Staff Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

We're looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails) to provide technical leadership across five product teams, working on backend systems and architecture, and influencing long-term technical strategy.

Requirements

• Extensive professional experience building and leading software systems (typically 15+ years, but we value impact over years)
• Deep, hands-on proficiency in Ruby on Rails (minimum 7 years)
• Strong object-oriented programming fundamentals and backend system design
• Experience designing and operating systems using PostgreSQL and REST APIs in high-traffic production environments
• Familiarity with cloud-hosted infrastructure, including AWS
• Strong independent judgment and the ability to navigate complex, ambiguous problems proactively, not reactively
• Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly and empathetically to a wide range of audiences, including product managers, designers, and non-technical partners
• Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical decisions across teams
• You share context freely, create clarity, and build trust — hoarding information is a non-starter here
• You live and work permanently in the U.S. (We're not set up to hire outside the U.S.)

Benefits

• Salaried position
• Meaningful equity
• Other benefits