40473292424 - Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer

Title: Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer

Type: Full-time

Schedule: PST or overlap

Location: Remote

Industry: Shopify app ecosystem startup

Role Summary:

This is the last engineering hire—a high-impact, full-stack Ruby on Rails engineer to own critical projects and directly contribute to product-led growth. You’ll be part of a small but mighty team ruthlessly shipping features that support scale, automation, and performance across Shopify infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Own and deliver end-to-end development of key product features using Ruby on Rails, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability across the Shopify ecosystem.
• Lead mission-critical engineering projects, from architecture to deployment, that support automation, self-serve functionality, and product-led growth.
• Integrate deeply with Shopify APIs and infrastructure, building robust, efficient tools and applications for eCommerce users.
• Collaborate closely with the CEO and other stakeholders, translating product vision into technical execution with strong attention to user experience and business impact.
• Contribute across the full stack, including backend systems (Rails, Postgres, Redis) and frontend interfaces (React or similar), while maintaining clean, maintainable code.
• Work independently in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating ownership, velocity, and quality in shipping features and solving technical challenges.
• Optimize and automate workflows through smart engineering practices, and potentially contribute to early exploration of agentic or autonomous coding solutions.
• Participate in strategic product and technical discussions, bringing a strong product sense and engineering insight to influence roadmaps and priorities.

Ideal Candidate:

• 4+ years of experience in Ruby on Rails at scale
• Prior experience with Shopify app development or eCommerce SaaS
• Thrives in small teams, can work independently and ship fast
• Strong product intuition and able to collaborate closely with the CEO
• Bonus: experience with automated workflows or agentic coding

Tech Stack:

• Ruby on Rails
• Shopify APIs / ecosystem
• Postgres, Redis
• Likely some frontend (React or similar)