Senior Ruby Developer

Avvoka

Senior Ruby Developer building and maintaining core platform features for innovative legal tech startup. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance the system performance and user experience.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeManila • 🇵🇭 PhilippinesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudRubyRuby on Rails

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and maintain core platform features
Feature development: Design, implement, and maintain Ruby on Rails features used daily by our users.
Code quality: Ensure maintainable, well-tested, and performant code.
Innovation: Propose and implement improvements that enhance user experience and functionality.
Improve performance and scalability
Optimization: Identify bottlenecks and enhance system performance across the stack.
Scalability planning: Architect systems that can handle growing user base and transaction volume.
Monitoring & troubleshooting: Use metrics and logs to proactively detect and fix issues.
Mentor and support the engineering team
Code reviews: Provide actionable feedback and guidance to maintain team standards.
Knowledge sharing: Host workshops, pair programming sessions, and internal documentation.
Career growth: Support junior engineers in skill development and confidence building.
Collaborate across teams
Cross-functional planning: Partner with Product and Design to translate requirements into technical solutions.
Problem-solving: Contribute to discussions that resolve technical and product challenges.
Feedback loop: Help prioritize technical debt and feature requests to maximize impact.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive experience with Ruby on Rails in production environments
Strong understanding of web application architecture, RESTful APIs, and database design
Hands-on experience with testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-based deployments
Experience with performance optimization and scaling applications

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

Ruby on Railsweb application architectureRESTful APIsdatabase designtesting frameworksCI/CD pipelinescloud-based deploymentsperformance optimizationscalabilitycode quality

Soft Skills

mentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingfeedbackknowledge sharinginnovationcommunicationteam supportcareer growthcross-functional planning