Ruby on Rails Development Leader (Manager/Lead)

I’m helping Mavensphere IT Technologies find a top candidate to join their team full-time for the role of Ruby on Rails Development Leader (Manager/Lead) . You'll modernize a critical EMR platform, leading AWS migration and AI integration for a distributed team. Compensation: Provide your expected compensation while applying Location: Remote: United States Mission of Mavensphere IT Technologies: "Our mission is to add value and quality to our clients’ IT systems through timely, state-of-the-art services and solutions with a human touch." What makes you a strong candidate: You are proficient in jQuery, SQL, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, Kubernetes. You have the potential to develop in Electronic medical records (EMR). English - Conversational Spanish - Fully fluent Responsibilities and more: What You’ll Do Platform Ownership & Modernization: Own and evolve a Ruby on Rails-based EMR platform (primarily a modular monolith). Lead modernization efforts across an aging codebase (Rails + jQuery). Drive upgrades (e.g., Rails 5 → 6+ and beyond) and improve system maintainability. Identify and reduce technical debt while balancing feature delivery. Architecture & Technical Leadership: Guide system design across a monolith with emerging microservices. Make key decisions around scalability, performance, and platform evolution. Stay hands-on—contributing to code, debugging, and architecture when needed. Act as a technical escalation point for complex production issues. Cloud & Infrastructure: Support and help lead migration to Amazon Web Services (AWS). Work within a containerized environment using Docker and Kubernetes. Drive improvements across CI/CD, deployment processes, and system reliability. AI-Enabled Development: Leverage tools like GitHub Copilot and similar technologies to accelerate development. Explore opportunities to integrate AI into both engineering workflows and product capabilities (APIs, prompting, automation). Help the team adopt a forward-thinking, AI-enabled engineering mindset. Team Leadership Lead and mentor a distributed team of :5–6 engineers. Foster collaboration between engineering and product teams. Support hiring, coaching, and team growth. What We’re Looking For Technical Expertise Strong hands-on experience with Ruby on Rails (architect-level preferred). Proven experience working with and modernizing legacy monolithic applications. Experience with MySQL or relational databases, including debugging data-related issues. Solid understanding of system design, architecture, and production systems. Cloud & DevOps: Experience with AWS (migration experience highly preferred). Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments. AI Mindset (Must-Have): Active use of AI tools (e.g., Copilot) in development workflows. Interest in applying AI beyond coding—into product features and automation. Open, forward-thinking approach to adopting new technologies. Leadership & Collaboration: Experience leading or mentoring engineering teams (distributed/offshore preferred). Strong communicator who partners well with product and business stakeholders. Team-oriented mindset—able to influence without ego. Nice to Have Experience with EMR/EHR or healthcare platforms. Spanish language skills (to support collaboration with Mexico-based team). Your potential leader(s): Julian - Founder & CEO