Mid-level Ruby Software Engineer

About the role

We’re hiring a mid‑level Software Engineer to join our growing product team. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers to build and improve our Rails‑based platform, contributing to customer‑facing features, internal tools and the ongoing stability and performance of the product. The role suits someone with solid Ruby on Rails experience who is comfortable working across the stack, including JavaScript and CSS when needed.

Key responsibilities

• Build and maintain product features from initial discussion through deployment.
• Collaborate with Product and other stakeholders to define and refine feature scope.
• Spend at least 20 % of time improving stability, performance and developer experience.
• Write and maintain automated tests to enable multiple daily deployments.
• Investigate, debug and resolve production issues to keep the system stable as we scale.
• Act on monitoring insights to keep the app performant and reliable.
• Participate in code reviews and team discussions.
• Learn from senior engineers and continue developing your skills.

Required profile

• 3+ years of professional software development experience, including at least 2 years with Ruby on Rails.
• Solid understanding of Rails, ActiveRecord, background jobs and the request/response cycle.
• Ability to work independently on well‑defined tasks while collaborating effectively with the wider team.
• Comfortable working across the stack, including JavaScript and CSS when needed.
• Familiarity with writing tests using Minitest, RSpec or similar.
• Comfortable debugging and troubleshooting production issues.
• Good communication skills to discuss technical challenges, trade‑offs and blockers.
• Enthusiastic about working in a small, fast‑moving product team.

Required skills

• Ruby on Rails (Rails 7)
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Sidekiq
• Hotwire / Turbo
• React
• ViewComponents
• Sass and BEM
• JavaScript
• CSS
• Minitest, Capybara, Selenium
• Stripe Connect
• GitHub Actions
• Heroku

What we offer

• Competitive salary starting from £50,000 (or Euro equivalent).
• Fully remote work within the UK or EU, with optional office access in Belfast.
• Private health insurance for you and your family.
• Company pension plan.
• 35 days paid annual leave inclusive of public holidays.
• Share options, work‑from‑home budget and opportunities for in‑person meetups.