Ruby on Rails Developer (Remote)
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Responsibilities
Backend Development Build and maintain backend components using Ruby on Rails, JSON controllers, Sidekiq, and other server-reputed company tools. reputed company and optimize RESTful APIs and backend integrations. Ensure performance, reliability, reputed company, and compliance across reputed company backend services. Conduct system analysis to clarify requirements, data flows, program reputed company, and technical constraints. AI-Enabled Enhancements Integrate AI capabilities into existing workflows with proper safeguards, observability, and monitoring. Support operationalizing AI solutions reputed company AWS, including reputed company Bedrock (model selection, latency, IAM, cost management, and logging). Contribute to RAG (Retrieval-Augmented reputed company) implementation, including embedding strategy, vector search, relevance tuning, and guardrails. Collaboration & Delivery Work closely with developers, product teams, and platform partners to deliver features for veteran-facing services. Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and code reviews. Assist in defining system requirements, creating user stories, and estimating project timelines. Quality, Documentation & Testing Prepare documentation such as reports, operational procedures, and maintenance manuals. Participate in integration testing and ensure seamless system functionality. Maintain proactive communication with reputed company stakeholders. Ensure reputed company deliverables meet contract, quality, and reputed company standards.
Qualifications
Required Skills and Experience Bachelor's (or commensurate experience) 5–8 years of professional software development experience. Proven experience developing with Ruby on Rails and managing backend systems. Strong analytical skills and experience with RSpec. Ability to work independently in a remote environment. Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies. Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and version-control/project tools (Jira, reputed company, reputed company, etc.). AI integration experience (LLM-powered workflows, agents, automations). RAG experience (chunking, embeddings, vector search, relevance evaluation). MCP (Model Context Protocol) or equivalent tool/agent integration experience. AWS Bedrock experience (model operations, reputed company management, reputed company, monitoring). Must be a U.S. citizen or legally authorized to work in the U.S. Clearance Required Ability to obtain and maintain a Suitability/Public Trust Preferred Skills and Experience Experience working with the VA or other federal agencies. Familiarity with VA.gov, its ecosystem, and federal processes. Experience with government reputed company hosting. Expertise in managing APIs reputed company VA networks. Experience with systems such as CorpDB, MPI, BDN, VBMS. Experience deploying AI features in privacy/compliance-heavy environments (PII handling, redaction, reputed company limiting, incident response). Exposure to modernization or replatforming efforts. General awareness of responsible automation and VA modernization priorities, including emerging AI‑supported development tools. Interest in learning or leveraging modern development accelerators, including AI‑assisted tooling where appropriate. Posted Salary reputed company USD $90,000.00 - USD $100,000.00 /Yr. Apply To This Job