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Track Ruby on Rails hiring demand in Hacker News 'Who is hiring?' posts. A live monthly trend of the framework's startup-era peak and long tail, with real postings.

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Postings mentioning it
8,741
This month (Oct 2026 so far)
6
Peak month
Jul 2015 (107)
Mention remote
47%
8,741
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Monthly Rails job postings in the Hacker News Who is hiring? thread, one bar per calendar month since 2011. Narrow the window, add another skill to compare, and click any month to read the postings behind the bar.

Rails job postings for October 2026 (so far)

  1. relevant-ops · hiring in Oct 2026 · read the thread · view on HN

    …VC or otherwise) and profitable. We've got a modern tech stack (Rails, Typescript, Go, React, GraphQL, d3) and a healthy approach to both tech debt and work life balance… and we’re also a very nice group of people that get to work on interesting problems for some of the few…

  2. noahho · hiring in Oct 2026 · read the thread · view on HN

    Prior Labs | Berlin, Freiburg, NYC | ONSITE | Full-time | Technical PM, ML Infra, Research Scientist Engineer, Backend, Full Stack We build foundation models for tabular data. Deep learning transformed text and images but mostly skipped tables, which are still the data behind…

  3. hartator · hiring in Oct 2026 · read the thread · view on HN

    …Google Images, Bing, Baidu, and more. Our current stack is Ruby, Rails, MongoDB, and React.JS. We are looking for more Junior and Senior FullStack Engineers. We have an awesome work environment: We are a remote first company (before Covid!). We do continuous integration,…

  4. gio_rr · hiring in Oct 2026 · read the thread · view on HN

    …to make decisions for our customers and our team, not for investors. Rails is at the core of everything we build, and we keep reasonable hours and a codebase we're proud of. We're looking for someone who solves problems across the board: building and improving our applications,…

  5. Mark1648 · hiring in Oct 2026 · read the thread · view on HN

    …(app masking, encryption) and latency. The Swift app talks to a Rails backend, so bonus points if you're comfortable on both sides. We're looking for deep native macOS or iOS experience in Swift, a real feel for UX and pixel-perfect UI, and someone who enjoys owning large parts…

Some popular Rails job postings

The Rails job postings that drew the most discussion in 2026.

  1. theunixbeard · hiring in Mar 2026 · 3 replies · read the thread · view on HN

    …Thailand, the UAE, all while working remotely and coding our Ruby on Rails + React app. More about us here: https: empireflippers.com about-us Though not as well known in the Hacker News venture-backed startups sphere, Empire Flippers is widely considered the #1 marketplace for…

  2. jadowdl · hiring in May 2026 · 3 replies · read the thread · view on HN

    …Tiers 3 and 4 (Typescript Javascript, React, NextJS; Ruby on Rails;

  3. kspe · hiring in Jan 2026 · 2 replies · read the thread · view on HN

    …useful solutions matters more than polishing forever. Stack: Rails 8, MySQL, Heroku, AWS, a little React -> moving toward Hotwire. Email me at ignacy [at] farmgirlflowers.com to know more!

  4. grasbergerm · hiring in Feb 2026 · 2 replies · read the thread · view on HN

    …people every day. It’s a web application built using Ruby on Rails in the back end and we’re in the process of transitioning the front end to React. Cliniko is made up of a team of 63 considerate and friendly people, spread around the world. We work completely remotely, although…

  5. trusche · hiring in Jul 2026 · 2 replies · read the thread · view on HN

    …Google Images, Bing, Baidu, and more. Our current stack is Ruby, Rails, MongoDB, and React.JS. We are looking for more Junior and Senior FullStack Engineers. We have an awesome work environment: We are a remote first company (before Covid!). We do continuous integration,…

What the Rails hiring trend shows

Rails defined the startup web stack of the early 2010s, and the 'Who is hiring?' thread captures that moment precisely: a strong early presence, then a slow decline as the ecosystem matured and alternatives multiplied. The chart shows that long tail - use share mode to watch Rails' slice shrink against Django and the JavaScript frameworks, and counts for absolute volume. Drill into any month to read the postings; the companies hiring Rails today tend to be established product shops running mature codebases.

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