Full-Time

Senior Software Engineer

Ruby On Rails

Posted on 10/31/2025

ThirstySprout

ThirstySprout

11-50 employees

AI-powered sourcing to vet technical talent

No salary listed

No H1B Sponsorship

Remote in USA

Remote

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Heroku
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Bootstrap
Postgres
AWS
Requirements
  • A university degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering
  • 6+ years of experience
  • 7+ years of experience
  • A track record of writing understandable, maintainable, tested, and secure code
  • Caring about the quality of pull requests (yours and others)
  • Dedication to fully root causing production issues
  • Able to quantify the tradeoffs of various solutions
  • Knowing which solution(s) is/are appropriate given constraints
  • An eye for detail
  • Proficiency in Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, AWS, Bootstrap, and Heroku
  • You must be legally authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship is not available
Responsibilities
  • Develop frontend and backend software as a generalist
  • Collaborate closely with the co-founders of the company
  • Work remotely from the continental United States
  • Contribute to writing maintainable, tested, and secure code
  • Participate in design and implementation decisions with emphasis on tradeoffs and constraints

ThirstySprout connects companies with technical talent using an AI-powered sourcing engine that pre-screens over a million global candidate profiles. The platform matches businesses with full-time employees, contractors, or fractional leaders by using automated vetting and an API for on-demand credential verification. Unlike traditional recruiters, this system allows companies to build remote engineering teams in days rather than months by combining massive data sets with instant verification tools. The company's goal is to help businesses scale their engineering capacity quickly by providing a reliable and efficient way to hire verified technical professionals.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington

Founded

2018

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Clients include Google, Uber, Intel, expanding from startups.
  • Talent network spans North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia-Pacific.
  • Portfolio features Mailchimp integrations and Rover.com testing platform.

What critics are saying

  • Toptal captures 60% more clients with larger freelancer pool.
  • Upwork offers engineers at 30-50% lower rates immediately.
  • Deel bundles AI recruitment with payroll, poaching Intuit now.

What makes ThirstySprout unique

  • AI-powered engine prescreens over 1 million global candidate profiles.
  • Database of 300,000 professionals enables team assembly in days.
  • Flexible models include RPO, EoR, and fractional leadership roles.

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Remote Work Options

Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

3%

1 year growth

-3%

2 year growth

0%
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