Technical Lead – Ruby / Ruby on Rails
Capital Technology Group5 hours ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
Base Salary
$120k - $165k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and modernization of enterprise software systems for federal mission needs.
- Drive engineering efforts across the software development lifecycle from architecture through deployment.
- Build scalable, secure, and maintainable backend applications.
- Architect and develop APIs using GraphQL.
- Lead system design discussions, architecture reviews, and technical decision-making.
- Partner with product, architecture, DevSecOps, and infrastructure teams on integrated technical solutions.
- Troubleshoot complex application, integration, and system performance issues.
- Contribute to cloud modernization, application refactoring, and platform engineering improvements.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and establish engineering standards and best practices.
- Support secure software delivery, code quality, testing automation, and pipeline integration.
- Translate business and mission requirements into technical implementation strategies.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain Public Trust clearance are required.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 9 years of professional software engineering experience, including enterprise application development.
- Experience with technical leadership, mentoring, code reviews, and architecture ownership.
- Strong hands-on experience with Ruby, Ruby on Rails, React, Java, Spring Boot, and APIs.
- Experience designing distributed systems, microservices, integrations, and scalable enterprise applications.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, design patterns, and engineering best practices.
- Experience building cloud-native applications in AWS or Azure.
- Experience with automated testing, source control, and DevSecOps workflows.
- Knowledge of secure software development, API security, and application security best practices.
- Experience troubleshooting production systems, performance tuning, and operational support.
- Strong communication and technical leadership skills.
- Nice-to-have experience with Docker, Kubernetes, event-driven architecture, or serverless platforms.
- Familiarity with Zero Trust principles and secure systems integration is preferred.
- Experience supporting federal government agencies is preferred.
Benefits
- Remote work; hybrid roles are specified in the job post.
- Full-time employee position.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- 401(k) with 4% matching.
- Liberal paid time off vacation policy.
- Annual continuing education benefit.
- Annual wellness budget.
- Bonus incentive programs for employee referrals and performance-based rewards.
About Capital Technology Group
Capital Technology Group provides technical leadership and expert consulting services for a wide range of business needs and information technologies including: enterprise architecture and application integration, custom application development, big data, and search. Our consultants have broad knowledge and deep, hands-on technical experience managing the full software development lifecycle from understanding business drivers and release planning, through system architecture and design, to delivery of quality and maintainable software. Capital Technology Group has supported government and commercial clients in the Washington, DC area since 2010.