Staff Rails Developer

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1Password

πŸ’΅ $120k-$253k
πŸ“Remote - United States, Canada

Summary

Join 1Password's Kolide team as a Staff Rails Developer and play a pivotal role in shaping our technical roadmap and fostering a culture of technical excellence. You will lead major architectural decisions, enhance our platform focusing on device security, and shape the foundation of 1Password's Rails engineering practices. This remote opportunity (Canada/US) offers autonomy to lead impactful projects, mentor engineers, and make a company-wide impact. You'll work on a key product central to 1Password's vision, collaborating in a remote-first environment with periodic team meetups. The role requires significant experience in Ruby on Rails, database architecture, and modern front-end technologies, along with strong communication and leadership skills.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience building and scaling complex SaaS platforms with Ruby on Rails, with a proven track record of leading technical initiatives and delivering impactful results
  • Deep expertise in database architecture and optimization, with the ability to design and implement scalable data solutions that meet the demands of a growing global user base
  • Expertise with modern Rails front-end tech, including Stimulus and Turbo
  • A strong communicator, who can convey technical details clearly, both in documentation and when interacting with customers or less technical colleagues
  • Experience building and scaling applications, particularly with a focus on performance and reliability. You understand how to diagnose bottlenecks and resolve scalability challenges
  • Drive projects to successful completion, ensuring they meet quality standards, deadlines, and deliverables through hands-on leadership and building strong relationships across partners throughout the company
  • Lead and support senior engineers through solving some of the hardest problems at 1Password. Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
  • Focus on customer needs to push the boundaries of user experience that 1Password has become known for

Responsibilities

  • Own the design and implementation of core systems, influencing project success and course correcting as necessary, to ensure scalability and alignment with 1Password’s broader technical goals
  • Drive the development of APIs, authentication systems, and customer-facing UI, ensuring seamless integration with other 1Password services
  • Implement enhancements using modern Rails features like Hotwire, Stimulus, and Turbo to improve the reactivity of our web applications
  • Solve complex technical problems both directly and through others
  • Serve as a technical leader and mentor across the organization, setting engineering best practices, guiding architectural decisions, and fostering a culture of innovation
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, influencing decisions that impact company-wide initiatives and unify our approach to security, performance, and user experience
  • Collaborate with product, design, and security leaders on cross-functional projects and help to shape 1Password’s technical direction, bridging teams and ensuring alignment between user needs and engineering solutions
  • Participate in code reviews, offering constructive feedback, and helping teammates adhere to best practices
  • Rotate through "on-call" responsibilities to help review PRs, assist other engineers, and provide technical support to other departments such as Customer Success and Sales

Preferred Qualifications

  • An advocate for modern Rails practices and a thought leader in the ecosystem, contributing to open-source projects, speaking at conferences, or publishing insights that advance the field
  • A background in security or IT is beneficial, and you enjoy simplifying complex technical concepts for end-users
  • Experience working in a remote-first company or distributed teams is a plus

Benefits

  • Maternity and parental leave top-up programs
  • Wellness spending account
  • Generous PTO policy
  • Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year
  • Wellness Coach membership
  • Comprehensive health coverage
  • Employee stock option program for all full-time employees
  • Retirement matching program
  • Training budget, 1Password University access, and learning sessions
  • Free 1Password account (and friends and family discount!)
  • Paid volunteer days
  • Employee-led DEIB programs and ERGs and ECGs
  • Fully remote environment
  • Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly
  • Health, dental, 401k and many others
  • Generous paid time off
  • An equity grant
  • Participation in our incentive programs
  • Health, dental, RRSP and many others
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