Backend Software Engineer, Ruby

Zelis

Ruby Backend Software Engineer at Zelis modernizing healthcare financial experiences. Working with scalable applications and collaborating with product managers in a remote-friendly environment.

Posted 5/7/2026full-timeMorristown • Florida, Massachusetts, Montana, New Jersey, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $95,000 - $120,650 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularApacheAWSPostgresRabbitMQRuby

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Write easily maintainable, extendable, and understandable code that adheres to software engineering design principles
Creating and maintaining our APIs
Developing new full-stack features to improve our products
Supporting and enhancing current systems
Debugging and optimizing code
Supporting and development of comprehensive documentation and tests
Building tooling to improve our operational efficiency
Developing the frontend experience using Angular
Creating and maintaining our Backend architecture
Planning and maintaining a product long term
Performing code reviews
Collaborating with product to deliver on the roadmap

Requirements

What you’ll need

2-3 years of backend development experience in Ruby
Solid understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms
Understanding on how to build distributed high-volume services in Ruby
Knowledge of development best practices (agile methodologies, code reviews, backend testing frameworks)
Experience in backend architecture
Experience with or understanding of front-end development, particularly Angular
Experience working with AWS
Knowledge of API architecture development and optimization
Solid understanding of relational databases like PostgreSQL
Understanding of Apache Solr or willingness to learn
Exposure to queueing systems such as RabbitMQ or willingness to learn
Experience contributing to products in a production environment

Benefits

Comp & perks

401k plan with employer match
Flexible paid time off
Holidays
Parental leaves
Life and disability insurance
Health benefits including medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage

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Hard Skills & Tools

RubyAPI developmentAngularbackend architecturerelational databasesPostgreSQLApache SolrRabbitMQsystem designdata structures

Soft Skills

collaborationcode reviewsdocumentationdebuggingoptimizationplanningcommunicationproblem-solvingadaptabilityattention to detail