Lead Full Stack Ruby on Rails Engineer

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Summary: Svitla Systems is seeking a Senior/Lead Full Stack Engineer to contribute to developing high-value products and experiences for a growth-stage SaaS company. Highlights: 1. Collaborative team with TDD and pair programming culture 2. Opportunity to architect new solutions and upgrade existing systems 3. Work closely with product managers and UX designers Vacancy details Argentina \| Colombia \| Costa Rica \| MexicoArgentina\|Colombia\|Costa Rica\|Mexico RemoteRemote Recruiter Olesia Kravchenko Olesia Kravchenko o.kravchenko@svitla.com **Role overview** ----------------- Svitla Systems Inc. is looking for a Senior/Lead Full Stack Engineer with Ruby on Rails and React for a full\-time remote position (40 hours per week). Our client is a growth\-stage SaaS company reimagining how members engage and learn within modern communities of practice. The platform fosters member engagement with both content and human connections, aiming to create vibrant community experiences that deliver greater value and support organizational growth. **About the technology organization:** The Product and Engineering Teams report up through the CTO. It is an entirely virtual team spread across four time zones in the mainland US. Most of the team works Central Time business hours. They have a culture of deep collaboration across all teams. Product, Engineering, Infrastructure, and Client Services, in particular, work closely together every single day—the engineering team practices Test\-Driven Development with an emphasis on pair programming. The engineers rotate between pairs regularly, ensuring a broad understanding of the platform and its features. The team employs a CI/CD system that enables frequent deployment to production. They deploy daily, but release features from behind a feature flag as part of a product release cycle. **Usual daily meetings, Latin America region (with at least 4\-6 hours of overlap with a US Central workday).** **Requirements:** ----------------- * Strong experience with Ruby on Rails. * In\-depth understanding of development with React. * Knowledge of testing frameworks like RSpec, Jasmine/Jest. * Knowledge of PostgreSQL. * Understanding of Git/GitHub, CI tools. * Experience with REST API design. * Solid background in software design patterns. * Experience working closely with product managers, UX designers, and business stakeholders in a product\-focused company, ideally pushing back on requirements, contributing to shaping the roadmap, and bringing a product mindset to their engineering work. * The ability to be confident collaborating with other engineers in a pair\-programming development model. * Understanding Agile methodologies and processes. * Practical communication skills in collaborative and feedback\-driven environments. * Strong problem\-solving and ownership mentality. **Nice to have:** ----------------- * Experience refactoring from Angular to React * Experience working in Test Driven Development in a Pair Programming model. **Responsibilities:** --------------------- * Work on delivering high\-value products and experiences. * Contribute to development standards and collaborative practices. * Architect new solutions from the ground up as well as assess and upgrade existing systems to meet evolving requirements (you should be able to operate at that level independently). * Collaborate with Product to iteratively define solutions, especially when requirements are incomplete or evolving (you should be able to lean in rather than wait for specs to be finalized). **We offer** ------------ * US and EU projects based on advanced technologies. * Competitive compensation based on skills and experience. * Regular performance appraisals to support your growth. * Flexibility in workspace, either remote or our welcoming office. * Bonuses for article writing, public talks, other activities * Generous time off, including vacation, national holidays, sick leaves, and family days. * Personalized learning programs tailored to your interests and skill development. * Free tech webinars and meetups organized by Svitla. * Regular corporate online activities. * Awesome team and a friendly, supportive community! **Why join Svitla** ------------------- Svitla Systems is a global digital solutions company headquartered in the U.S. and operating across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and APAC. Since 2003, we have served a wide range of clients \- from innovative start\-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Our success is built on partnership. By integrating seamlessly with clients' teams, we create lasting collaborations that drive real results. We are strong advocates of workplace flexibility, remote culture, individual approach to professional and personal growth. Our global mission is to build a business that contributes to wellbeing of our partners, personnel, and their families, improves our communities, and makes a lasting difference in the world. Together, we are coding a brighter tomorrow \- and living it. **Join us!**