Emeritus is committed to teaching the skills of the future by making high-quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world. Emeritus’ short courses, degree programs, professional certificates, and senior executive programs help individuals learn new skills and transform their lives, companies and organizations. Founded in 2015, Emeritus, part of Eruditus Group, has more than 1,800 employees globally and offices in Mumbai, Current Delhi, Shanghai, Singapore, Palo Alto, Mexico City, New York, Boston, London, and Dubai.

The company is backed by prominent investors including Accel, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Leeds Illuminate, Prosus Ventures, Sequoia Capital India, and Bertelsmann. We are looking for a Ruby on Rails Engineer to join our backend engineering team as an individual contributor. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain production-grade systems that power core platform capabilities such as learner enrollment, order management, and payments.

This is a hands-on engineering role where you will own features end-to-end from technical design and development to testing, deployment, and production support within a multi-service Rails ecosystem. We are actively investing in AI-assisted engineering and AI-powered product capabilities. The ideal candidate is not only comfortable leveraging AI tools in their daily workflow but is also excited about shaping how AI integrates into real-world products.

You will contribute to building reliable, user-facing AI features going beyond usage to actively influencing how AI enhances product experiences. Design and implement backend features across enrollment, orders, payments, and related services Own feature development end-to-end, ensuring clean, maintainable,



and well-tested Ruby code Leverage AI tools to enhance development efficiency and team productivity Explore and prototype AI-powered capabilities that deliver meaningful user or developer value 3–5 years of experience building and shipping Ruby on Rails applications in production ~ Strong fundamentals in Ruby, Rails conventions, and object-oriented design ~ Solid experience with PostgreSQL (schema design, migrations, indexing, query optimization)

~ Proficiency in building and consuming RESTful/JSON APIs ~ Experience writing automated tests (RSpec preferred) and maintaining critical test coverage ~ Strong debugging capabilities across application code, background jobs, and databases ~ Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, Claude) to improve coding, testing, debugging, and documentation ~ Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated outputs, write effective prompts, and ensure high-quality, maintainable code ~ Strong understanding of secure AI usage practices (protecting sensitive data, credentials, and PII)

~ Demonstrated interest in building AI-powered products or tooling, with curiosity about integrating AI into backend systems responsibly Knowledge of payment gateway integrations (Stripe or similar) Experience with modular monoliths, or component-based Rails architectures Experience with feature flags, A/B testing, or gradual rollouts Within your first six months, you will independently ship production features within at least one Rails application, demonstrating strong ownership through robust test coverage and clear documentation. You will confidently navigate cross-service workflows and be a visible practitioner of AI-augmented engineering, delivering faster without compromising quality, while also contributing meaningfully to at least one initiative focused on AI tooling or product innovation. Emeritus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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