Senior Ruby Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Ruby Engineer to design and implement scalable, high-performance backend systems to power our e-commerce experience. As a key member of our team, you will collaborate with product, design, and data teams to deliver features that elevate the user experience. You will be responsible for building and maintaining APIs, architecting systems for membership access, catalog management, checkout, order fulfillment, and payments, and contributing to best practices in code quality, testing, reliability, and observability.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems in production environments
• 4+ years leading Ruby cloud stack teams as a Principal Engineer/Architect
• Expert skills with Ruby idiomatic patterns, terse styling, metaprogramming and be able to create macros, DSLs, etc.
• Experience contributing to wildly used gems or developed internal DSLs for domain specific needs
• Ruby without Rails - you are able to develop complex applications and deploy Rails features vs custom Ruby plugins for the right use cases
• Proficiency in building APIs and distributed services using Ruby
• Must know the full ins/outs of Rails AREL, performant code, and proper Sidekiq job handling
• Expert experience with PostgreSQL, including complex joins and reporting queries, and familiarity with data modeling and performance optimization
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, ECS, CodeBuild) and containerization (Docker,)
• Strong understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithmic principles
• Comfortable working in high-growth, early-stage environments—bias toward action and strong product sense are key
• A collaborative teammate who communicates clearly and is excited to shape the future of a luxury tech brand

Benefits

• Opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of the company
• Collaborative and innovative work environment
• Career growth opportunities in a fast-growing organisation