Senior Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

About this role

<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">Position Overview</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":160,"335559739":80}">&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="First Paragraph" data-ccp-parastyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"276295ed-5df2-5456-988c-5fdbab071054|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"1",201342449,"1",469777841,"Aptos",469777842,"",469777843,"Aptos",469777844,"Aptos",201341986,"1",469769226,"Aptos",268442635,"24",335559739,"180",335559738,"180",469775450,"First Paragraph",201340122,"2",134234082,"true",134233614,"true",469778129,"FirstParagraph",335572020,"1",469775498,"Body Text",469778324,"Body Text"]}">As a Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer at Diligent, you will play a hands-on role in designing, building, and evolving secure, scalable, and high-performing SaaS applications and services. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys owning technical delivery across projects, shaping backend architecture, and contributing to the long-term modernization of our platform.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":180,"335559739":180}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Body Text">You will work closely with cross-functional teammates to deliver customer value through well-designed APIs, maintainable Rails applications, modern engineering practices, reliable cloud-based deployments, and pragmatic use of AI-assisted engineering tools where they improve speed or quality. Success in this role requires strong ownership, sound technical judgment, and a collaborative approach to mentoring others, improving how the team works, and applying new tools responsibly.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":180,"335559739":180}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 2">Key Responsibilities</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":160,"335559739":80}">&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1001" data-list-defn-props="{"335551671":0,"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Compact" data-ccp-parastyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"eafb41c0-47a4-52dc-ac6b-3b5a7536b560|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"1",201342449,"1",469777841,"Aptos",469777842,"",469777843,"Aptos",469777844,"Aptos",201341986,"1",469769226,"Aptos",268442635,"24",335559739,"36",335559738,"36",469775450,"Compact",201340122,"2",134234082,"true",134233614,"true",469778129,"Compact",335572020,"1",469778324,"Body Text"]}">Design, build, review, test, and maintain Ruby on Rails features and services in line with Diligent’s agile engineering practices.</span></span> </li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1001" data-list-defn-props="{"335551671":0,"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Compact">Own technical delivery for projects, epics, and major user stories, including solution design, implementation planning, and execution through to production.</span> </li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1001" data-list-defn-props="{"335551671":0,"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Compact">Develop and evolve RESTful APIs and web applications with a strong focus on scalability, maintainability, and performance.</span> </li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1001" data-list-defn-props="{"335551671":0,"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Compact">Contribute to architectural decisions, prototype solutions where needed, and help separate major components and subsystems as products evolve.</span> </li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1001" data-list-defn-props="{"335551671":0,"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Compact">Partner effectively with Product, QA, DevOps, Security, and other engineering teams to ensure smooth delivery of working software into production.</span> </li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1001" data-list-defn-props="{"335551671":0,"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Compact">Champion code quality through thoughtful code reviews, automated testing, documentation, continuous improvement of engineering practices, and sensible use of AI tools for coding, debugging, and prototyping with appropriate human validation.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":36,"335559739":36}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1001" data-list-defn-props="{"335551671":0,"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="7" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Compact">Mentor other engineers, share knowledge acr