Full Stack Ruby on Rails Developer

The Full Stack Ruby on Rails Developer is responsible for the development, support, and maintenance of the Trust’s customer websites and internal web applications. This position focuses on back-end development of the Trust’s customer-facing websites, ensuring optimal performance and customer experience. Working collaboratively with the Lead Web Developer, this position plays a crucial role in supporting the technology infrastructure of our CRM enterprise system across several District partners. The Developer is also responsible for website security, vulnerabilities, and website integrity.

This is a hybrid position requiring at least three days on site (in Pittsburgh, PA) each week.


Knowledge, Skills & Experience Required :

Education : Associate degree or bachelor’s degree in web design, computer science, or digital media preferred. Bootcamp or similar schooling is also suitable. Certifications (AWS) are helpful.

Work Experience : Minimum of 2 years’ experience with building and deploying code, eCommerce, and implementing feedback received from various stakeholders. This position will focus on back-end development; experience with front-end technologies is also preferred. Experience with issue and project tracking software preferred.

Supervisory Experience : Supervisory experience is not required.

Technical Skills : Required skills include experience with MVC web frameworks, preferably Ruby on Rails. Experience with JavaScript, jQuery, JSON, CSS, HTML, and related technologies. Demonstrated knowledge of WCAG accessibility best practices. Experience implementing third-party APIs, such as REST services. Strong experience writing automated tests and feature/spec testing.

Additional skills are preferred in the following areas: source control, content management systems, AWS technologies (Lambda, CodePipeline, ECS), testing frameworks, caching strategies (Redis), background queuing systems (Sidekiq), relational database concepts, and agile software development methodologies . C# experience a plus, Tessitura CRM experience a plus. Experience using AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar tools. Experience with debugging Docker containers. Familiarity with observability tools like Datadog and Honeybadger.

Intangibles : Problem-solving, collaborative, inquisitive, and creative. Attention to detail and documentation with strong task-orientation. Strong communicator with the ability to explain concepts in a technical and non-technical manner. Self-motivated and independent thinker. Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills.

Essential Functions :
Main job responsibilities :

• Collaborate with designers, front-end developers, and business owners to identify business needs and implement Trust and partner websites.
• Oversee maintenance, bug fixes, and enhancement of four customer-facing applications (CulturalDistrict.org, Festival websites, ParkPgh.org, and internal tools) – responding to tickets for system bugs and requests for new features.
• Provide maintenance and enhancement of integrations with our CRM software system through RESTful APIs.
• Determine appropriate architecture and other technical solutions, develop documentation, and make relevant recommendations to users.
• Design, test, and implement new web-based technologies and larger ISTS projects.
• Assist other developers in coding and troubleshooting.
• Support internal users with content management issues.
• Ensure that applications adhere to industry standards for performance and security.
• Strategize and manage back-end issues for all major onsale efforts.
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned.

Supervisory responsibility: This position does not have supervisory responsibility.
Decision-making responsibility : The Web Developer has significant design discretion for many back-end development issues.
Budgetary responsibility : This position does not have budget responsibility.
Strategic responsibility : This position contributes to eCommerce strategy through use of system analytics and data-driven decision making.
Reporting responsibility: The Full Stack Ruby on Rails Develope r provides supporting information for usage reports by the Director of eCommerce Operations.
Travel requirements : Limited travel (less than 5%) is required for this position.
Physical demands : This position involves mainly office work – occasional lifting up to 20-30 lbs. may be required. The individual should be able to sit and/or view a computer screen for extended periods of time.

Salary starting at $72,000

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants are considered for employment without attention to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Employees are expected to be able to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of this position, with or without job modification/reasonable accommodation. If an employee believes a job modification/reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact Human Resources so that a review can be conducted. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust strives to comply with the accommodation provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, and other related federal, state, and local laws.