Senior Developer - Ruby / Rails

Job Description

A Higher Education client of Insight Global is looking for a Senior Developer to join a small, collaborative development team that manages several mission-critical applications for the School while driving modernization and new development initiatives. This role will primarily focus on modernizing and migrating legacy PHP applications to Ruby on Rails within an AWS environment, leveraging modern tools such as development containers. Approximately 75% of the work will center on this migration effort, while the remaining time will involve supporting existing systems built on with a SQL Server backend. As a senior member of the team, this developer will contribute across the full development lifecycle—design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing support—while working closely with stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions. Key responsibilities include improving front-end usability and visual polish, accelerating delivery for high-priority customer initiatives, reducing knowledge silos within the team, and aligning processes with modern development practices. Additionally, this individual will play an active role in documentation, knowledge sharing, and process improvement.

We are looking for a detail-oriented, organized individual with excellent problem solving skills. This position is a 6 month contract role with possibility of extensions, and can pay between $50-$60 / hour with medical benefits and 401k options offered on contract. If interested, please apply!

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Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of professional experience as a web or full-stack developer.
• Strong background in object-oriented programming specifically with Ruby on Rails
• Experience designing and working with cloud-based architectures, preferably AWS.
• Excellent front-end development skills, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with a proven ability to deliver clean, polished, and user-friendly interfaces.
• Experience modernizing or refactoring legacy applications.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and / or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.