Ruby On Rails Engineer | Fixed Dayshift and Weekends Off | Once Onsite Per Quarter

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services primarily using Ruby on Rails
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure code quality.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in existing software.
• Improve the performance, reliability and observability of ZAI services.
• Collaborate effectively with engineers on product initiatives that span multiple services and languages in our tech stack.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of software development processes.

• Min 5 years of professional experience in backend development
• Strong, hands-on experience building production systems with Ruby on Rails.
• Solid knowledge of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL and NoSQL systems.
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team

• Experience with Go and/or Java, or a demonstrated willingness to work in other languages.
• Familiarity with AWS and cloud-native architectures.
• Exposure to high-throughput, low-latency systems.
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices and tools (e.g., BuildKite, etc).
• Experience building distributed systems and working on high-throughput backend services.
• Experience with message-driven architectures (e.g. Kafka, EventBridge, SQS).
• Background in fentech, payments, or other regulated environments

ZigZag is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We believe that talent knows no borders, and we welcome individuals from all backgrounds to help us shape the future of work. Guided by transparency and agility, we foster an environment where everyone is valued and empowered to thrive.

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