Senior Ruby Engineer

What You’ll Do

• Design and implement scalable, high-performance backend systems to power our e-commerce experience.
• Build and maintain interfaces that support our frontend, mobile, and third-party integrations.
• Architect systems for membership access, catalog management, checkout, order fulfillment, and payments.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with product, design, and data teams to deliver features that elevate the user experience.
• Own backend services end‑to‑end, from design to deployment and monitoring.
• Contribute to best practices in code quality, testing, reliability, and observability.
• Help define our backend architecture and make strategic technical decisions as we scale.
• Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of technical excellence and collaboration.
• Must understand pull/push data parity models for e-commerce concerning product, stock, orders, and fulfillment synchronization.
• Design, implement, and deploy reliable software to solve complex e-commerce concerns.

Who You Are

• 8+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems in production environments.
• 4+ years of leading Ruby cloud stack teams as a Principal Engineer/Architect.
• Deep familiarity with the Ruby object model, metaprogramming, and the ability to create macros, DSLs, and custom Ruby plugins.
• Expert skills with Ruby idiomatic patterns, terse styling, and the ability to develop and maintain complex Ruby applications.
• Experience contributing to widely used gems or developing internal DSLs for domain‑specific needs.
• Proficiency in building APIs and distributed services using Ruby.
• Expert knowledge of Rails AREL, performant code, and proper Sidekiq job handling.
• Expert knowledge of data model design for e-commerce, including locking sensitive resources and state machine concepts.
• Expert experience with PostgreSQL, complex joins, reporting queries, performance optimization, and data modeling.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure such as AWS, ECS, CodeBuild, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithmic principles.
• Comfortable working in high-growth, early‑stage environments with a bias toward action and strong product sense.
• Experience with concurrency, inventory management/reservation, currency/price management, and third‑party API integration (push, pull, normalization).
• Strong understanding of microservices design, using software DSLs over cloud‑deployed solutions across multiple models.
• Experience developing and deploying GraphQL and RESTful API interfaces.
• Experience developing multi‑tenant systems, accessing control, reporting, and authentication/authorization.
• A collaborative teammate who communicates clearly and is excited to shape the future of a luxury tech brand.

Bonus Points

• Prior experience in e-commerce, marketplaces, or membership‑based platforms.
• Familiarity with event‑driven architectures and message queues (Kafka, SQS).
• Experience working closely with design or product teams in consumer‑facing companies.
• Passion for fashion, luxury, or retail innovation.

Benefits

• Opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of the company.
• Collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Career growth opportunities in a fast‑growing organization.

Let’s build something people talk about. Together.