Job description
Important Information:
Years of Experience: 5+ years
Job Mode: Full-Time
Work Mode: Remote
Job Summary:
Encora is looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our remotely distributed Commerce team. This role goes beyond building software—it’s about enhancing the reliability, performance, and maintainability of the financial systems that power our platform. As part of the team responsible for billing, payment processing, payouts, and taxes/fees, you’ll directly impact the financial experience of both customers and taskers.
You’ll work with a collaborative team to build robust backend systems, tackle complex challenges, improve operational excellence, and lead by example through best practices in code quality and engineering rigor.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Design, develop, and maintain Ruby on Rails backend payment systems integrated with third-party providers like Stripe and Sovos.
Debug and refactor legacy code, and manually test features for usability and accuracy.
Diagnose and resolve system errors using tools like Datadog, ensuring issues are addressed and prevented.
Write complex SQL queries to identify and resolve payment system discrepancies in Snowflake and optimize legacy query performance.
Automate and streamline investigation tasks to improve efficiency and resolution speed.
Design and implement observability and monitoring systems to improve system visibility and health tracking.
Guide development best practices and optimize application performance across the Ruby on Rails codebase.
Champion test-driven development with comprehensive RSpec unit and integration tests.
Collaborate with product managers and engineering peers to convert complex requirements into maintainable solutions.
Contribute to code reviews and mentor team members through constructive feedback.
Document designs, decisions, and system insights to promote knowledge sharing.
Qualifications and Skills:
Minimum 5 years of experience developing production applications using Ruby on Rails.
Strong expertise in SQL and working with complex data queries in production environments.
Skilled in root cause analysis and solving complex system issues.
Solid experience with observability tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or New Relic.
Ability to enhance legacy code for improved reliability and performance.
Proven experience across the full software development lifecycle.
Advanced testing skills using RSpec for unit and integration testing.
Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
Strong sense of ownership and a drive for continuous improvement.
Role-specific Requirements:
Experience with payment systems, billing platforms, or fintech is highly desirable.
Understanding of financial transaction data integrity and reconciliation.
Ability to design scalable and accessible data models suitable for downstream stakeholders such as data engineering or accounting teams.
Technologies:
Ruby on Rails
SQL / Snowflake
Stripe / Sovos
RSpec
Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or New Relic
Skillset Competencies:
Backend Development
Financial Systems Engineering
Observability & Monitoring
Debugging & Root Cause Analysis
SQL & Data Modeling
Test-Driven Development
Legacy Code Refactoring
Cross-functional Collaboration
About Encora
Encora is the preferred digital engineering and modernization partner of some of the world’s leading enterprises and digital-native companies. With over 9,000 experts in 47+ offices and innovation labs worldwide, Encora’s technology practices include Product Engineering & Development, Cloud Services, Quality Engineering, DevSecOps, Data & Analytics, Digital Experience, Cybersecurity, and AI & LLM Engineering.
At Encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and qualifications and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.
