Senior Software Engineer
CompanyCam
- Location
- United States
- Job Type
- full-time
- Salary
- $175,000 - $200,000
- Posted
- November 13, 2025
Job Description
Hi, we’re CompanyCam.
We’re a simple-to-use photo documentation and productivity app for contractors of all commercial and home services industries. Packed with intuitive functionality, CompanyCam facilitates unparalleled communication and accountability across a contractor’s entire business. We’re committed to providing a consumer-grade, game-changing experience that helps our users build trust within their company and with their customers.
But don’t let that corporate description fool you—the people behind our buttoned-up product are laid-back (but hardworking), genuine, and kickass, and you could be one of them!
The Role
We’re looking for a sharp, driven, problem-solving Senior Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails) to join our engineering team.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll work alongside other engineers, designers, and product managers to tackle everything from huge company initiatives to modest but important bug fixes. While your primary focus will be backend development, we value engineers who are T-shaped, bringing deep expertise in one area while being comfortable contributing in others. Whether that means diving into frontend code, supporting mobile efforts, or lending an extra set of eyes in discovery, you’ll collaborate with your teammates to move work forward.
Most importantly, you’ll actively contribute to the evolution of the culture and processes of a growing engineering team, especially our backend engineering discipline. We want senior devs with experience effectively scaling codebases and iterating on processes as part of a growing team and with interest in mentoring to help our devs grow, too.
Working At CompanyCam
Our engineering team is remote-first, spanning every time zone in the United States. We welcome people from all backgrounds and really don't care whether or not you have a CS degree or even a high school diploma. All that matters is that you're not an a**hole and you're good at what you do.
At CompanyCam we’re driven to produce work with meaningful outcomes. That means not just dumping features and “improvements” but being able to reflect and learn from our outputs. We’re actively working to center our work on continuous discovery habits (CDH) as outlined by Teresa Torres.
Our teams are made up of a product manager, a product designer, a tech lead and an appropriate number of engineers for the scope of your team. We take a flexible approach, pulling from Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and even Shape Up. Rather than being overly prescriptive, we provide guardrails and just enough constraints to keep teams moving. Each team is expected to collaborate, iterate, and refine their best practices to produce high-quality work.
What You’ll Do
- Design, implement and deliver complex, cross-cutting features and systems in Ruby on Rails, Postgres, GraphQL, and REST, and occasionally in React and React Native.
- Lead efforts to address technical debt and system reliability, proactively identifying areas for refactoring or optimization.
- Influence and evolve the architecture and system design, anticipating future needs and driving long-term improvements across services and applications.
- Set and uphold high standards for code quality, testing coverage, and documentation, mentoring others to do the same.
- Drive improvements to internal tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring systems to enhance developer experience and system resilience.
- Facilitate technical discussions and decision-making, helping the team navigate trade-offs and align on best solutions.
- Act as a point of escalation for complex technical challenges, supporting team members in unblocking progress.
- Partner closely with product managers, designers, and engineers, shaping feature direction by identifying technical opportunities, risks, and trade-offs early in discovery.
What You’ll Bring
Must-haves
These are our non-negotiables:
- Show up: Have the courage to do difficult but necessary work.
- Grow up: Take ownership, learn continuously, and bring a growth mindset.
- Do good: Treat your teammates and customers the way you'd want to be treated.
- 5+ years of professional software development experience. (Not all years of experience are created equal, so this one isn't set in stone).
- Advanced proficiency in Ruby on Rails (and/or other MVC frameworks) and relational databases, with demonstrated ability to design and optimize scalable data models and APIs.
- Familiarity with Redis, PostgreSQL, and Sidekiq in a production environment.
- Experience contributing across the full stack, including front-end, back-end, and data layers.
- Demonstrated experience in leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to build, enhance, or optimize tools and features within products, driving innovation and improving user experience.
- Ability to handle complex tasks and ambiguous problems without guidance.
- Understanding of business trade-offs and ability to effectively communicate the risks and benefits of various technical approaches.
- Strong collaboration skills with the ability to lift up the team by providing mentorship and proactive feedback.
