Senior Rails Hotwire Engineering Leader

Senior Rails engineer / engineering leader with 20+ years of experience, including roles at Shopify, Circle Medical, and Mirego, and founder with exit experience. Comfortable as the first engineering hire, translating product ideas into an MVP quickly, especially for non-technical founders, then building and mentoring the team post-MVP. Strong preference for Rails + Hotwire Native and early-stage startups where speed, ownership, and long-term maintainability matter. Builds web + mobile apps from a single Rails codebase using Hotwire Native.