Lead Ruby Engineer (Contract Role)

Join us to be part of the team revolutionizing the eCommerce experience, with a strong focus on delivering a seamless and customizable payment and checkout solution. As aLead Software Engineer, you'll have the opportunity to build and scale APIs and services that empower businesses to create seamless, customizable, and high-converting payment experiences. Collaborate with a talented, remote-first team to drive technical excellence and make a lasting impact on the eCommerce landscape.
Primary Skills:

• Ruby(expert-level expertise, 10 YOE)
• PHP, Scala, or TypeScript(nice-to-have)

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Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and scaling of APIs and services for payment and checkout solutions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product owners, designers, and external partners, to deliver innovative payment integrations
• Provide on-call support (2 weeks every 2 months) to ensure platform reliability
• Provide expert guidance on Ruby development, setting coding standards and driving best practices
• Offer technical mentorship and leadership to other engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation

Requirements

• 10+ years' experience in software engineering with a focus on Ruby and payment systems
• Expertise in Ruby development, including scaling, performance optimization, and system architecture
• Background in databases, software architecture, and building scalable systems
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to inspire and guide a team
• Strategic mindset focused on innovation, operational efficiency and delivering high-quality solutions

Nice to have

• Experience with PHP, Scala or TypeScript

We offer

• By choosing EPAM, you're getting a job at Great Place To Work-Certified™ in 2024 , Glassdoor's Top 100 Best Places to Work in 2023 & one of Most Loved Workplace, as recognized by Newsweek , 2021 - 2023
• Employee ideas are the main driver of our business. We have a very supportive environment where your voice matters
• You will be challenged while working side-by-side with the best talent globally. We work with top-notch technologies, constantly seeking new industry trends and best practices
• We offer a transparent career path and an individual roadmap to engineer your future & accelerate your journey
• At EPAM, you can find vast opportunities for self-development: online courses and libraries, mentoring programs, partial grants of certification, and experience exchange with colleagues around the world. You will learn, contribute, and grow with us

Life at EPAM
- We are a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services that has rapidly grown in Australia since 2013.
- We adopt a global growth strategy, thinking and acting like start-ups, working in multi-disciplinary teams, and delivering results. With a multinational talented team, we have been delivering innovative solutions for cloud migration, cyber security, digital transformation, etc.
- You will work in an open and friendly work environment where your professional skills and experience can stand out.
How We Hire
• Here, we summarize the typical journey to finding a job within EPAM.
• Apply and tell us about yourself!
• Go through some standard interviews:

• - General interview with a recruiter
• - Technical interview with our technology experts
• - Manager interview or Offer interview with a hiring manager

• Get ready to join the team!
• Not sure if you meet all the requirements? No problem. Let's talk anyway and find out more!
• It takes 1 min of application to start the journey with us. Apply now!