Senior/mid Backend Developer

**Senior/Mid Backend Developer (Ruby on Rails)**: Remote - Full-Time | Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis, Sidekiq, GraphQL **About RoverPass**: We build efficient, user-focused solutions that make a real difference for thousands of users. As a fully remote team, we value autonomy, clarity, and impact. - **Industry**: TravelTech / SaaS - **Work environment**: Remote-first, asynchronous, fast-paced - **Values**: Efficiency, ownership, simplicity, customer-first **Role Summary**: We're looking for a **Mid or Senior Backend Developer** experienced in **Ruby on Rails** to help us scale our backend platform. You’ll play a key role as we begin the **modularization of our monolithic system** and tackle pressing **performance and scalability challenges**. This role is central to our backend evolution — ideal for someone who wants to leave a technical mark while solving real-world scaling problems. **You’d Be a Great Fit If You Are...**: - Someone who **enjoys deep backend challenges**, not just building features but improving how things work behind the scenes. - Comfortable diving into a legacy monolith and helping extract, modularize, and optimize it. - Self-driven and able to **balance engineering priorities with business needs**. - A systems thinker: you consider **concurrency, latency, scalability, and data integrity** in your solutions. - Not just a coder — you value clean architecture, teamwork, and asking "why" before "how." **Key Responsibilities**: - Drive the **modularization of the backend**, breaking apart a growing monolith into more scalable components. - Investigate and fix performance bottlenecks across the stack. - Write clean, maintainable code in **Ruby on Rails**, with strong attention to quality and testing. - Design and implement new backend features in collaboration with Product and Engineering teams. - Work with technologies like **GraphQL**, **Redis**, **PostgreSQL**, and **Sidekiq**. - Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and system design conversations. - Help shape technical standards and long-term architecture decisions. **Qualifications**: - Solid knowledge of **PostgreSQL**, including database design and query optimization. - Experience with **Sidekiq** or similar background job processors. - Familiarity with **GraphQL**, Redis, and caching strategies. - Comfortable working in remote, asynchronous teams. - Strong reading and writing skills in English (team operates in English, but many teammates are Spanish-speaking). **Nice to Have**: - Experience with **real-time features** and **high-availability systems**. - Background in **system monitoring, observability**, and debugging complex issues. **Key Skills and Abilities**: **Soft Skills**: - Clear, async-friendly communicator (Slack, GitHub, Notion). - Strong sense of ownership and accountability. - Pragmatic decision-making: you know when to dive deep and when to keep it simple. - Collaborative mindset — you value team outcomes over ego. **Hard Skills**: - Ruby / Ruby on Rails (advanced) - PostgreSQL (query tuning, migrations, schema design) - Sidekiq and Redis - GraphQL APIs (building and consuming) - Solid understanding of background jobs, API performance, and scalable architecture **Additional Information**: - **Job Type**: Full-time, remote - **Work Hours**: 9 to 6 CT but with strong flexibility - **Compensation**: Competitive (USD), based on experience (2000-4000k) - **Location**: Fully remote, async-first environment - **Growth**: Opportunity to work on high-impact projects with real technical ownership