Backend Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

Remote Full-time
This a Full Remote job, the offer is available from: California (USA)

Backend Engineer (Ruby on Rails) – Contract

Location: Fully Remote (United States)

Compensation: $45–$55/hour (1099 or Corp-to-Corp)

Duration: 12-month contract

Hours: 40 hours/week

About the Role

A growing technology company is seeking a Backend Engineer with strong Ruby on Rails experience to help build a scalable chat and messaging system used within a workforce management platform.

The engineering team is replacing an existing open-source chat solution with a custom-built, highly scalable messaging platform, and this role will play a key part in designing and implementing the backend infrastructure.

This is a hands-on backend engineering role focused on building robust APIs, improving system scalability, and supporting real-time communication systems.

Responsibilities
• Develop backend services using Ruby on Rails
• Help build and scale a real-time chat and messaging platform
• Design and maintain APIs and backend infrastructure
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to implement new features
• Improve performance, scalability, and reliability of backend systems
• Participate in architecture and system design discussions

Tech Stack
• Ruby on Rails
• PostgreSQL
• Node.js
• MongoDB
• Redis
• Firebase
• Real-time messaging infrastructure

Qualifications
• 4–6 years of backend software engineering experience
• Strong experience with Ruby on Rails
• Solid software engineering fundamentals
• Experience building scalable backend systems
• Familiarity with real-time messaging or event-driven architectures is a plus
• Experience with Node.js is helpful but not required
• Comfortable working in a fully remote engineering team

Work Environment
• Fully remote team across the United States
• Contractor must be able to work during U.S. time zones
• Collaborative engineering team of approximately 25 developers and QA professionals

If this sounds like the kind of backend engineering challenge you enjoy, wed love to hear from you. Please apply with your resume and a brief note about your experience with Ruby on Rails and scalable backend systems.
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