Sr. Software Engineer - Ruby will architect, build, and maintain scalable applications, mentor engineers, and collaborate within teams to improve products and user experience.
About the Role
Validity is seeking a Ruby on Rails developer to help expand our product line, improve our existing products, and help build the next generation of Validity tools, continuing our mission to provide exceptional support to our growing customer base.
A typical day for one of our developers might include:
Team Dynamic
You’ll join a distributed team of curious, collaborative developers tackling challenging problems. We’re a diverse group that values teamwork, support, and shared learning, reflecting often through pairing, PR reviews, and team talks.
We’re intentional about how we work, fostering a thoughtful and authentic culture. While Rails and the traditional request/response model are our core tools, we adopt other technologies when they’re the best fit for the job.
Position Duties and Responsibilities
Required Experience, Skills, and Education
Preferred Experience, Skills, and Education
Validity is seeking a Ruby on Rails developer to help expand our product line, improve our existing products, and help build the next generation of Validity tools, continuing our mission to provide exceptional support to our growing customer base.
A typical day for one of our developers might include:
- Collaborating within our Rails team and reviewing code to help everyone on the team do their best work.
- Writing and refactoring code in our Rails app, as well as in our JavaScript code, our Ember app, our Sass stylesheets, and wrapping all that work up inside Git.
- Working with our peers in Product and design to understand product and marketing goals and work out a good path to implementing them.
- Working with customer support to investigate and fix bugs.
We are currently hiring candidates who can work in our Boston, MA headquarters or Broomfield, CO office, or candidates permanently based in the following states in the USA: CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NC, OH, PA, RI, TX.
Team Dynamic
You’ll join a distributed team of curious, collaborative developers tackling challenging problems. We’re a diverse group that values teamwork, support, and shared learning, reflecting often through pairing, PR reviews, and team talks.
We’re intentional about how we work, fostering a thoughtful and authentic culture. While Rails and the traditional request/response model are our core tools, we adopt other technologies when they’re the best fit for the job.
Position Duties and Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and maintain scalable applications with Ruby on Rails and other modern web technologies.
- Partner with Product and Design to weigh trade-offs, surface risks, and align work to business goals.
- Modernize web applications to elevate UX, performance, and scalability.
- Mentor and coach engineers to grow skills and team effectiveness.
- Participate and collaborate with your peers in engineering discussions and code reviews.
Required Experience, Skills, and Education
- Strong command of Ruby, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, and the architecture of large-scale web applications.
- Experience in taking projects from concept to completion – from planning, building, and testing - to delivering with care.
- Strong communication skills; the ability to communicate clearly, effectively, and with empathy both within your team and cross-functionally.
- Proven track record of writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
- The ideal candidate thrives in collaboration and is eager to learn from others while sharing their own knowledge.
Preferred Experience, Skills, and Education
- Experience with Docker and containerized applications.
- Working knowledge of modern Rails front-end practices (Turbo, Stimulus).
- Familiarity with AWS Cloud Services for hosting, scaling, and managing applications.
Top Skills
Aws Cloud Services
Docker
Git
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby On Rails
Stimulus
Turbo
Validity Inc. Boston, Massachusetts, USA Office
100 Summer St, Suite 2900, Boston, MA, United States, 02110
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