Senior Backend Engineer (Ruby on Rails)
Senior Backend Engineer building and scaling Ruby on Rails backend applications for an AI technology company serving millions of users. Hands-on IC role collaborating with the CTO, Tech Lead and PMs; fully remote from Europe on a B2B contract, requiring 5+ years of backend experience and CET ±3 hours overlap.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Netherlands
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Backend
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Minimum 5 years of commercial experience as a Backend or Full-Stack Software Engineer
- Strong, recent hands-on experience developing and maintaining production applications using Ruby on Rails
- Proven ability to independently design, develop and implement complex backend features
- Experience working on applications serving thousands or more monthly active users
- Strong understanding of scalable backend architecture, application performance and system reliability
- Experience delivering features through the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, implementation, testing and production deployment
- Experience working in technology startups, scale-ups or similarly fast-paced, agile engineering environments
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities, manage deadlines and maintain high engineering standards
- Solid understanding of software engineering principles, clean code practices and automated testing
- Experience participating in code reviews and collaborating with cross-functional development teams
- Strong analytical thinking, troubleshooting skills and a proactive approach to technical problem-solving
- Ability to work independently, take ownership of technical deliverables and contribute to engineering decisions
- Excellent written and spoken English communication skills
- Experience collaborating effectively with international, fully remote teams
- Must be based in Europe and available to work with CET ±3 hours overlap
Full description
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer specialising in Ruby on Rails to join the R&D and Engineering team of a fast-growing AI technology company serving millions of users worldwide. In this hands-on individual contributor role, you will be responsible for designing, developing and scaling core backend applications that support innovative AI-powered products.
Working closely with the CTO, Tech Lead, Product Managers and Site Reliability Engineers, you will contribute to technical decisions, improve application performance and deliver reliable, scalable software solutions. This opportunity is ideal for an experienced engineer who enjoys taking ownership of complex technical challenges, working in agile environments and contributing directly to product development.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop and maintain scalable backend applications using Ruby on Rails.
- Collaborate with Product Managers and engineering stakeholders to analyse requirements and translate product specifications into technical solutions.
- Prepare technical integration plans, development breakdowns and accurate effort estimates.
- Develop new features and continuously improve existing application functionality.
- Write clean, efficient, maintainable and well-tested production code.
- Participate in pull requests, peer code reviews and software testing to maintain high engineering standards.
- Troubleshoot application issues and implement improvements to performance, reliability and scalability.
- Contribute to architectural discussions, technical decision-making and product roadmap planning.
- Take ownership of complex backend features throughout the complete development lifecycle, from initial requirements to production deployment.
- Identify and resolve technical bottlenecks, ensuring applications remain stable as user demand grows.
- Explore new technologies, frameworks and development approaches to improve product functionality and user experience.
- Collaborate with distributed engineering, infrastructure, SRE and product teams to deliver high-quality software.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across development processes, code quality and system architecture.
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of commercial experience as a Backend or Full-Stack Software Engineer.
- Strong, recent hands-on experience developing and maintaining production applications using Ruby on Rails.