Senior Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails/React)
LaddersAbout the role
For our client, we are seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails/React) to join the team of a leader in the Consumer Technology space.
This role will help shape and deliver high-impact software experiences that support meaningful customer and business outcomes in a fast-moving consumer technology environment. You will own complex feature development across the stack while also strengthening reliability, architecture, and code quality. The position partners closely with product and design to refine priorities, improve internal tooling, and guide technical decisions. It is also well suited for an experienced engineer who enjoys mentoring others and contributing to a collaborative, outcomes-driven team.
Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available
Compensation: $175,000 – $200,000 annually
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and deliver complex features in Ruby on Rails and React
Lead technical debt mitigation and system reliability efforts
Influence architecture and system design for long-term improvements
Set high standards for code quality and mentor others
Drive enhancements to internal tooling and CI/CD processes
Facilitate technical discussions and guide team decisions
Act as a point of escalation for complex technical challenges
Collaborate with product managers and designers to shape feature direction
Qualifications
5+ years of professional software development experience
Advanced proficiency in Ruby on Rails and relational databases
Familiarity with Redis, PostgreSQL, and Sidekiq in production environments
Proficiency in React and full stack development
Demonstrated experience leveraging AI to enhance tools and features
Strong collaboration skills with mentorship abilities
Permanent U.S. residency required
Benefits
Meaningful equity offerings
Remote-first work culture across the U.S.
Focus on meaningful outcomes and continuous discovery
Flexible approach utilizing Agile, Scrum, and Kanban
Supportive team environment with mentorship opportunities
Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and deliver complex features in Ruby on Rails and React
- Lead technical debt mitigation and system reliability efforts
- Influence architecture and system design for long-term improvements
- Set high standards for code quality and mentor others
- Drive enhancements to internal tooling and CI/CD processes
- Facilitate technical discussions and guide team decisions
- Act as a point of escalation for complex technical challenges
- Collaborate with product managers and designers to shape feature direction
Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Advanced proficiency in Ruby on Rails and relational databases
- Familiarity with Redis, PostgreSQL, and Sidekiq in production environments
- Proficiency in React and full stack development
- Demonstrated experience leveraging AI to enhance tools and features
- Strong collaboration skills with mentorship abilities
- Permanent U.S. residency required
Benefits
- Meaningful equity offerings
- Remote-first work culture across the U.S.
- Focus on meaningful outcomes and continuous discovery
- Flexible approach utilizing Agile, Scrum, and Kanban
- Supportive team environment with mentorship opportunities
Skills mentioned
About Ladders
We lead the leaders. Ladder’s community of 10 mm leading professionals come to us to be inspired, grow in their careers, and get ahead in their professional lives. We focus on the $100K+ job market, representing 25% of all jobs and about 50% of income in the US & Canada. We build data-driven tools, marketplaces, news and entertainment products for our growing audience, and the companies, recruiters, and advertisers that want to reach them. We work best with people who enjoy using their talents, commitment and hard work to achieve great successes for millions of real life users through products that impact their careers. We are deeply technology-driven -- about half the company are engineers, technical product people or product designers -- but we never build technology for technology’s sake. We’re always trying to connect our efforts to the good it can do in people’s lives.
H-1B sponsorship history
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