Software Engineer, Ruby on Rails

About Portside, Inc.

Portside is a leading provider of modern software solutions for the global aviation industry. As a fast-growing SaaS company, we operate across three key verticals: business aviation, regional commercial aviation, and aircraft leasing & finance. With nearly 300 team members spread across five continents, we support over 1,000 enterprise customers, helping them streamline and manage all aspects of their day-to-day operations.

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced software engineer to join our business aviation team. In this role, you will work at the intersection of technology, people, and processes to foster great aviation safety products, optimize team performance, and enhance the speed and quality of software development.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement software solutions using Ruby on Rails, Vue.js, and React Native, following industry best practices such as DRY, KISS, design patterns, etc.
• Develop and maintain APIs, ensuring they meet high performance, reliability, and security standards for internal and external system integrations
• Design database schemas, manage database operations with Active Record and SQL, ensuring efficient database reliability
• Write unit and integration tests, contribute to the test strategy execution and overall quality of the company products
• Follow the company’s code and development standards
• Refactor existing software components in order to eliminate technical debt and improve application extensibility
• Estimate software development work in conjunction with the product team
• Deploy software releases to production and other environments
• Use and maintain CI/CD pipelines in coordination with the DevOps team
• Use and maintain AWS services in coordination with the DevOps team
• Work closely with the security team to maintain compliance with the company’s security standards
• Conduct code reviews
• Collaborate with the management team on setting project goals and their execution
• Be on-call 1 week per month
  
  

Technology Stack

Ruby on Rails, Vue.js, React Native, RSpec, Jest, Cypress, GraphQL, Postgres, Redis, CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Sentry, Docker, AWS

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Ruby on Rails (or other similar backend framework, eg. Django, Nest, etc)
• Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks, preferably Vue.js or React. Experience with React Native or other mobile development technologies is a plus
• An interest in developer tooling and workflow optimization
• Experience in designing application architecture, a good understanding of the MVC, DRY, KISS, design patterns, and other development best practices
• Experience in refactoring code, a solid understanding of the refactoring methodologies, and code smells
• Experience in conducting code reviews
• Experience in writing automated tests (RSpec, Minitest, Jest, Cypress, etc), measuring test coverage, and defining test automation strategies
• Experience in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g. CircleCI, GitHub Actions), a good understanding of deployment procedures
• Knowledge of SQL and experience designing complex database queries an asset; experience working with ORMs such as Active Record, and database migrations
• Experience with GraphQL is a plus
• Experience with AWS is a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Practical and results-oriented engineering mindset
• Interest in business aviation and becoming a domain expert in the field
  
  

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Fully remote work
• Generous time off policy
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement
• Dynamic, collaborative, and fast-growing work environment