About this role
About Ascendion: Ascendion is a leader in AI-powered software engineering, helping businesses innovate faster, smarter, and with greater impact. We partner with Global 2000 clients across North America, UK, Europe, and APAC to solve complex challenges in data, experience design, software product engineering, and workforce transformation. Powered by expert engineers, thousands of AI agents, and our Engineering to the Power of AI™ (EngineeringAI) method, we deliver measurable outcomes that build trust, unlock value, and accelerate growth. Learn more at ascendion.com Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us: · Build the coolest tech for world’s leading brands · Solve complex problems – and learn new skills · Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients · Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience Experience a community of change makers! Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.
About the Role: Job Title: RoR Developer
Responsibilities:
- Build and evolve Ruby/Rails applications and APIs with clean, maintainable architecture.
- Work confidently with ActiveRecord and relational databases, including query optimization, indexing, transactions, and data modeling.
- Diagnose performance bottlenecks across application, database, and API layers.
- Investigate and resolve production issues using logs, monitoring, stack traces, and root-cause analysis.
- Design and operate background processing workflows using Sidekiq or similar systems, with attention to retries, failures, concurrency, and idempotency.
- Apply appropriate data structures and algorithms to solve engineering problems efficiently.
- Conduct meaningful code reviews, focusing on correctness, maintainability, scalability, and potential production risks.
Required:
- Strong practical experience with Ruby and Ruby on Rails.
- Ability to reason about performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Comfortable owning problems from investigation to production resolution.
- Good engineering judgment and attention to code quality.
- Working knowledge of the above areas is expected; deep theoretical expertise is not a prerequisite.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience.