Senior Ruby Developer (Ruby & Go)
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Position:Senior Ruby Developer (Ruby & Go)
Reporting to: IT Team Lead
Work Arrangement: Remote | Monday–Friday | 9:00–18:00
Company Overview:
We are a forward-thinking fintech company specializing in innovative trading solutions and financial products. With a dynamic platform and a tech-savvy team working seamlessly across time zones, we provide cutting-edge services to traders worldwide.
About the Role:
We are looking for a Senior Ruby Developer (Ruby & Go) to own the backend behind our payment portal and PSP integrations. You will lead the technical work of connecting new deposit and withdrawal methods, hardening existing integrations, and ensuring reliable, secure money movement across the platform. Ruby is our primary stack; Go is used for high-throughput and latency-sensitive services, so strength in both is strongly preferred. You will report to the CPO.
Key Responsibilities:
Design, build, and own backend services in Ruby (Rails) and Go
Integrate new PSPs (cards, bank transfer, crypto, local methods) into the payment portal
Build and maintain deposit and withdrawal flows end to end
Design and consume PSP APIs, webhooks, and callback handlers
Implement transaction routing, status tracking, and reconciliation logic
Handle payment states, retries, idempotency, and failure/edge-case handling reliably
Ensure secure handling of payment data and compliance (PCI DSS)
Maintain and monitor existing PSP connections; resolve integration issues
Set technical direction, review code, and mentor other engineers
Build reporting and logging for payment operations and troubleshooting
Support anti-fraud, AML, and KYC checks within payment flows
Requirements:
5+ years backend engineering experience (API and integration heavy)
Strong Ruby / Ruby on Rails expertise; production Go experience strongly preferred
Proven experience integrating PSPs or payment gateways
Solid understanding of payment flows, webhooks, and transaction lifecycles
Knowledge of PCI DSS and secure handling of financial data
Experience with reconciliation, idempotency, and error-handling patterns
Experience designing and scaling distributed backend systems
Experience in fintech, payments, or forex/CFD brokerage preferred
Strong attention to reliability, security, and detail
What We Offer:
Fully remote role
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 9:00 – 18:00
Visa sponsorship and medical insurance from week one
Career growth opportunities within a fast-scaling fintech environment
International events, meet-ups and business trips to our global offices
Originally posted on Himalayas
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