Sr. Ruby on Rails Developer – Production Support USA – Remote Contract Job Summary We are seeking a Senior Ruby on Rails Developer with strong production support experience to maintain, enhance and modernize enterprise applications within a healthcare technology environment. The ideal candidate should have hands-on Ruby on Rails and JavaScript/TypeScript experience, strong troubleshooting skills, and the ability to independently support complex production applications. Required Technical Skills 10+ years of software engineering experience. Strong hands-on experience with Ruby on Rails and JavaScript/TypeScript. Experience supporting enterprise applications in production environments. Strong knowledge of REST APIs and distributed applications. Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka / Confluent Kafka. Strong SQL skills with SQL Server and/or PostgreSQL. Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing. Experience with Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Production monitoring, logging, and observability experience. Experience with Datadog is highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, maintain and enhance Ruby on Rails applications. Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, defects and application vulnerabilities. Perform root cause analysis and implement permanent fixes. Support application modernization, migrations, and platform transitions. Work with APIs, messaging systems, databases, and distributed applications. Participate in deployments, production validation, and occasional after-hours of support. Address technical debt, security and compliance remediation. Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Platform, SRE and Security teams. Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and knowledge transfer materials. Preferred Skills Experience in healthcare, pharmacy, life sciences, or other regulated industries. Java, C#/.NET or MuleSoft experience. Event-driven architecture and enterprise integrations. Snowflake, Databricks, ETL and data pipeline experience. Experience with legacy application modernization and system migrations.