Staff Rails Developer

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