🌐 About the Company 

Riipen is North America’s largest online marketplace for experiential learning. It connects students, educational institutions, and companies through short-term, project-based collaborations integrated into academic programs.

Founded in 2013 by Dana Stephenson and Dave Savory at the University of Victoria, Riipen was created to solve a common problem: students struggle to gain real-world experience before entering the job market.

Today, Riipen operates globally and has:

• Helped 193,000+ students

• Partnered with 590+ institutions

• Collaborated with 31,000+ companies

🎯 Mission: Eliminate underemployment by bridging the gap between education and industry.

🎯 Role Overview

Riipen is hiring a Ruby on Rails Developer to join its remote engineering team. The ideal candidate has experience building real-world web applications, takes ownership of their work, and contributes to improving code quality and system architecture.

🛠️ Key Responsibilities

• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code

• Design data models and database structures

• Develop high-performance APIs

• Participate in code reviews

• Collaborate with designers and product managers

• Deliver high-quality, tested software in a team environment

🧠 Required Skills & Experience

You may be a strong fit if you:

• Have 2+ years of experience with Ruby on Rails

• Are familiar with tools like RSpec, Capybara, FactoryBot, CanCanCan

• Have experience with PostgreSQL or other databases

• Know frontend technologies like:

  • HTML, CSS, JavaScript

  • TailwindCSS, React, TurboJS, StimulusJS

• Can work independently in a remote setup

• Have strong communication skills

• Value quality over quantity in development

🎓 Degree in CS/SE is helpful but not mandatory

⭐ Bonus Skills (Plus Points)

• Experience with AWS or cloud platforms

• Mobile development knowledge

• CI/CD pipelines & deployment workflows

• Database optimization

• AI tools for development workflows

• Elasticsearch / OpenSearch

🎁 Benefits

• 🏡 Fully remote work setup

• 🌴 4 weeks paid vacation

• 🏥 Health & dental coverage (from day one)

• 🤒 Paid sick leave

• 💻 Work-from-home setup support

• 📚 Learning & development stipend (after 6 months)

🌍 Work Culture

• Small, collaborative remote teams

• Focus on innovation and continuous improvement

• Inclusive and diverse workplace

• Open to candidates within Canada only

📌 Important Note

Even if you don’t meet all requirements, Riipen encourages you to apply if you have the potential to learn and grow.