Senior Backend Engineer - Remote Role at Ruby Labs

About the Role

At Ruby Labs, we are hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to join our innovative team and help design, build, and scale the core backend systems that power our AI product, Use.ai. This Senior Backend Engineer remote position is ideal for an engineer who thrives on solving complex distributed systems challenges and is passionate about driving feature delivery and infrastructure excellence.

What You'll Do

• Deliver new backend features with a focus on scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Maintain, optimize, and improve existing services and infrastructure.
• Design, deploy, and operate backend services across AWS, Cloudflare, and other environments.
• Implement and evolve monitoring and observability using tools such as Sentry and OpenTelemetry (OTel).
• Investigate and resolve production issues across distributed systems.
• Write clean, maintainable code aligned with SOLID principles and backend best practices.
• Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis, and system reliability improvements.
• Contribute to architectural decisions, documentation, and infrastructure planning.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in distributed systems, system design, and backend architecture.
• Strong understanding of database fundamentals, indexing, consistency, replication, transactions, and storage trade-offs.
• Proven ability to design scalable and resilient systems.
• Fluency in Node.js backend development.
• Experience debugging complex issues in production environments.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS) and backend service deployment.
• Strong grasp of software engineering principles, including SOLID.
• High standards for code quality, reliability, and communication.

Nice to Have

• Experience working in startup environments or small, high-autonomy engineering teams.
• Passion for building and improving infrastructure, developer experience, and observability.

What We Offer

• Remote Work Environment: Embrace the freedom to work from anywhere, anytime, promoting a healthy work-life balance.
• Unlimited PTO: Enjoy unlimited paid time off to recharge and prioritize your well-being.
• Paid National Holidays: Celebrate and relax on national holidays with paid time off.
• Company-provided MacBook: Experience seamless productivity with top-notch Apple MacBooks.
• Flexible Independent Contractor Agreement: Unlock the benefits of flexibility and autonomy.

Interview Process

After submitting your application, we conduct a thorough review which typically takes 3 to 5 days. If we see a potential fit, we proceed with the following steps:

• Recruiter Screening (40 minutes)
• First Interview (30 minutes)
• Technical Interview (45 minutes)
• Final Interview (30 minutes)

Life at Ruby Labs

At Ruby Labs, we move fast, aim high, and expect the same from our team. We look for people who are ambitious, driven, and ready to give their best every single day. If you’re hungry to achieve and want to grow at the speed of your own ambition, Ruby Labs offers the platform to make it happen.