Senior Software Engineer - RoR

About G2 - The Company

G2 is the world's largest and most trusted software marketplace. When you join G2, you’re joining the industry’s leading team that helps businesses reach their peak potential by powering decisions and strategies with trusted insights from real software users.

Now, we have joined forces with Capterra, SoftwareAdvice, and GetApp to create the largest source of data and software insights to fuel intelligent buying in the age of AI. With 200M+ combined annual visitors and 6M verified reviews, we are now the centralized place to enable software buyers to make better and faster decisions with confidence.

And we are just getting started! We are setting out to transform the global B2B software industry and become the most trusted data foundation for buyers and sellers of software for the age of AI.

Does that sound exciting to you? Come join us as we try to reach our next PEAK!

About G2 - Our People

At G2, everything we are and what we do is grounded in our PEAK values— (Performance + Entrepreneurship + Authenticity + Kindness. Working at G2 means you are part of a value-driven, growing global community that climbs PEAKs together. We cheer for each other’s successes, learn from our mistakes, and support and lean on another during challenging times. With ambition and entrepreneurial spirit we push each other to take on challenging work, which will help us all to grow and learn.

You will be part of a global, diverse team of smart, dedicated, and kind individuals - each with unique talents, aspirations, and life experiences. At the heart of our community and culture are our people-led ERGs, which celebrate and highlight the diverse identities of our global team. As an organization, we are intentional about our DEI and philanthropic work (like our G2 Gives program) because it encourages us all to be better people.

About The Role

G2 is looking for a technical lead for a team working primarily on Ruby on Rails.

You'll own the technical direction of a core Rails application — setting architecture, raising the quality bar, and shipping features end to end alongside a small, fast-moving team. This is a hands-on role: you'll spend most of your time writing and reviewing code, not managing people. You'll work directly with product managers, designers, and business stakeholders to turn ambiguous problems into shipped features in short iteration cycles, and you'll instrument what you build so the business can measure whether it worked.

In This Role, You Will:

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Serve as a technical leader, providing architectural guidance and strategic direction in collaboration with the leadership team
• Establish and champion engineering best practices, code standards, and quality benchmarks across the team

Product Development & Delivery

• Build and maintain a high-quality, stable, and well-tested web application with comprehensive test coverage
• Deliver complete features in short development cycles, writing effective frontend and backend code
• Break down complex technical requirements into deliverable solutions using systematic decomposition patterns
• Leverage AI coding tools to accelerate development velocity and enhance team productivity

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with designers, product managers, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Instrument features with metrics and measurements to enable data-driven business decisions
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

Quality & Operations

• Ensure quality releases through rigorous testing, code review, and deployment practices
• Monitor application performance and proactively address scalability concerns
• Contribute to incident response and system reliability efforts

Minimum Qualifications:

We realize applying for jobs can feel daunting at times. Even if you don’t check all the boxes in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

• 7+ years of professional software development experience, with significant time in web application development
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Ruby on Rails in production environments
• Strong understanding of relational databases, including query optimization, indexing, and schema design
• Working knowledge of Sidekiq (or any background job processing frameworks)
• Solid grasp of testing methodologies and frameworks
• Working knowledge of AI coding tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar) and their integration into development workflows
• Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or similar AI integration patterns
• Experience with version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployment processes
• Strong communication skills with ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams

What Can Help Your Application Stand Out:

• Experience working with active-admin
• Experience with Hotwire and Stimulus
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science
• Proven track record working in high-performing, agile environments with rapid iteration cycles

Our Commitment to Inclusivity and Diversity

At G2, we are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment where people of every background can thrive and feel welcome. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, or marital, veteran, or physical or mental disability status. Learn more about our commitments here.

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