Sr. Software Engineer, Ruby on Rails

CentralReach is a provider of software for autism and intellectual and developmental disability care, including applied behavior analysis, multidisciplinary therapy, and special education. The Senior Software Engineer will help shape technical direction, develop Ruby on Rails, TypeScript, and React applications, optimize back-end systems and databases, lead projects, mentor teammates, and explore AI-assisted engineering and LLM applications for healthcare and regulated billing workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Help shape technical direction on the Essentials squad — contributing to architecture decisions and unblocking teammates — while staying hands-on in Ruby on Rails, TypeScript, and React
• Lead by example in the codebase: write clean, maintainable, refactor-friendly code and elevate quality through thoughtful code review and pairing
• Design and optimize back-end systems, APIs, and data flows with a strong focus on performance and reliability, sharing what you learn along the way
• Build modern, responsive front-end experiences using React, TypeScript, and CSS, with an eye toward maintainable architecture
• Work across relational databases (Postgres, MySQL, etc.), writing efficient SQL and shaping data models that support business growth
• Lead projects end-to-end, balancing hands-on development with guiding others to successful delivery, surfacing risks early and communicating trade-offs clearly
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and QA to translate business needs into sound technical solutions
• Embrace AI-assisted engineering: use tools like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot effectively, contribute to shared prompts and agentic workflows, and help the team learn what works
• Identify and prototype opportunities to apply LLMs and automation to engineering and internal workflows, with the guardrails appropriate to healthcare data and regulated billing

Requirements:

• At least 7-10 years of full-stack development experience, with Ruby on Rails as a core strength
• Experienced in leading projects end-to-end: from breaking down complex problems to shipping features that drive impact
• Passionate about mentoring, from pair programming to guiding architectural decisions, and helping others grow as engineers
• Daily, hands-on fluency with AI development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot), with sharp judgment about where AI accelerates work and where human review is non-negotiable
• Experience, or strong demonstrated interest, in building with LLM APIs: prompt design, evaluation, and safety considerations for sensitive data
• Highly organized with superb attention to detail
• Strong project management skills: comfortable with planning, estimation, and scoping
• Proven ability to work in an ever-changing environment, ability to connect the dots and make decisions on your own feet
• Ability to produce quality materials within tight timeframes and simultaneously manage several projects
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing
• Exercise sound judgment and work successfully with all employee levels, regardless of background and perspectives
• Be comfortable working in a distributed, semi-virtual environment
• Be capable of creating and executing on technical direction and tasks for yourself and others
• Be able to take minimal direction from others and provide maximal output for yourself (and others)
• Experience with React, 5+ years preferred