Mitre Media
Tech Lead Full-Stack Rails Engineer
3w ago
160000 –200000 USD / yearWorldwideLeadHybridrubyruby on railspostgresqlelasticsearchredisdockerstimulusjstailwind css
Mitre Media is a FinTech company leveraging AI and LLMs to build innovative investment tools. They are hiring a Full-Stack Rails Tech Lead to architect LLM-powered applications and lead a small team in a remote-first, hybrid environment.
About the company
- Mitre Media is redefining FinTech with AI-driven tools that empower millions of investors.
- Our portfolio, including Dividend.com and MutualFunds.com, leverages LLMs to deliver novel data insights and visually rich user experiences.
- For over a decade, we’ve served individual investors, financial advisors, and top asset managers like BlackRock and Vanguard through our premium data, tools, and advertising solutions.
- Our users spend over 5 minutes per visit with a bounce rate below 10%, researching investments across hundreds of categories.
- With 40 million brokerage accounts in the U.S., we foster a culture of trust, innovation, and dynamism.
About the product
- Mitre Media powers premium financial brands like Dividend.com and MutualFunds.com with the Mitre Platform.
- This platform integrates content management, financial data, first-party data, ad revenue, and subscription tools enhanced by LLMs for rich, user-focused experiences.
- Our advertising solutions deliver unmatched performance for partners like BlackRock and Vanguard, leveraging advanced targeting and first-party data.
Responsibilities
- Architect and maintain Rails applications (Rails 8).
- Integrate LLMs into microservices architecture for state management and real-time user experiences.
- Enhance front-end experiences with Hotwire, StimulusJS, or React, ensuring seamless AI-driven interactions.
- Optimize LLM inference for low latency and cost, using caching and asynchronous processing.
Requirements
- Expert-level Ruby (5+ years).
- Ruby on Rails (Rails 6-8 preferred).
- PostgreSQL (or MySQL).
- Elasticsearch.
- Redis.
- Docker.
- StimulusJS or JavaScript ES6.
- Tailwind CSS.
- HTML.
- HTTP.
- Experience integrating AI/ML models (e.g., LLMs, NLP) with web applications.
- Familiarity with LLM frameworks (e.g., LangChain, Hugging Face) or APIs (e.g., xAI, Anthropic).
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for AI and FinTech.
- Natural leader who mentors and inspires teammates.
- Problem-solver with a “get things done” mentality.
- Excellent communication skills, thriving in remote and cross-team collaboration.
- Attention to detail, ensuring clean, maintainable code.
- Team player comfortable as an individual contributor.
Nice to have
- Kubernetes for microservices orchestration.
- React for advanced front-end components.
- Graph databases for complex financial data.
- Contributions to open-source RoR or AI projects.
Conditions
- Competitive compensation: $160,000–$200,000 CAD/USD (based on experience) and benefits.
- Remote-first (±3 hours from Eastern Time) with hybrid in office collaboration in Toronto or NYC.
- Budget for AI and Rails conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, RailsConf), plus access to cutting-edge AI tools for experimentation.
- Dynamic, small, no-ego team passionate about trust, innovation, and making a difference in FinTech.