The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  Carlyle Group is hiring a Ruby Developer in Yakima, WA.

• Role description

  Come build the backend that powers our candidly-kind products, writing Team Leadership that holds up under serious load. At Carlyle Group, a freelance Ruby Developer earns $76,000 - $107,000, owns meaningful projects, and grows with a team that ships fast.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Integrate third-party services and internal tools into the Carlyle Group stack
  • Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering core Carlyle Group products
  • Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team
  • Translate CI/CD metrics into the one chart Carlyle Group leadership checks each morning
  • Own the CI/CD release that Yakima leadership has circled on the calendar
  • Tune Team Leadership caching so Carlyle Group survives the Yakima launch spike on the same hardware
  • Hand off Jest runbooks so the next on-call at Carlyle Group sleeps better

  What You'll Bring

  • Team Leadership fundamentals plus the Self-Motivation polish clients notice
  • Confident communicator across email, calls, and in-person meetings
  • Demonstrated comfort presenting to mid-level leadership
  • Solid Team Leadership grounding, plus Swift you can pick up on the fly

  Carlyle Group was founded on a hunch that technology could be far less awful, and Yakima turned out to be the perfect place to prove it. We keep the freelance workload sustainable so your best Django work isn't your last gasp.

  The package is honest: $76,000 - $107,000, a benefits plan that works, mentorship that lasts, and the flexibility to live in Yakima, WA.

  Hiring is open and ongoing for this freelance position in Yakima.

  Apply now to begin a rewarding career with our Yakima, WA team.

• Required skills

  • CI/CD
  • Ruby
  • Swift
  • Kafka
  • Jest
  • Django
  • Team Leadership
  • Self-Motivation

• Benefits & perks

  • Life Insurance
  • Flexible scheduling
  • Financial wellness program
  • Annual bonus program
  • Paid jury and witness duty
  • Critical illness insurance
  • Employee resource groups (ERGs)
  • LinkedIn Learning access
  • Educational Assistance
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Dental insurance

• Apply before 2026-12-03

  Submit your application for this Freelance technology position.