outcomes, care deeply about quality, and are not comfortable shipping work that does not meet your standards  

Benefits

Life at Incubyte ​ 

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  

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

Summary

We are looking for an exceptional AI-native full-stack product engineer who can take product specs, prototypes, or PRDs and turn them into clean, tested, QA’d, merge-ready branches.

We are building a fast-moving software company and currently use AI coding tools heavily in our development workflow. Right now, the delivery process is: prototype review, spec clarification, implementation planning, AI-assisted coding, QA, checking what was actually built, and preparing features for final merge.

We want to have this entire workflow managed by the right engineer.

Your job will be to take a feature brief, PRD, prototype, or Loom walkthrough and own the process from:

Input → clarification → implementation plan → AI-assisted build → self-review → QA → PR → merge-ready branch.

We are looking for someone who can take ownership, not create more management work.

What You’ll Do

You will be responsible for:

• Reviewing PRDs, prototypes, tickets, or Loom walkthroughs
• Asking clear, batched clarification questions
• Creating concise implementation plans before coding
• Using AI coding tools to accelerate development
• Reviewing and improving AI-generated code
• Building full-stack product features
• Writing or updating tests where appropriate
• Running QA before handing work over
• Creating clean, reviewable pull requests
• Documenting what was built, what changed, and what risks remain
• Preparing branches that are actually ready to merge
• Communicating clearly and asynchronously

What “Done” Means

A feature is not done when the code is written. A feature is done when:

• The implementation matches the PRD/prototype
• Acceptance criteria are completed
• Code is clean and understandable
• Build/lint/type checks pass
• Relevant tests are added or updated
• Manual QA has been completed
• Screenshots or Loom walkthrough are provided when relevant
• PR description is clear
• Risks, assumptions, and deviations are documented
• The branch is ready for review/merge

Ideal Candidate

You are probably a strong fit if you are:

• An experienced full-stack engineer with strong product judgment
• Experienced with AI coding tools such as Claude Code
• Comfortable taking a vague product idea and turning it into a working feature
• Able to review AI-generated code critically
• Strong with GitHub PR workflows
• Detail-oriented with good QA discipline
• Clear in written communication
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving startup environment
• Able to work independently without needing constant hand-holding
• Good at asking the right questions early

You Are Not a Fit, please do not apply if:

• You blindly trust AI-generated code
• You need every task broken down into tiny instructions
• You say “done” without testing your work
• You create large messy PRs
• You cannot explain your own code
• You are only comfortable with narrow frontend or backend tasks
• You are not comfortable with ambiguity
• You dislike writing implementation plans or QA notes
• You require constant synchronous direction

Required Skills

Please include your experience with:

• Full-stack web development
• Frontend frameworks
• Backend/API development
• Git/GitHub
• Pull request workflow
• Testing and QA
• AI-assisted coding tools
• Debugging and self-review
• Product-focused software development
• Nice to Have
• Startup experience
• Experience as a founding engineer or product engineer
• Strong UX/product taste
• Experience with automated testing
• Experience with CI/CD
• Experience with preview deployments
• Experience turning Figma/prototypes into production features
• Experience working directly with founders

How We Work

We will usually provide one or more of:

• PRD
• Prototype
• Figma
• Loom walkthrough
• Linear/Jira/Notion ticket
• Product brief
• Screenshots
• Existing codebase

You will be expected to return:

• Clarifying questions, if needed
• Implementation plan
• Branch/PR
• QA notes
• Test results
• Screenshots/Loom if relevant
• Clear summary of what was built
• Any risks, tradeoffs, or unresolved questions

Trial Task

We will start with a paid trial task.

The trial will involve a small real feature or product improvement. You will be asked to:

• Review the brief/prototype
• Write a short implementation plan
• Build the feature
• QA it
• Open a clean PR
• Provide a Loom or written walkthrough
• Document assumptions, risks, and anything not completed

We are not just evaluating whether the code works. We are evaluating whether you can own the delivery process end-to-end and how well you leverage AI.

What Success Looks Like

Success means the team can give you a PRD or prototype and receive back a merge-ready branch without needing to manage every step.

Great output looks like:

“I reviewed the feature brief, found two ambiguities, made reasonable assumptions, implemented the core flow, added tests, QA’d happy path and edge cases, documented one tradeoff, and the branch is ready for review. Management's input is only needed on this one product decision.”

Preference will be given to candidates who can work with high ownership and potentially become a long-term product engineering partner.

