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Senior Ruby on Rails Developer (Product-Minded) — Independent Contractor, Project-Based, Full-Time, Remote
We’re looking for an experienced Ruby on Rails developer who enjoys taking ownership of projects and delivering real outcomes — not just checking off tickets or juggling dozens of frameworks.
This is a project-based independent contractor role. You’ll work closely with decision makers, help shape solutions, and take responsibility for designing and implementing features end-to-end. We value engineers who think about the business context as much as the code — people who simplify, reduce risk, and build software that lasts.
You’ll work across our stack — Rails 8, MySQL, Heroku, AWS, and limited React (as we transition toward Hotwire) — and contribute to decisions that directly impact product direction.
We prefer candidates who can comfortably collaborate within CET or US time zones.
What you’ll do
Send a short note to careers@farmgirlflowers.com with:
We’re looking for an experienced Ruby on Rails developer who enjoys taking ownership of projects and delivering real outcomes — not just checking off tickets or juggling dozens of frameworks.
This is a project-based independent contractor role. You’ll work closely with decision makers, help shape solutions, and take responsibility for designing and implementing features end-to-end. We value engineers who think about the business context as much as the code — people who simplify, reduce risk, and build software that lasts.
You’ll work across our stack — Rails 8, MySQL, Heroku, AWS, and limited React (as we transition toward Hotwire) — and contribute to decisions that directly impact product direction.
We prefer candidates who can comfortably collaborate within CET or US time zones.
What you’ll do
- Design and build secure, maintainable features in Ruby on Rails
- Work from problem -> design -> implementation -> delivery
- Keep solutions simple, safe, and easy to evolve
- Translate business needs into clear technical approaches and tradeoffs
- Contribute thoughtfully to architecture discussions
- Write concise technical specs when needed
- Collaborate async (Slack, GitHub) while communicating clearly and proactively
- Ruby on Rails 8
- MySQL
- Heroku (deployments & ops)
- AWS
- React -> Hotwire (new development direction)
- RSpec, Sidekiq
- Strong experience building real, production Rails applications
- Someone who owns problems — not just assigned tasks
- Ability to make pragmatic engineering decisions with tradeoffs in mind
- Strong communication — explaining why matters as much as what
- Interest in understanding the business and customer impact
- Comfortable working independently, yet collaborative when decisions matter
- Experience with Hotwire
- Heroku or AWS familiarity
- Experience simplifying or refactoring complex systems
- Prior independent contractor or project-based work experience
- Project-based, meaningful ownership — you see the impact of your work
- 100% remote, with preference for CET / US overlap
- Full-time contractor scope
- A practical engineering culture: clarity, simplicity, and maintainability
- Direct collaboration with decision makers, not layers of management
- Realistic expectations — we care about quality, not heroics
Send a short note to careers@farmgirlflowers.com with:
- links to projects or GitHub (do not worry if you do not have any, we know busy professionals might not have a lot on public GH)
- a brief description of your experience with Rails
- one example of a problem you simplified instead of over-engineering