Principal Engineer (ROR)

Job description

We are looking for a versatile Backend developer with proficiency in Web frameworks like Ruby on Rails, Elixir/Phoenix and/or Django/Python. You will get to design, architect and develop complex enterprise software and SaaS web applications leveraging modern web stack.

• Participate in comparing and choosing technologies and develop plans and schemas for the migration and transformation of existing and new data
• Play a key role in driving the technical strategy for scalability, reliability, and observability across the platform.
• Dive into complex performance problems, particularly around large datasets, bulk operations, and workflow automations.
• Own data modeling and system design for complex relationships between digital assets, metadata, and permissions.
• Solve challenging distributed systems problems and work with modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes)
• Lead infrastructure improvements including automation, monitoring, and cost optimization.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, front-end engineers, AI/ML specialists, and UX teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Mentor engineers across multiple teams, raising the technical bar and fostering a strong engineering culture.
• Balance pragmatic delivery with long-term scalability and architectural integrity.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• 10+ years of software development experience.
• 7+ years of experience building and scaling production back-end systems.
• 7+ years experience in at least two modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, Ruby, Java).
• Deep understanding of cloud architectures, distributed systems, and asynchronous processing.
• Experience writing complex asynchronous code that communicates with multiple services
• Expertise with cloud platforms (GCP and AWS) and containerized environments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform preferred) and cloud automation best practices.
• Strong understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred) and caching strategies (e.g., Redis).
• Successful track record working in fast-paced environments with frequent production releases.
• Passion for building maintainable, observable, and resilient systems.
• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.