Senior Software Engineer, Ruby on Rails
Company: Acture Germany
Location: Home Office (Remote)
Type: Full-time
Remote: Yes
Posted: 2026-05-06
About this role
#### Your role at Acture
As a Software Engineer at Acture, you’ll play a key role in building and improving our platform alongside a collaborative and driven engineering team. If Ruby on Rails is your track, you’ll feel right at home here.
You will:
- Co-develop new features for the Acture platform across both backend and frontend
- Collaborate with the team to discuss ideas and actively shape the user experience
- Contribute to architectural decisions and help improve platform stability, performance, and scalability
- Test and QA features before deployment to ensure high-quality releases
- Work with a modern tech stack including Ruby on Rails, RSpec, Capybara, PostgreSQL, JavaScript, and Tailwind CSS
- Troubleshoot issues, fix bugs, and maintain a clean, efficient, and sustainable codebase
#### Your profile
You’re a hands-on full-stack engineer who enjoys building reliable software and continuously improving your craft.
- At least 4 years of experience as a full-stack software engineer
- Strong, in-depth knowledge of Ruby on Rails
- Bachelor-level thinking and working ability
- Solid understanding of relational databases (preferably PostgreSQL), REST APIs, HTML, and CSS
- Familiarity with MVC frameworks and Test-Driven Development (TDD)
- Understanding of architectural patterns and system design principles
- A strong focus on clean code and thorough testing
- Good communication skills and fluency in English (C1 or higher)
#### Why us?
Why us?
As part of the Acture team in Germany, you’ll be surrounded by open-minded, smart people who are passionate about working toward our shared mission. We place great value on creating a healthy environment for both work and life, including flexible working hours and the option to work from home.
In addition to fair compensation and a performance-based bonus of 8%, you’ll benefit from extra perks with an annual value of more than €2,300:
A €1,000 annual learning and development budget for online co...