Lead Ruby on Rails Engineer

About the opportunity

We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer with strong Ruby on Rails expertise and AWS infrastructure experience to join our APIs team. This team is responsible for implementing business logic and APIs that enable staking and unstaking of tokens across a variety of blockchain networks. A portion of our responsibility includes developing, understanding, and integrating with smart contracts on Ethereum.

This is a full-time remote position for candidates in North American time zones. If you enjoy working on a dynamic and collaborative team with lots of opportunities to learn and drive impactful business outcomes, this role may be a great fit. Ideal candidates are comfortable working in an unstructured environment, dealing with uncertainty, and working across a range of projects while demonstrating a strong sense of ownership.

How you will make an impact

• Leading initiatives end-to-end through technical design, implementation, and testing
• Contributing code as a Lead-level IC, demonstrating best practices, and setting standards for the rest of the team
• Working closely with Product managers to clarify requirements, communicate design solutions, and set expectations
• Working closely with our Security team to deliver the most secure software solutions we can
• Collaborating with cross-functional team members on all aspects of product development
• Leading and refining the team’s software development processes
• Designing and building both REST and GraphQL APIs that are scalable, secure, and easy to use
• Bringing new ideas to the team, helping shape direction, and elevating team culture through knowledge sharing and mentorship

What you bring to the team

• Strong Ruby on Rails background and a track record of successful Rails projects
• Solid AWS infrastructure experience (ECS, RDS, etc.)
• In-depth understanding of systems design and multi-service architecture
• Familiarity with JavaScript for integration and scripting
• Familiarity with data storage solutions (SQL/Redis/Data warehousing)
• Experience with observability and monitoring practices (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, etc.)
• Ability to own complete features and systems end-to-end — conception, breakdown, implementation, deployment
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills
• A collaborative mindset, humility, and a desire to contribute to team success over individual recognition
• Passion for learning new technologies quickly and a strong bias toward simplicity and maintainability
• Bonus: experience with smart contract development and DeFi protocols

Technologies we use

Ruby (on Rails), JavaScript, SQL, RESTful APIs, GraphQL, AWS, PostgreSQL, Redis, Sidekiq, Datadog, GitHub, Slack, Jira

Teams you’ll collaborate with most often

In addition to collaborating with other Engineering team members, this role will collaborate most often with our Data Science and Data Availability teams.

Why you might be excited about us

At Figment, we offer an exciting range of competitive benefits designed to support and empower every member of our team:

• 100% remote-first environment. Our flagship office is in Toronto, Canada. We also have additional co-working spaces in New York, London, and Singapore. That means if you want to do your things in the office (if you’re near one), at home, or a bit of both, it’s up to you.
• 4 weeks of PTO that kick in day one, with an additional 1 week of flex days.
• Extended company-paid health benefits that kick in day one.
• Best in class parental leave and flexible arrangements.
• A home office stipend to create a space that you enjoy working in.
• Monthly Wifi reimbursement.
• A yearly Learning & Development budget.
• 401K (US) or RRSP match (Canada).
• Stock Options in the company.
• A competitive bonus (based on company performance) that is distributed bi-annually – we believe that the company’s success should be shared with our employees often
  • For roles listed within the Sales Department, there is instead a competitive commissions structure which will be outlined during your first interview with Figment
• Annual onsite company gatherings and retreats to inspire team bonding, collaboration, and fun!

Other reasons you may love working at Figment

• We are a team of under 200 members, which allows for an impactful contribution from day one.
• We place a strong focus on personal career development to shape a role that fits your goals and interests. Your satisfaction and well-being matter to us, and we’re here to support your ongoing growth.
• Our culture is one of honesty, professionalism and risk taking in a high-growth environment.
• Our team members themselves recommend working at Figment – with an eNPS score of 54 (which is ranked as ‘great’!).
• We are also extremely proud of ranking as one of the top Web3 employers by Talent Titans.

Compensation

One of Figment’s core principles is “Making the Invisible Visible” – ensuring transparency and information sharing in all communication. Figment is committed to transparency regarding pay, benefits, and other compensation types for all internal roles as well as all roles being hired for.

Base Salary: The CAD base salary range for this position is CAD $185,000 – $205,000. The US base salary range for this position is USD $185,000 – $205,000. This range reflects base salary only, and does not include additional compensation or benefits. For candidates in other countries, the pay range will be disclosed upon your first interview with Figment (being a globally remote company, the list of salary ranges would simply be too long to note here!). The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum range for a new hire across all Canada or the US. A candidate’s specific pay within the range will be determined by various factors including job-related skills, relevant education, and training.

Interview process

At Figment, we try to go above and beyond in making sure that you have the best possible experience interviewing with us. We strive for a smooth, organized, and informative process.

• During your first Recruiter Call, you will be provided with more information about Figment, the position and what to expect for the rest of the interview process. Please be prepared to discuss why you are interested in joining Figment and what excites you about the position and company.
• As we go through the process, we work to make sure that you hear back from us in a timely fashion. If we decide at any point that we’re unfortunately not moving forward, we will give you feedback on why it was not a fit.
• We aim for the entire process to take around 2-4 weeks from initial screen to offer. There can be exceptions on either side of the bell curve here, but as a rule, that’s the time-frame you can expect.