SW Development Manager (Ruby)

Software Development Manager Ruby on Rails

We're looking for a hands-on Software Development Manager with deep Ruby on Rails experience to lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing engineering team. This role blends technical leadership and people leadership you'll stay close to the code while driving delivery, quality, and team development.

You'll partner closely with Product and Design, help translate business needs into technical execution, and foster a culture of strong engineering practices, accountability, and continuous improvement.

This is a hybrid role based in Franklin, TN, working with a collaborative, geographically distributed team.

Lead and mentor a team of Ruby on Rails engineers through 1:1s, coaching, and performance development

Remain technically engagedreviewing code, influencing architecture, and guiding complex problem solving

Own sprint planning, capacity management, and delivery predictability

Partner cross-functionally with Product and Design to turn requirements into scalable solutions

Improve and maintain engineering processes (CI/CD, code reviews, documentation, testing practices)

Champion quality, security, and performance across the codebase

Help set technical direction while balancing near-term delivery with long-term maintainability

5+ years of professional Ruby on Rails experience

13+ years in a technical lead, team lead, or engineering management role

Strong experience with modern Rails ecosystems (PostgreSQL, Redis, Sidekiq, background jobs, caching)

Front-end exposure with Vue.js and API development (REST and/or GraphQL)

Experience with AWS, CI/CD pipelines, and production systems

Strong communication skills and a collaborative leadership style

Comfort working with distributed teams in an Agile environment

Prior experience as a player-coach

DevOps exposure (Docker, infrastructure concepts)

Experience improving team velocity, code quality, or reducing technical debt