Howdy! Stuart here, founder and Head of Engineering at Rivo!
Are you a Full-Stack Rails engineer with 5+ years of experience?
Interested in working on the edge of what Rails has to offer when it comes to new features and developments
Do you enjoy using AI tools like Claude Code in your everyday coding?
Would building and scaling a fast-growing SaaS company while sticking to Rails best practices fire you up?
If so, awesome! Keep reading!
About the job
With the help of our small team, (and some awesome team members at Thoughtbot), we've built an amazing platform on Rails that has scaled wonderfully so far.
To give a small indication, we process roughly 20-30M Sidekiq Jobs per day and are adding 10-15M db rows per day.
Your job is to help us scale as a Full-Stack Rails Engineer. This is a remote, full-time role (40+ hours/week).
How Are We Different?
We might lose you here :)
We believe in writing Rails in a particular style, sticking close to standardrb and general Rails best practices.
If a feature takes our competitors 8 weeks to build, we build a solid MVP in 8-10 days. We utilize the 80/20 principle to focus on what matters and just ship. Of course, we look at the usage metrics, then come back and complete the other 20% over time.
We rely on tools like Claude Code to remove countless hours of monotonous work and let us focus on shipping meaningful updates and features.
If this sounds like your style, we'd love to chat!
Who you are
You’re self-driven and work autonomously with limited guidance
You believe and use AI in your day to day coding.
You can operate in a high-octane environment
You utilize the Pareto Principle (80/20)
You prefer async meetings and moving fast
You have a profound passion for Rails best practice
What will you be responsible for
Shipping high quality production code that follows Rails best practices.
Helping us scale a fast growing, product focused, SaaS company.
Requirements
5+ years of professional software development experience with Ruby / Ruby on Rails
Having experience in the Shopify ecosystem, particularly the shopify_app and shopify_api gems are a HUGE plus, but not a hard requirement.
In-depth knowledge of database systems, particularly relational databases (e.g., Postgres, Sidekiq and Redis)
The ability to adjust to our high-octane workflow. One of our core values is to create what works in its simplest form and iterate based on metrics and feedback. We don't have long release cycles.
The ability to work in EST or PDT timezone, or at least overlap by 5 hours
Ability to write efficient and optimized code, following best practices and design patterns
Things we love ❤️
Living by our SPEED core values of Speed, Pareto Principle, Evidence-Based, End Results, and Disrupt.
Helping our users succeed and generate real ROI from our software
Having a stress-free work environment
Being a 100% remote & 100% global team
Things we avoid
Micro-managing
Egos & Drama
Wasting time
Salary
Salary is negotiable and based on experience. Everyone should earn what they feel is fair. This is a remote, full-time role (40+ hours/week).
Does it sound like you'd be a good fit? Please complete the application form and we'll be in touch!
