Remote Ruby on Rails Developer (AI Focused) USA

Salary: £58,000 - 98,000 per year

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a software engineer in a SaaS or cloud-based environment
• Strong backend engineering experience, with RoR and/or Golang preferred
• Experience integrating APIs and working within distributed systems
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML tools such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face, or similar
• Experience building or integrating AI-powered features into applications, not just experimentation
• Strong understanding of data flow, system design, and performance optimization
• Experience with relational databases such as SQL Server or similar
• Familiarity with microservices architecture, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience deploying applications in Azure or similar cloud environments
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
• Builder mindset with the ability to take an idea and turn it into a working feature quickly
• Pragmatic approach to AI, focusing on value rather than hype
• Ability to work independently in a contract environment while collaborating closely with internal teams
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain AI concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Experience with prompt engineering, embeddings, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
• Exposure to model evaluation, fine-tuning, or AI performance monitoring
• Experience with event-driven architectures or real-time data processing
• Background in energy, fintech, or other complex data-driven industries

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI-powered features within our platform, such as automation, recommendations, and copilots
• Integrate LLMs and/or ML models into our existing services and workflows
• Evaluate, select, and optimize AI tools, APIs, and frameworks for production use
• Collaborate with Product to translate business problems into AI-driven solutions
• Build and maintain scalable backend services to support AI functionality
• Profile, test, and optimize the performance of AI-integrated systems
• Ensure the reliability, security, and cost-efficiency of AI components in production
• Contribute to architecture decisions around AI integration and system design
• Partner with engineering teams to embed AI into existing applications without degrading stability

Technologies

• AI
• Azure
• Backend
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• ERP
• Flow
• Golang
• Support
• Kubernetes
• SQL
• Security
• microservices
• Machine Learning
• Ruby
• UX UI Design

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We are hiring on behalf of one of our clients based in Houston, TX. The client is a fast-growing US-based SaaS company transforming how energy firms manage operations through an end-to-end ERP platform that streamlines field data, production, finance, land, and compliance, delivering real-time insights and operational efficiency. This is a hands-on role in the USA for someone who can move quickly, make pragmatic decisions, and bring AI concepts into real, scalable product features within a production SaaS environment.

last updated 27 week of 2026