Staff Software Engineer (RoR)
Salary:
$$150,000-$200,000 - Per Annum
Locations:
, United States
Type:
Permanent
Published:
January 14, 2026
Contact:
Jenna Cohen
Ref:
19682
Required Skills:
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Senior / Staff Backend Engineer (Ruby on Rails)
Location: Remote (MST or PST preferred for team overlap)
Type: Full-time, Permanent
Compensation: Up to $200K base + benefits
The Company: This is an early-stage, revenue-generating startup building modern eCommerce shipping and fulfillment software. Their platform helps online brands manage logistics end-to-end through a single, intuitive dashboard.
The product is used daily by real eCommerce brands, often saving teams 30+ hours per week while significantly reducing shipping costs and operational errors. The team is small, senior, and deeply experienced in logistics, with a strong bias toward ownership, speed, and pragmatic execution.
The Role: This is a backend-focused role with Ruby on Rails at the core. You’ll own large portions of the platform end-to-end, including architecture decisions, feature development, scaling, reliability, and complex third-party integrations.
This role is ideal for someone who has been a founder, founding engineer, or early hire at a startup and is comfortable operating with high autonomy, ambiguity, and responsibility. You’ll work closely with a small, senior team and have a direct impact on both the product and the business.
What They’re Looking For
Must-have:
Location: Remote (MST or PST preferred for team overlap)
Type: Full-time, Permanent
Compensation: Up to $200K base + benefits
The Company: This is an early-stage, revenue-generating startup building modern eCommerce shipping and fulfillment software. Their platform helps online brands manage logistics end-to-end through a single, intuitive dashboard.
The product is used daily by real eCommerce brands, often saving teams 30+ hours per week while significantly reducing shipping costs and operational errors. The team is small, senior, and deeply experienced in logistics, with a strong bias toward ownership, speed, and pragmatic execution.
The Role: This is a backend-focused role with Ruby on Rails at the core. You’ll own large portions of the platform end-to-end, including architecture decisions, feature development, scaling, reliability, and complex third-party integrations.
This role is ideal for someone who has been a founder, founding engineer, or early hire at a startup and is comfortable operating with high autonomy, ambiguity, and responsibility. You’ll work closely with a small, senior team and have a direct impact on both the product and the business.
What They’re Looking For
Must-have:
- Deep experience with Ruby on Rails in production
- Background in high-ownership startup environments (founder, founding engineer, or early-stage hire strongly preferred)
- Proven ability to own features from concept through production
- Strong understanding of backend systems, including APIs, background jobs/queues (Sidekiq, Resque), databases (PostgreSQL or MySQL), and performance tuning
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
- Full-stack exposure (JavaScript / React)
- Experience in complex domains such as logistics, eCommerce, or SaaS platforms
- History of shipping meaningful product under tight constraints
- High-impact role with ownership over critical parts of the platform
- Real customers, real revenue, and growing usage
- Opportunity to help eCommerce brands materially reduce shipping costs and operational friction
- Competitive compensation: up to $200K base, and benefits,
- Remote-first team with strong collaboration across MST/PST time zones
