Ruby on Rails Developer Jobs

Which levels are hiring

• Junior 3% · 4
• Middle 13% · 16
• Senior 62% · 76
• Lead+ 22% · 27

Few Junior roles — 3%; the usual way in is an adjacent role

Of 123 postings that name a level, Junior — 3%, Middle — 13%, Senior — 62%, Lead+ — 22%.

What postings ask for

• ✔ Ruby89%
• ✔ Rails77%
• ○ JavaScript19%
• ○ React18%
• ○ AWS16%
• ○ PostgreSQL14%
• ○ Docker12%
• ○ SQL9%

Share of postings that mention the skill. ✔ — 25%+, ○ — fewer; whether it is required is in the posting itself

Share of open postings that mention each skill: Ruby — 89%, Rails — 77%, JavaScript — 19%, React — 18%, AWS — 16%, PostgreSQL — 14%.

Where the openings are

• 🇺🇸 the US58
• 🇵🇱 Poland27
• 🇬🇧 the UK17
• 🇩🇪 Germany10
• 🇮🇳 India6
• 🇿🇦 South Africa5

Open positions by employer country; remote roles are often open to other countries too.

Where to apply

• Company career sites — your application goes straight to the team71%
• Job boards — aggregators and job sites25%
• Telegram channels — job channels4%

Where the openings come from: 71% from company career sites (direct apply), 25% from job boards, 4% from Telegram channels.