Staff Software Engineer - Showcase Platform (Ruby/Rails)

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Software Engineer - Showcase Platform (Ruby/Rails) based in United States.

This role offers the opportunity to shape a critical internal platform that supports customer-facing experiences and business growth. You will lead the technical direction of a Rails-based showcase environment used to demonstrate complex cybersecurity solutions. The position combines hands-on engineering, architectural leadership, and cross-functional collaboration across product and go-to-market teams. You will solve challenging problems involving reliability, scalability, integrations, and user experience. As a Staff Engineer, you will influence engineering practices, mentor teammates, and drive high-impact initiatives. This is an ideal opportunity for a senior technical leader who enjoys autonomy, innovation, and building systems that create measurable business value.

Accountabilities:: As a Staff Software Engineer, you will own the evolution, reliability, and technical excellence of a platform that enables teams to deliver compelling product demonstrations and improve customer engagement. You will work across engineering, product, and business teams to design scalable solutions, remove operational friction, and establish strong technical foundations.

Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end platform solutions primarily using Ruby on Rails, covering user experiences, backend services, integrations, and internal tooling.

Define and drive the technical vision for platform initiatives, including architecture decisions, experimentation capabilities, and long-term scalability improvements.

Improve platform reliability through enhanced monitoring, instrumentation, observability, testing practices, and operational processes.

Partner with Product, Engineering, Sales, and other stakeholders to translate business needs into effective technical solutions.

Build and optimize workflows that improve usability, reduce friction, and enable teams to confidently leverage the platform.

Provide technical leadership through architecture guidance, code reviews, mentoring, and engineering best practices.

Lead complex initiatives by breaking down ambiguous problems, aligning stakeholders, and driving execution from concept to delivery.

Collaborate across the technology stack, including frontend experiences, backend systems, databases, APIs, and internal integrations.

Support the adoption of AI-powered development tools and encourage responsible, effective engineering workflows.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate is an experienced software engineer who combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership skills. You should be comfortable driving technical strategy, solving complex engineering challenges, and collaborating with diverse teams in a fast-moving environment.

10+ years of experience building and scaling complex software products with demonstrated Staff-level engineering impact.

5+ years of hands-on experience developing and architecting production Ruby on Rails applications.

Strong knowledge of relational databases, data modeling, and backend system design.

Proven ability to influence technical direction, lead through ambiguity, and deliver high-impact engineering initiatives.

Experience building internal platforms, stakeholder-facing tools, or customer-oriented product experiences.

Strong product mindset with the ability to balance user experience, reliability, experimentation, and technical constraints.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, product, design, and business teams.

Experience mentoring engineers and helping teams improve technical capabilities and processes.

Familiarity with AI coding tools and modern development workflows.

Preferred experience with cybersecurity, external APIs, REST integrations, authentication systems, analytics workflows, or technologies such as ClickHouse, Redis, Elasticsearch, or MongoDB.

Benefits:

Fully remote work environment with flexibility across the United States.

Competitive compensation range of $200,000 - $220,000 USD base salary , plus bonus and equity opportunities.

Stock options available for all full-time employees.

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.

401(k) plan with a 5% company contribution regardless of employee contribution.

Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, and paid holidays.

12 weeks of paid parental leave.

Life and disability insurance coverage.

One-time $500 reimbursement for home office setup or upgrades.

Annual professional development and education assistance.

Monthly digital reimbursement allowance.

Access to coaching and professional growth resources through dedicated development platforms.

Remote-first culture focused on inclusion, collaboration, and continuous learning.

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