🌐 About the Company 

Riipen is North America’s leading online marketplace for experiential learning, connecting students, academic institutions, and companies through real-world, project-based collaborations.

Founded in 2013 by Dana Stephenson and Dave Savory, Riipen was created to solve the common challenge students face: gaining real-world experience before entering the workforce.

Today, Riipen has:

• Supported 193,000+ students

• Partnered with 590+ institutions

• Worked with 31,000+ companies globally

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

🎯 Role Overview

Riipen is hiring a hands-on Engineering Manager who can both lead a team and actively contribute to development. This role combines leadership responsibilities with technical work, focusing on building high-quality web applications using Ruby on Rails.

🛠️ Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a small engineering team

• Plan and manage development sprints

• Collaborate with designers and product managers

• Write clean, efficient, and production-level code

• Design data models and database structures

• Conduct and facilitate code reviews

• Build scalable APIs and system features

• Improve development practices, tools, and architecture

🧠 Required Skills & Experience

You may be a good fit if you:

• Have 5+ years of experience with Ruby on Rails

• Have experience leading or mentoring developers

• Can balance coding + team management

• Are familiar with tools like:

  • RSpec, Capybara, FactoryBot, CanCanCan

• Have experience with PostgreSQL or relational databases

• Know frontend technologies:

  • HTML, CSS, JavaScript

  • TailwindCSS, React, Turbo, Stimulus

• Have strong communication and leadership skills

• Can work independently in remote teams

🎓 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 code quality

• Inclusive and diverse workplace

• Open to candidates within Canada only
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📌 Important Note

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