Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Lead Technical Software Engineer

Location: Remote

About Us:

Rugiet is disrupting healthcare as we know it. With personalized plans, a growing lineup of compound pharmaceuticals, and an easy-to-use online platform, we help patients create custom sexual health and wellness plans that align with their unique goals and lifestyles. All at a price they can afford.

Position Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Technology Lead to join our dynamic team at Rugiet. In this role, you will oversee the technical direction of our engineering efforts, mentor a talented team of developers, and contribute to building scalable, high-performance applications using Ruby on Rails. This is a leadership role requiring hands-on development experience, technical expertise, and a strategic mindset to drive innovation and excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership:
  • Lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable Ruby on Rails applications.
  • Drive best practices in code quality, architecture, and performance optimization.
  • Make informed technical decisions and provide guidance on architecture and system design.
• Team Management:
  • Mentor and guide a team of engineers, fostering a culture of learning and growth.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers and designers, to deliver high-quality solutions.
  • Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality.
• Project Management:
  • Oversee the end-to-end software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment and maintenance.
  • Prioritize and manage technical debt, ensuring long-term maintainability.
  • Ensure timely delivery of projects by coordinating resources and resolving roadblocks.
• Innovation and Improvement:
  • Evaluate and implement new tools, frameworks, and technologies to improve the development process.
  • Monitor application performance and proactively address scalability and reliability challenges.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Attend daily strategic meetings to plan and create technical designs to address our various technical challenges and optimize our systems.
• Creating system design and architecture for our products and platforms.
• Mentor and coach less experienced engineers.
• Explain complex technical concepts in an easily digestible way to stakeholders and executives.
• Evaluate new libraries, languages, tools, and frameworks that will ensure our product and platforms are up to date and performing optimally.
• Develop our web applications and SaaS platform for all of our brands.
• Manage and ensure our product launches to released on time and smoothly.
• Diagnose and resolve system issues.
• Break down complex tasks into smaller chunks that can be assigned and distributed to different team members.
• Lead, guide, delegate, and inspire a small team of engineers.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in software development, with at least 5+ years experience with React and 2+ years with Ruby.
• Advanced proficiency in AWS services (e.g., EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudFormation, Route 53).
• Strong database experience with RDBMS or NOSQL.
• Experience with DevOps tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Previous experience leading a technical team or acting as a senior mentor.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to bridge the gap between technical and non-technical teams.
• Ability to inspire and motivate a team while driving accountability.
• Strong analytical skills with a solution-oriented mindset.
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving performance bottlenecks in web applications.

Nice to Have:

• Knowledge of microservices architecture and event-driven systems.
• Familiarity with healthcare or e-commerce platforms.

Benefits:

• Flexible working hours with a remote-first team.
• 401k
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Opportunity to shape and grow the social media presence of an innovative, fast-paced brand.
• Work in a dynamic and creative team that values innovation and new ideas
• Professional development opportunities and career growth potential.
• Collaborative environment with cross-functional teams.

WE CAN ONLY HIRE US-BASED EMPLOYEES.

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