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Lead Backend Engineer

Requisitos e responsabilidades

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Required:

  • 5+ years of backend engineering experience
  • Strong written and verbal English
  • Previous experience leading technical projects, mentoring engineers, or guiding a small engineering team
  • Proficiency in Ruby; experience with functional programming patterns is a strong plus
  • Advanced SQL / PostgreSQL knowledge
  • Experience with GraphQL API development
  • Comfortable with DevOps concepts - deployments, Kubernetes, GCP
  • AI-native. You actively use AI tools (Claude, Cursor, etc.) in your daily development workflow
  • Product-minded, proactive, and able to work across cultures
  • Strong ownership mindset and ability to drive technical decisions from idea to delivery
  • Experience leading architecture discussions, code reviews, and engineering best practices
  • Ability to balance hands-on development with technical leadership responsibilities

Nice to have:

  • Experience with Roda, Sequel, or dry-rb
  • Background in e-commerce, creator economy, or marketplace products

Our tech stack:

  • Ruby + Roda + dry-rb ecosystem (dry-transaction, dry-monads, dry-validation)
  • PostgreSQL + Sequel ORM
  • GraphQL APIs (graphql-ruby, AnyCable subscriptions)
  • Sidekiq Pro + Clockwork for background jobs
  • Redis for caching, queues, and real-time features
  • Kubernetes on GKE (Google Cloud Platform)

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain our backend systems and services.
  • Lead technical discussions and help define the architecture and technical direction of the backend.
  • Remain actively involved in coding, code reviews, and solving complex technical challenges.
  • Oversee the development and maintenance of our GraphQL API, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability.
  • Support and mentor engineers through technical guidance, knowledge sharing, and feedback.
  • Help prioritize work, identify blockers, and drive projects through to delivery.
  • Manage deployments and contribute to infrastructure improvements in our Kubernetes environment on GKE.
  • Work closely with Product, Design, QA, and Engineering teams to deliver high-quality features and a great user experience.
  • Proactively identify opportunities for product and technical improvements based on business and user needs.
  • Help establish and maintain engineering best practices, code quality standards, and development processes.
  • Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment while working with colleagues across different cultures and time zones.

What we offer

  • Forever remote role 💻
  • Work from anywhere role 📍
  • Salary in USD commensurate with your experience and location 💰
  • 15 days of paid time off, plus US holidays (Get one extra day for each year with us.)🏖
  • Team retreats around the world. Sneak peek, check out our past off-sites here🌴
  • International exposure to global clients and employees in AMER + EMEA 🌎
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