Senior Backend Engineer, Ruby on Rails

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Netherlands.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications utilizing Ruby on Rails.

• Work alongside Product Managers and engineering stakeholders to evaluate requirements and convert product specifications into technical solutions.

• Create technical integration plans, development breakdowns, and precise effort estimates.

• Develop new functionalities and enhance existing application features continuously.

• Write clean, efficient, maintainable, and thoroughly tested production code.

• Engage in pull requests, peer code reviews, and software testing activities.

• Diagnose application issues and enhance performance, reliability, and scalability.

• Participate in architectural discussions, technical decision-making, and product roadmap planning.

• Take ownership of complex backend features throughout the entire development lifecycle, from requirements to production deployment.

• Identify and address technical bottlenecks as user demand increases.

• Investigate new technologies, frameworks, and development strategies.

• Collaborate with distributed engineering, infrastructure, SRE, and product teams.

• Contribute to ongoing improvements in development processes, code quality, and system architecture.

⛳️ Requirements

• At least 5 years of commercial experience as a Backend or Full-Stack Software Engineer.

• Strong, recent hands-on experience in developing and maintaining production applications with Ruby on Rails.

• Proven capability to independently design, develop, and implement complex backend features.

• Experience with applications that serve thousands or more monthly active users.

• Deep understanding of scalable backend architecture, application performance, and system reliability.

• Demonstrated experience in delivering features throughout the entire software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, implementation, testing, and production deployment.

• Background in technology startups, scale-ups, or similarly fast-paced, agile engineering environments.

• Ability to adapt to shifting priorities, manage deadlines, and uphold high engineering standards.

• Strong grasp of software engineering principles, clean code practices, and automated testing.

• Experience in participating in code reviews and collaborating with cross-functional development teams.

• Excellent analytical thinking, troubleshooting abilities, and a proactive approach to technical problem-solving.

• Capability to work independently, take ownership of technical deliverables, and contribute to engineering decisions.

• Exceptional written and spoken English communication skills.

• Experience working effectively with international, fully remote teams.

• Must be based in Europe and available to work with CET ±3 hours overlap.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote working arrangement from anywhere in Europe.

• B2B contract.

• 20 working days of paid time off annually.

• Annual in-person company gathering.

• Health and wellbeing support.

• Dedicated budget for learning and professional development.

• Company laptop and equipment support.

• Access to premium AI development tools, including Cursor, Claude Code, and ChatGPT.

• Direct collaboration with experienced engineering leadership, including the CTO and Tech Lead.

• Opportunity to influence technical decisions and contribute to the evolution of core product architecture.

• Hands-on involvement in innovative AI-powered products serving a large international user base.

• Autonomy and ownership within a fast-growing engineering environment.

• Additional benefits and professional development opportunities.