To Apply, please consider answering the following questions:

• What AI coding tools do you use regularly, and how do you use them?
• Walk us through your process for turning a PRD or prototype into a merge-ready branch.
• How do you QA your own work before asking for review?
• What are the biggest risks of AI-generated code?
• Share an example of a PR, project, or product feature you built that you are proud of.
• What stack are you strongest in?
• Are you comfortable doing a paid trial task?
• What does “merge-ready” mean to you?

Roles & Responsibilities

1. Write, review and merge production code across Vue.js frontend and Node.js backend
2. Own code quality for the India team — set review standards and refactor technical debt
3. Debug across the full stack — from Vue rendering issues to Mongo aggregations to Kubernetes pod issues
4. Guide the team on day-to-day development decisions and step in on unsolved problems
5. Design solutions for new modules from spec to schema to API contract to implementation
6. Own MongoDB data modelling decisions — document structure, embedding vs referencing, index strategy
7. Review Node.js service design: API structure, error handling, validation, authentication, rate limiting, background processing
8. Make and document build-vs-buy calls on third-party services with cost and integration effort
9. Ensure the platform stays stable and performant on a live, revenue-generating system
10. Demonstrate daily working use of AI coding tools and spec-driven development practice
11. Judge AI output quality and know when tasks should not be handed to agents
12. Set up and maintain repo-level context files and make the team's AI setup consistent
13. Coach the team on AI tools while holding the line on quality
14. Work with LLM APIs, embeddings, semantic search and understand where AI features help
15. Run sprint planning, estimation, standups and retros for the India team
16. Break requirements into technical tasks with clear acceptance criteria
17. Track velocity and flag slippage and blockers early
18. Own release coordination — deployment planning, rollback strategy and post-release monitoring
19. Line-manage 6–10 engineers across web, mobile and QA — 1:1s, feedback, performance conversations and growth planning
20. Mentor mid-level engineers into senior ones and build depth
21. Participate in hiring — technical screening, interviewing and onboarding
22. Keep the team's engineering practices consistent: documentation, testing, branching, incident handling
23. Act as the main technical point of contact between the India team and the UAE office product and business stakeholders
24. Communicate clearly to mixed technical and non-technical audiences — status, risk, trade-offs and time cost
25. Manage the time-zone gap with structured overlap hours, written updates and async documentation
26. Own technical delivery on modules including product catalogue, pricing, ordering, workflows, order management, payments, invoicing and vendor onboarding

Ideal Candidate

1Strong Hands-On Technical Team Lead Profile (Vue.js + Node.js) with AI-assisted development and B2B e-commerce exposure2Mandatory (Experience) - Must have 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2+ years leading a team of 5 or more engineers3Mandatory (Tech skill 1): Must have strong, current, hands-on Vue.js experience including component architecture, state management and performance optimisation4Mandatory (Tech skill 2): Must have strong, current, hands-on Node.js and Express experience for production API development at scale5Mandatory (Tech skill 3): Must have deep MongoDB experience including aggregation pipelines, index design, query performance tuning and schema decisions6Mandatory (Tech skill 4): Must have AWS experience particularly Kubernetes/EKS with deployments, resource limits, health probes and production monitoring7Mandatory (Tech skill 5): Must have working understanding of Flutter including widget architecture, state management, platform channels and Play Store/App Store release pipelines8Mandatory (Tech skill 6): Must have demonstrable, daily professional use of AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI or equivalent) with real examples9Mandatory (Tech skill 7): Must have experience with spec-driven development including writing structured requirement and design documents and reviewing AI-generated output against acceptance criteria10Mandatory (Tech skill 8): Must have experience setting up and maintaining repo-level context files, rules files and custom commands for AI development11Mandatory (Tech skill 9): Must have Git and CI/CD experience including branching strategy, review workflow and automated pipelines12Mandatory (Leadership): Must have line-managed engineers (1:1s, feedback, performance, growth), mentored mid-to-senior, and participated in hiring13Mandatory (Communication): Must communicate clearly to mixed technical/non-technical audiences and manage a time-zone gap with structured overlap and async documentation (works with the UAE office)14Mandatory (Education): Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering or related field15Mandatory (Domain): Background in B2B e-commerce, wholesale/distribution or marketplace platforms16Preferred (Offshore Experience): Experience working as the offshore technical counterpart to an overseas leadership team17Preferred (AI Integration): Experience integrating LLM APIs into a production product18Preferred (Observability): Exposure to observability tooling such as CloudWatch, Datadog or Sentry and analytics instrumentation19Preferred (Third-party Integrations): Experience with payment gateways, e-signature, logistics APIs, mapping and geolocation integrations