About the role
Senior Ruby on Rails Developer
We’re looking for a Senior Ruby on Rails developer who enjoys owning meaningful features, building reliable systems, and working in a mature, high-trust engineering environment.
This is an individual contributor role for an experienced backend engineer who cares deeply about code quality, testing, and long-term impact.
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Why Join OTGS?
* Stable & self-funded: Founded in 2007, profitable, and independent — we build for the long term. * Industry leaders: Creators of WPML, the № 1 multilingual plugin for WordPress, powering over 1.5 million sites * Real product impact: You’ll work on ATE, a core product at OTGS with real customers, real scale, and real technical challenges. * Fully remote, async-friendly: Work from anywhere within EMEA hours as part of a global, distributed team. * Engineering-driven culture: We value ownership, autonomy, testing, and thoughtful problem-solving. * Growth without chaotic hype: Mentorship, internal mobility, and long-term career paths — without chaos. * Fair compensation + great benefits: Designed to support your well-being both inside and outside of work.
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What You’ll Do
* Own features from implementation to production within a well-defined product scope * Build and maintain robust Ruby on Rails systems used at scale * Work closely with product and other engineers to solve real user problems * Write and maintain automated tests (unit, integration, and E2E) * Improve performance, reliability, and maintainability of existing systems * Take responsibility for the quality and long-term health of what you build
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What We’re Looking For
Required
* 4+ years of professional experience with Ruby on Rails * Strong backend engineering skills and database experience * Solid experience writing and maintaining automated tests (including E2E) * Experience building and running production systems * Comfortable working autonomously and taking ownership * Strong problem-solving mindset, you look beyond tickets * Experience with Web APIs * Availability during EMEA working hours
Nice to Have
* Experience with React * CI/CD experience (GitLab, Jenkins, or similar) * Background jobs, AWS, or complex integrations * Experience with Capybara
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This Role Is a Great Fit If You:
* Take pride in ownership and accountability * Care about testing and long-term code quality * Prefer stable, product-focused work over short-term hype * Enjoy collaborating with thoughtful, kind, and experienced people * Want to make a lasting impact on a product used by thousand of real customers
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