Procore Technologies

Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Ruby)

US - Texas - Austin · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$169k-$232kDetected 21 days ago

RubyRailsDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentCode ReviewCI/CDLeadershipCommunication

About the role

This position requires access to technology, software, and data that is controlled or restricted under U.S. law, regulation, executive order, or government contract.

AI is central to how we work. You'll be expected to master generative tools and agentic workflows, moving beyond just using AI to actively building the agentic future of construction.
Serve as the technical lead for the Incidents and Inspections team by setting engineering direction and owning the architecture, translating customer needs into scalable SaaS solutions, and contributing to the development and maintenance of features built on our Ruby on Rails monolith.
Drive sound technical decisions and de-risk complex work within your team while collaborating with partner teams across the Q&S product suite and broader engineering organization.
Proven technical leadership, with a track record of serving as a tech lead and influencing technical direction beyond your immediate team scope.
Experience building and maintaining modern CI/CD systems in a large-scale environment.

8+ years of experience in software engineering fundamentals, including strong system design skills.
Deep proficiency in backend development with Ruby on Rails, including hands-on experience working in a large, mature Rails monolith.
Experience with large-scale systems, including managing platforms and infrastructure that support thousands of hosts and millions of users.
Ability to balance immediate business needs with strategic, long-term technical investments, and to effectively communicate architectural trade-offs.
Experience working with modern web development lifecycle tools, including testing, staging, deploying, and monitoring.

This position reports to a Senior Manager, Software Engineering and will be based in our Austin, TX office.

168,560.00 - 231,770.00 USD Annual
This role may also be eligible for Equity Compensation and/or Bonus Incentive Compensation.
Procore is committed to offering competitive, fair, and commensurate compensation.
Actual compensation will be based on a candidate's job-related skills, experience, education or training, and location.

Procore will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act.
A criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: 1. appropriately managing, accessing, and handling confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information, as well as accessing Procore's information technology systems and platforms; 2. interacting with and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external customers, stakeholders, and/or colleagues; and 3. exercising sound judgment.
Optimize application performance and resilience, and drive the resolution of technical debt and systemic risks before they impact customers.
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