Senior Backend Developer Ruby

Were Avvoka

Join us in building the next generation of legal drafting technology.

We help teams move faster through complex contracts using automation collaboration and AI with lawyers firmly in control.

Trusted by leading law firms banks and enterprises weve grown rapidly through product strength and word of mouth. Now were scaling from a product-led company into a global brand.

Youll help shape the design storytelling and experiences that define the next era of drafting.

Why Join Us

This is a rare opportunity to build the Avvoka brand from the ground up not inherit it. Youll be part of a small ambitious team with the freedom to create experiment and raise the bar for legal tech.

Youll work alongside smart supportive people who move fast and care deeply about quality. If youre motivated by ownership pace and visible impact youll feel at home here.

The Role

Were looking for a Backend Developer to join our team and help build the backbone of our next-generation legal tech platform. Youll work on complex high-impact projects architecting solutions improving system performance and delivering features that our users rely on every day. This is a chance to shape the codebase influence product direction and contribute to a collaborative fast-moving engineering culture.

What Youll Do

Build and maintain core platform features

• Feature development: Design implement and maintain Ruby on Rails features used daily by our users.
• Code quality: Ensure maintainable well-tested and performant code.
• Innovation: Propose and implement improvements that enhance user experience and functionality.

Improve performance and scalability

• Optimization: Identify bottlenecks and enhance system performance across the stack.
• Scalability planning: Architect systems that can handle growing user base and transaction volume.
• Monitoring & troubleshooting: Use metrics and logs to proactively detect and fix issues.

Mentor and support the engineering team

• Code reviews: Provide actionable feedback and guidance to maintain team standards.
• Knowledge sharing: Host workshops pair programming sessions and internal documentation.
• Career growth: Support junior engineers in skill development and confidence building.

Collaborate across teams

• Cross-functional planning: Partner with Product and Design to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Problem-solving: Contribute to discussions that resolve technical and product challenges.
• Feedback loop: Help prioritize technical debt and feature requests to maximize impact.

What Youll Bring

The ideal candidate would have:

• Experience with Ruby on Rails in production environments
• Understanding of web application architecture RESTful APIs and database design
• Hands-on experience with testing frameworks CI/CD pipelines and cloud-based deployments
• Experience with performance optimization and scaling applications

Bonus points if

• Youve worked in SaaS legal tech or highly regulated industries
• Youve contributed to open-source projects or internal tooling

If youre excited about this role but your experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification we encourage you to apply anyway you might be just the candidate were looking for.