Technical Architect - Ruby on Rails

Builder.ai is looking for a Technical Architect with expertise in back-end architecture to join our growing software Delivery team in Boston on a full time basis.

About Builder
We’re on a mission to make app building so easy everyone can do it – regardless of their background, tech knowledge or budget. We’ve already helped thousands of entrepreneurs, small businesses and global brands, like NBC Universal and Pepsi, as well as American organizations like Bobcat and Smart Path, achieve their software goals. And we’ve only just started!

Builder.ai was voted as one of 2023’s ‘Most Innovative Companies in AI’ by Fast Company, and won Europas 2022 ‘Scaleup of the Year’. Our team has grown to over 800 people across the world and our recent announcement of $250m Series D funding (and partnership with Microsoft) means there’s never been a more exciting time to become a Builder.

Why We Need This Role
Technical Architects at Builder play a key role in strategizing and overseeing the technical architecture of customer projects built within our Builder Studio platform. You’ll be responsible for implementing customer projects that are scalable and reliable while following industry best practices and aligning to our technical standards and policies. Technical Architects (known as a Sensei at Builder) work closely with our Productologists (Product Owners) and Ninjas (Technical Project Managers) to ensure our code development and architecture achieves the highest stakeholder satisfaction.

You will be responsible for

• Working with our Sales and Delivery teams in engaging Customers to understand their unique requirements and feasibility.
• Presenting technical solutions to enterprise customers.
• Documenting architecture and technical tasks as part of user story refinement.
• All technical deliverables including code quality, test automation, NFR testing, and code handover.
• Leading the resolution of technical problems; expert troubleshooters across all facets of a project’s delivery
• Identification of process improvement areas and the championing of innovation in automating parts of the SDLC through the use of 

Requirements

• 5+ years experience with a wide range of web, back-end, or mobile technologies.
• Mastery of Ruby / Ruby on Rails in a cloud-based ecosystem:
• Experience presenting technical solutions to customers.
• A proven track record of designing scalable and maintainable technical solutions.
• Experience leading development efforts across multiple projects or work streams in parallel.
• Experience working with off-shore/outsourced developers across different time zones.
• Experience with code review tools and practices to ensure best practices are followed and code quality gates are achieved.
• Experience with creating documentation, unit tests, integration tests, security, and load tests.
• Solid Understanding of GitOps principles.

Nice to have:

• Working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitLab CI/CD pipelines
• Comfortable with open source monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, along with an ability to troubleshoot infrastructure and/or application issues across these tools.
• Experience with Azure, AWS, and GCP.
• Experience with React Native and ReactJS

Why You Should Join
The Technical Architect role gives you the opportunity to work on a wide variety of technical challenges with customers who are building products, at scale, for mobile and web using our bespoke platform. You’ll be working at the forefront of cutting-edge AI technology that is disrupting a combined $800 billion (and growing) industry for software build and operate services across the B2C and B2B markets. Come and join the revolution we aim to bring to our customers and make technology accessible and easy for anyone to use!

Life at Builder.ai
At Builder.ai we encourage you to experiment! Each role at Builder has unlimited opportunities to learn, progress and challenge the status quo. We want you to help us become even better at supporting our customers and take AI app building to new heights.

Our global team is diverse, collaborative and exceptionally talented. We hire people for their differences but all unite with our shared belief in Builder’s HEARTT values: (Heart, Entrepreneurship, Accountability, Respect, Trust and Transparency) and a let’s-get-stuff-done attitude.

In return for your skills and commitment, we offer a range of great perks, from hybrid working and a variable annual bonus, to employee stock options, generous paid leave, and trips abroad #WhatWillYouBuild

Benefits

• Attractive quarterly OKR bonus plan or commission scheme dependant on your role
• Stock options in a $450 million funded Series D scale-up company
• 24 days paid vacation + federal holidays 
• 2 x Builder family days each year
• Time off between Christmas and New Year
• Generous Referral Bonus scheme
• 401k
• Private Medical Insurance with Blue Shield
• Generously funded Dental and Optical Insurance
• Serviced office space in the Back Bay area