Senior Ruby on Rails Developer (Product-Minded) — Independent Contractor, Project-Based

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer (Product-Minded) Independent Contractor Project-Based Full-Time Remote

Were looking for an experienced Ruby on Rails developer who enjoys taking ownership of projects and delivering real outcomes not just checking off tickets or juggling dozens of frameworks.

This is aproject-based independent contractor role. Youll work closely with decision makers help shape solutions and take responsibility for designing and implementing features end-to-end. We value engineers who think about thebusiness contextas much as the code people who simplify reduce risk and build software that lasts.

Youll work across our stack Rails 8 MySQL Heroku AWS and limited React (as we transition toward Hotwire) and contribute to decisions that directly impact product direction.

We prefer candidates who can comfortably collaborate within CET or US time zones.

What youll do

• Design and build secure maintainable features in Ruby on Rails

• Work from problem -> design -> implementation -> delivery

• Keep solutionssimple safe and easy to evolve

• Translate business needs into clear technical approaches and tradeoffs

• Contribute thoughtfully to architecture discussions

• Write concise technical specs when needed

• Collaborate async (Slack GitHub) while communicating clearly and proactively

Our tech stack

• Ruby on Rails 8

• MySQL

• Heroku(deployments & ops)

• AWS

• React->Hotwire (new development direction)

• RSpec Sidekiq

What were looking for

• Strong experience building real production Rails applications

• Someone who owns problems not just assigned tasks

• Ability to make pragmatic engineering decisions with tradeoffs in mind

• Strong communication explainingwhymatters as much aswhat

• Interest in understanding the business and customer impact

• Comfortable working independently yet collaborative when decisions matter

Nice to have

• Experience with Hotwire

• Heroku or AWS familiarity

• Experience simplifying or refactoring complex systems

• Prior independent contractor or project-based work experience

Why this role might be a great fit

• Project-based meaningful ownership you see the impact of your work

• 100%remote with preference for CET / US overlap

• Full-time contractor scope

• A practical engineering culture: clarity simplicity and maintainability

• Direct collaboration with decision makers not layers of management

• Realistic expectations we care about quality not heroics

How to apply

Send a short note toc with:

• links to projects or GitHub (do not worry if you do not have any we know busy professionals might not have a lot on public GH)

• a brief description of your experience with Rails

• one example of a problem yousimplified instead of over-engineering

(And feel free to mention availability timezone and rate expectations.)