DescriptionTitle: 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.
RequirementsIdeal 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)