Farmgirl Flowers · 21 hours ago
Senior Ruby on Rails Developer (Product-Minded) — Independent Contractor, Project-Based
Farmgirl Flowers is seeking an experienced Ruby on Rails developer who enjoys taking ownership of projects and delivering real outcomes. The role involves designing and implementing features end-to-end while collaborating closely with decision makers and contributing to product direction.
E-CommerceFlowersRetail
Responsibilities
Design and build secure, maintainable features in Ruby on Rails
Work from problem -> design -> implementation -> delivery
Keep solutions simple, safe, and easy to evolve
Translate business needs into clear technical approaches and tradeoffs
Contribute thoughtfully to architecture discussions
Write concise technical specs when needed
Collaborate async (Slack, GitHub) while communicating clearly and proactively
Qualification
Required
Strong experience building real, production Rails applications
Someone who owns problems — not just assigned tasks
Ability to make pragmatic engineering decisions with tradeoffs in mind
Strong communication — explaining why matters as much as what
Interest in understanding the business and customer impact
Comfortable working independently, yet collaborative when decisions matter
Preferred
Experience with Hotwire
Heroku or AWS familiarity
Experience simplifying or refactoring complex systems
Prior independent contractor or project-based work experience