- You live and work permanently in the U.S. (We’re not set up to hire outside the U.S.).
Nice-to-haves
You’ll encounter the following technologies with varying frequency — experience with them is a plus, but not required:
- AWS (S3, EC2, etc.)
- ElasticSearch
- MongoDB
- React
- React Native
- Terraform (we don’t write much, but familiarity is helpful)
- GraphQL
- Experience integrating with large language models (e.g., OpenAI, Gemini)
Benefits and Compensation
This is a salaried position at CompanyCam. Our salary range is $175,000 - $200,000 per year and is based on experience. We also offer meaningful equity and other benefits.
CompanyCam is an equal-opportunity employer committed to respect, inclusion, and growth. We work hard, take responsibility, and support each other. Great ideas come from all backgrounds, and we carefully consider every applicant without regard to personal characteristics or traits. Even if your work experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply. What really matters to us is your potential, your passion, and your commitment to learning, innovation, and contributing meaningfully to our team.
For any accommodations or technical issues related to the online application or interview process, please email jobs@companycam.com and we’ll respond promptly. Please do not include any medical or health information in your message.
π― Who is this job for?
This role is ideal for a Senior Backend Engineer with 5+ years of experience, advanced in Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and Sidekiq, and confident building scalable APIs and backend systems. Candidates should be comfortable contributing across the full stack, mentoring teammates, and have experience integrating AI features or tools. It’s perfect for a U.S.-based developer who thrives in collaborative, product-driven teams and enjoys working on meaningful tools for small businesses.
π¬ Potential Interview Questions
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What experience do you have with Ruby on Rails and building scalable backend systems?
I’ve built and maintained scalable Rails applications with REST and GraphQL APIs, leveraging PostgreSQL and Sidekiq for background processing. I emphasize clean architecture, service objects, and performance optimization through indexing and caching. -
How do you approach identifying and reducing technical debt in a large codebase?
I regularly audit code for complexity, duplication, and outdated patterns, prioritize based on business impact, and integrate refactoring tasks into the team’s regular workflow to maintain system health. -
Describe a time you influenced system architecture to prepare for future growth.
I migrated a monolith into a modular service architecture using Rails engines and background queues to isolate workloads, reducing coupling and improving deploy times. -
How have you used AI to enhance or optimize application features?
I’ve integrated OpenAI APIs for content generation and internal tooling like smart form suggestions and user message summaries, enhancing productivity and user experience. -
How do you ensure high standards for testing and code quality across a team?
I advocate for TDD, maintain coverage metrics, write clear specs with RSpec, use linters and pre-commit hooks, and lead code reviews focused on clarity, maintainability, and best practices. -
What strategies do you use to mentor junior developers?
I pair program, lead architectural discussions, provide constructive code reviews, and offer guidance on decision-making and debugging to foster their growth and autonomy. -
What’s your experience working with Redis, PostgreSQL, and Sidekiq in production?
I use Redis for caching and Sidekiq for async jobs like notifications and data imports. I design efficient Postgres schemas and write optimized queries with EXPLAIN analysis. -
How do you handle feature planning with product managers and designers?
I engage early in discovery to assess technical feasibility, propose scalable solutions, raise potential risks, and iterate on specs for clarity before implementation begins. -
Can you describe how you monitor and ensure reliability in production systems?
I use tools like Datadog and Honeybadger for logs, metrics, and error tracking. I define SLIs/SLOs, set up alerts, and build health dashboards to proactively identify issues. -
Why do you want to join CompanyCam and how does its mission align with your values?
I appreciate CompanyCam’s user-first focus and the culture of autonomy, mentorship, and continuous learning. I’m excited about contributing to a product that directly supports hardworking contractors and improves their day-to-day operations.
π Job Summary
CompanyCam is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails, U.S.-based, fully remote) to help scale their photo documentation platform used by contractors. You'll lead development on complex backend features using Rails, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, and Redis, with opportunities to work across the full stack. The role offers $175K–$200K salary, equity, and strong benefits. Ideal for engineers passionate about clean architecture, mentorship, AI-enhanced tools, and contributing to a collaborative, product-focused team.