[Hiring] Ruby on Rails Engineer @Fearless

Role Description

We are actively seeking a Full Stack Engineer with strong Ruby on Rails experience to support a federal identity and authentication platform. In this role, you’ll work closely with product managers, security specialists, privacy experts, and federal stakeholders to build and enhance secure, cloud-native applications that support authentication, identity verification, and partner experiences. This role is fully remote.

Your Responsibilities in this Role:

• Design, develop, and maintain full-stack features using Ruby on Rails and modern JavaScript technologies.
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and service-oriented application architectures that support secure identity and authentication services.
• Develop accessible, standards-compliant user interfaces while adhering to Section 508 and WCAG accessibility requirements.
• Build, deploy, and support cloud-native applications within AWS environments.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production applications using AWS services including CloudWatch and RDS.
• Participate in CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation using tools such as GitHub Actions and Terraform.
• Participate in on-call and deployment rotations, providing incident response support during business hours.
• Collaborate closely with product, security, privacy, and federal stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable solutions.
• Communicate proactively with teammates and clients, contributing to a collaborative, solutions-oriented engineering culture.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on experience developing full-stack applications using Ruby on Rails.
• Experience designing and maintaining RESTful APIs.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, domain modeling, and service-oriented or modular application architecture.
• Experience developing frontend applications using JavaScript and React.
• Knowledge of accessibility best practices, including Section 508 and WCAG compliance.
• Experience working with AWS services, including RDS (Postgres) and CloudWatch.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and GitHub Actions (or similar CI platforms).
• Ability to support production applications through on-call rotations and incident response.
• Experience collaborating effectively across engineering, product, security, and client teams.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
• Ability to obtain and maintain public trust clearance.

Requirements

• Experience implementing authentication and authorization protocols including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).
• Experience with identity proofing, document verification, fraud detection, risk-based authentication, or vendor identity verification integrations.
• Familiarity with NIST Digital Identity Guidelines (SP 800-63-3), including Identity Assurance Levels (IAL), Authenticator Assurance Levels (AAL), and Federation Assurance Levels (FAL).
• Experience supporting federal digital identity, authentication, or highly regulated government systems.

Benefits

• Flexible, life-friendly schedules.
• 100% coverage for our medical HSA plan + HSA contributions.
• Dental & vision covered 100% for you and your dependents.
• Competitive premiums for HMO/PPO and dependent coverage.
• 401(k) with 4% match & immediate vesting.
• Paid Parental Leave and 12 weeks paid FMLA.
• Generous PTO, 11 Federal Holidays, a Birthday Holiday, and Sick Leave.
• Up to 15 days for Jury Duty and Bereavement Leave.
• Education, wellness, and tech allowances.
• Referral bonus: $6K–$12K for each successful referral.
• Pet insurance & discount plans.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Legal support, life insurance, disability coverage.
• Performance-Based Bonuses.