Ruby on Rails Engineer (Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services)

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.

Fearless Impact

Fearless Customer Impact

Project Skill and Experience Requirements

• ● 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 fi eld
• ● Ability to obtain and maintain public trust clearance

Prefered Experience

Fearless Skills and Competencies

• Analytical Thinking: The ability to observe and interpret information, break down complex problems into parts, identify patterns/relationships and draw logical conclusions to develop effective solutions.
• Synthetic Thinking: The ability to combine different ideas, information, or concepts to create a new, complex understanding or solution by integrating disparate elements into a new, meaningful whole.
• Adaptability: Comfort with change, flexibility in the face of shifting demands and resilience to setbacks.
• Ownership & Accountability: Committed to taking responsibility for outcomes, ensuring that all commitments are met with a focus on enhancing service delivery.
• Consultative Advising: Identifies and articulates client challenges, scopes projects and aligns recommendations to business goals and client expectations.
• Communicating with Influence: Capable of crafting and delivering clear, persuasive messages that integrate data insights and structured narratives, tailored to the strategic needs of diverse audiences to drive effective decision-making.
• Environmental Awareness: Maintains awareness of external dynamics, power structures within client environments as well as regulatory trends and contract requirements that influence service delivery.

Required Level of Proficiency

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit for extended periods while working on a computer or during meetings.
• Must be able to travel occasionally to client sites or company meetings, which may involve driving or flying.
• Ability to communicate effectively via phone, email, and in-person, requiring clear speech, listening, and written communication skills.
• Ability to move within an office environment, including reaching for files, using office equipment, and occasional light lifting (up to 10 pounds).

Life at Fearless

What Makes Us Purple?

Compensation at Fearless

• Fearless is committed to providing a competitive compensation package that will meet your current and future needs. Our philosophy is aimed at rewarding team member contributions, supporting long-term financial growth and security, and overall well-being.
• We believe in paying people fairly, so we've established a compensation model aimed to ensure everyone at Fearless — regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, nationality, or willingness/ability to negotiate — is consistently paid fairly based on alignment to the needs and requirements of the role.

The salary range for this position is

• Minimum Salary: $96,132
• Salary Midpoint: $124,971
• Maximum Salary: $162,462
• Hiring Range for Role: $96,132 - $142,000
• *This position is eligible for a discretionary bonus based on individual and company performance criteria.

Benefits at Fearless

• At Fearless, we take care of our team—because when you're supported, you can do your best work. We offer a flexible, family-friendly environment with benefits designed to support your health, growth, and life outside of work.
• For Full-Time Team Members (Starting Day One):
• 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: We believe your impact should be recognized. Our bonus program rewards both shared company success and individual contributions. Learn more about our bonus incentives here .

Reasonable Accommodations

So, What’s Next?

Where You Can Build with Fearless