Ruby on Rails Engineer
About the role
A full-time backend engineering role focused on Ruby on Rails at OpenUnit, with responsibilities including designing and maintaining scalable systems, and working closely with a small engineering team to develop innovative solutions for managing self-storage facilities.
Responsibilities
- Designing, implementing, documenting, and maintaining front-end systems for multiple high-traffic websites
- Addressing application-level encryption to handle personally identifiable information (PII) before it’s sent to the database
- Building a state machine to allow for different types of payment authorization
- Routing incoming emails to controller-like mailboxes to allow reply by email
Qualifications
- Experience with Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL
- Experience using technologies and frameworks like Ruby, Stimulus, Hotwire, Elasticsearch, Redis
- Experience with relational databases and SQL
- Well-versed in modern browser APIs, HTML, and CSS
Skills

About OpenUnit
Software for managing self-storage facilities.
OpenUnit is the all-in-one platform self-storage facilities need to run their business - whether they’re a single mom-and-pop site or a multi-facility corporation. Our complete set of tools gives storage operators what they need most—a powerful online presence, reservation system, legal agreements, insurance, merchant solutions and management software to simplify the process of running a storage facility. On top of that, OpenUnit gives facilities: • Team Management & Communication: Every account includes a space that lets you share messages with co-workers & head office. All without reaching for a separate app. • Payments & Point-of-Sale: Increase your revenue with payment options that support all card types, and increase in-store purchases with Point-of-Sale (POS) software. • Accounting & Bookkeeping: From sales and purchases to cashflow, taxes and reporting. OpenUnit Books will make you feel like a professional accountant, even if you aren't.
