Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer

About PosiTrace

PosiTrace is a well-established, privately owned SaaS company operating across Canada, the US, and Mexico since 2007. Our platform manages data from more than 40,000 service vehicles, trucks, and excavators streaming location, engine metrics, and AI dashcam video. Fleet managers depend on our system to identify risky driver behavior, detect idle equipment, and reduce expenses.

Job Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer to join our compact, high-level engineering team. This role is based onsite at our Burnaby office in the Greater Vancouver area, with relocation assistance available if needed. Your work will directly impact customers and contribute to evolving our advanced Ruby on Rails and Angular platform.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain comprehensive features across our modern Rails and Angular environment, covering API, frontend, and production deployment.
• Enhance and modernize the existing product.
• Optimize performance to support customers managing thousands of vehicles.
• Create integrations with new telematics devices, AI camera systems, and diverse hardware.
• Expand backend billing and subscription modules within our administrative systems.
• Write thorough RSpec tests, conduct code reviews, and manage deployments via continuous integration and delivery pipelines.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of hands-on experience creating production-level software with Ruby on Rails.
• Proficiency in SQL and MySQL, particularly in optimizing queries for substantial datasets.
• Familiarity with Angular and TypeScript or comparable modern UI frameworks, along with eagerness to deepen expertise in Angular.
• Strong commitment to testing and maintaining code quality.
• Comfortable working within an extensive, mature codebase and advancing it safely.
• Effective communication skills in both written and spoken English.
• Willingness and capability to relocate to Vancouver.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to Redis, RabbitMQ, WebSockets, Grape APIs, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, geospatial mapping, telematics, or Internet of Things (IoT) domains is advantageous.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a profitable company experiencing rapid growth with loyal customers throughout North America.
• Tackle challenging problems involving real-time data processing, video streaming, mapping, and large-scale performance optimization.
• Work closely with a small team of senior engineers and the CTO, gaining significant responsibility and ownership.
• Office-based role with relocation support in the dynamic Vancouver tech hub.

Equal Opportunity

PosiTrace values diversity and inclusion, welcoming applicants from all backgrounds and hiring based on technical skills and personal character.