Senior Software Engineer, Backend; Hybrid

Position: Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Hybrid)
Hi, Future Homie!
At Homebase, you’ll join a team that’s bold, fast-moving, and obsessed with helping small businesses thrive. We build with empathy, act with urgency, and take big swings that drive real-world impact. Here, every Homie shows up to raise the bar, support one another, and celebrate wins as a team.

We’re not just building an app—we’re building unstoppable teams. So what do you say, are you in?

Your Impact Starts Here
We’re looking for a  Senior Software Engineer, Backend-Focused  to join our  Mobile Platform team , the group responsible for the shared services, backend architecture, and platform capabilities that power Homebase’s next-generation mobile experiences.

You’ll design and scale the backend systems behind our mobile app—including APIs, orchestration layers, platform services, and the infrastructure that enables the team to deliver fast, reliable, high-impact features. Your work will accelerate our journey toward an  AI-powered mobile assistant manager , supporting workflows like action consolidation, automated triage, and intelligent task routing.

If you’re passionate about  Ruby on Rails , care deeply about backend craftsmanship, love solving ambiguous platform problems, and want to shape the future of mobile experience at Homebase, we want to meet you.

These are the key ways you’ll contribute and create impact in this role:

Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services  in Ruby on Rails that power cross-team mobile workflows, including authentication, messaging, permissions, user actions, and notification routing.

Drive architectural design  across platform services—evaluating tradeoffs, improving service boundaries, and enabling a more modular, resilient backend ecosystem.

Consolidate user requests into a centralized action board , enabling our mobile app to surface, prioritize, and automate managerial tasks.

Partner deeply with Mobile Platform engineers  to create seamless API contracts, improve release triage processes, and support platform-wide backend reliability.

Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks , optimize query patterns, improve caching strategies, and elevate observability across critical services.

Improve developer velocity  by refining technical standards, improving documentation, simplifying service integration points, and enabling other teams to build on top of platform services.

Mentor engineers on backend fundamentals , architectural decision-making, and operational excellence.

Apply AI tools  to accelerate engineering workflows—including code generation, testing, debugging, documentation, observability insights, and prototyping.

Collaborate cross-functionally  with product managers, designers, and partner engineering teams to ship impactful customer experiences with speed and quality.

The Foundation for Success
These are the experiences and strengths that will set you up for success in this role:

3-5 years of backend engineering experience , with a strong foundation in building production Rails applications.

Strong Ruby on Rails experience —including idiomatic Ruby, patterns, performance tuning, and familiarity with Rails internals.

Deep understanding of  object-oriented programming , domain modeling, and API design.

Strong experience with  SQL, relational data modeling, and schema design  for performance and scalability.

Experience designing and maintaining  distributed systems or platform services  that support multiple client teams (mobile, web, or cross-functional).

Comfort with  logging, monitoring, alerting, and reliability tooling  to diagnose and prevent production issues.

Experience with  automated testing  (RSpec or similar), CI/CD pipelines, and release management.

Ability to navigate ambiguity, propose solutions, and drive architectural decision-making.

AI fluency —you experiment with AI tooling, integrate automation into your workflow, and continuously improve your development velocity.

The Homie Way
These principles guide everything we do—from how we work and make decisions to how we show up for each other.

Be Customer Obsessed  – Solve problems with empathy and creativity.

⚡  Move Fast, Learn Fast  – Experiment, take action, and grow every day.

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