# Lead Ruby on Rails Software Engineer

> Alex Staff Agency · Hungary (Remote) · — · Posted 2026-08-04

**Workplace:** remote

## Description

**About the company**  
A well-established US education-technology company with a global presence, providing digital learning content and platforms to a large user base for over two decades. Distributed, international team working on products used by millions of active users worldwide.

**About the role**  
Lead Ruby on Rails Software Engineer needed to join the Engineering team. This is a technical leadership role for someone with deep Ruby on Rails expertise and a strong understanding of technology architecture, programming languages, systems, and security models, who can drive the architecture and delivery of complex software solutions, mentor engineers, and lead cross-team technical initiatives.

The role combines hands-on technical ownership with people leadership: you'll be responsible both for the systems you design and for the growth of the engineers around you.

**Responsibilities**

-   Leading the architecture, design, and development of Ruby on Rails applications
-   Planning and overseeing large technical projects involving multiple engineering teams
-   Coordinating tasks and assignments within complex cross-team projects
-   Driving technical direction, coding standards, and engineering best practices
-   Mentoring and developing junior, intermediate, and senior engineers
-   Collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Architecture teams to deliver scalable solutions
-   Identifying technical risks and driving resolution strategies
-   Identifying team-specific technical issues and proposing or implementing solutions
-   Evaluating new technologies and recommending solutions aligned with business goals
-   Leading prototyping and research initiatives for future platform improvements

## Requirements

-   7+ years of experience in software development
-   5+ years of professional experience with Ruby on Rails
-   Experience designing and scaling APIs, distributed systems, and web applications
-   Experience with MySQL or other relational databases
-   Experience with Git and modern CI/CD practices
-   Expert-level software development, debugging, testing, and analytical skills
-   2+ years of experience planning and executing cross-team technical projects
-   Expert-level knowledge of relevant sector technologies, engineering processes, and security models
-   Strong written and spoken English (interviews are conducted in English)
-   Ability to freely communicate in Russian or Ukrainian

**Nice to Have**

-   Experience with microservices and service-oriented architectures
-   Experience integrating third-party platforms and APIs
-   Leadership, team-building, and mentoring skills
-   Strategic thinking and ability to evaluate alternative technical approaches
-   Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
-   Data-driven decision-making and analytical mindset
-   Expertise in using generative AI tools to improve software development, code quality, debugging, testing, documentation, and engineering productivity
-   Experience working on multiple projects in various stages simultaneously

## Benefits

**Compensation:** Up to $6,000 gross/month

**What's Offered**

-   Stable, long-term position with a well-established American company (many team members have 5+ years of tenure)
-   Significant ownership and responsibility for the systems you develop
-   Dynamic, continually growing company culture where your contributions make a real difference
-   Fast, agile development within a smart, highly collaborative, and dedicated team
-   Cutting-edge, open-source tech stack and large-scale, global applications with real impact on students, classrooms, and institutions of higher learning
-   Friendly and supportive team culture

**Contract type:** Independent contractor (sole proprietor / IP), incubator arrangements are not accepted.

## Apply

[Apply at Alex Staff Agency](https://apply.workable.com/alex-staff-agency-careers/j/D9E10EB33C/apply)

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