We’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails) to architect and build the next generation of our collaborative file platform, one of the most heavily used and business-critical systems within Procore. Our platform powers the storage, access and management of petabytes of construction documents for millions of global users, and is a key driver of customer success, product adoption, and revenue.
As a Staff Engineer, you will provide technical leadership, architectural direction, and hands-on engineering to evolve our monolithic Ruby on Rails application into a modern, modular, service-oriented platform. You’ll partner closely with engineering, product, architecture, infrastructure, and UX teams to define system boundaries, drive scalability and reliability, and deliver customer-centric solutions with measurable business impact.
This role is highly visible and impactful. You will influence technical direction across teams, mentor engineers, and accelerate Procore’s ability to deliver a world-class file services platform at extreme scale.
This position reports to a Senior Software Engineering Manager and is based in our Bangalore office.
What you’ll do:Architect, design, and build scalable, high-quality software powering Procore’s file services platform.
Evolve our existing codebase from a monolithic Ruby on Rails application into a modular system with clear, well-enforced domain boundaries and a coherent public interface
Define domain boundaries, architectural patterns, and standards that improve reliability, maintainability, and development velocity.
Drive system-level improvements in performance, scalability, resilience, observability, and cost efficiency
Act as a technical mentor, multiplier, and role model, enabling engineers to deliver autonomously with high quality.
Establish and uphold engineering best practices, including testing strategies, code reviews, instrumentation, documentation, and operational excellence.
Lead root cause analysis, incident reviews, and continuous improvement efforts.
Partner with infrastructure, platform, and DevOps teams to define standards for deployment, CI/CD, monitoring, and reliability automation.
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
8+ years of experience in Object-Oriented Programming fundamentals, Test Driven Development, and Design principles
Professional experience with Ruby on Rails, Postgres and Service-Oriented Architecture
Understanding the tradeoffs between short-term and long-term goals and balancing immediate needs with strategic initiatives
Experience designing and operating systems on cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS), with an emphasis on scalability, reliability, and observability
Experience working with a team on large initiatives with the ability to course-correct as needed
Strong experience documenting and bringing team clarity to complex solutions
Curiosity, drive, and customer-focus - you love solving real problems with elegant solutions.
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What We Do
At Procore Technologies, we’re collectively building towards what’s next for our employees, industry, customers, and global communities. Our cloud-based construction management software streamlines the entire lifecycle of a construction project, connecting field and office teams, centralizing data to mitigate risks, providing real-time financials, and more to help clients efficiently build everything from skyscrapers to hospitals to airports.
Procore was founded in 2002, and we’ve since grown into a global company of groundbreakers working throughout North America, EMEA, and APAC. Coming together from across diverse backgrounds to be our best, we embrace a culture of ownership and excellence that gives our teams the tools to grow and thrive as they shape their careers – and the Procore of tomorrow.
To learn more about Procore and how you can build what comes next for your career, visit us at https://careers.procore.com/.
Why Work With Us
We make each other better at Procore. Here, your career is not pre-defined and it can take many paths. While you own your career, we provide you with the support and opportunities to help you succeed. You can help us transform an industry while you are transforming your career.
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