4459 IT & Software Developer jobs in the UK
Requirements
Must:
- 8-10+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong experience with Ruby on Rails in production environments
- Deep understanding of backend systems, APIs and service architecture
- Strong experience working with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred)
- Proven experience working within complex or legacy product environments
- Ability to influence technical direction beyond individual contributions
- Strong ownership mindset across design, delivery, and production support
- Excellent collaboration skills across engineering, product, and platform teams
- Clear communicator with the ability to drive alignment across stakeholders
- Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (React preferred) - Nice to Have
- Exposure to data-heavy systems or analytics platforms - Nice to Have
- Experience with AWS or cloud-native environments - Nice to Have
- Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD, and SRE practices - Nice to Have
- Experience working in regulated or operationally complex domains - Nice to Have
Responsibilities
- Act as a Staff-level technical leader across multiple product teams
- Drive backend architecture and system design within Ruby on Rails applications
- Lead scalability, performance, and reliability initiatives from design through to production
- Improve system health by addressing legacy complexity, technical debt, and architectural gaps
- Serve as a go-to technical expert for complex system and domain challenges
- Collaborate with Product to translate business workflows into scalable technical solutions
- Partner with Platform and SRE teams to improve observability, reliability, and operational standards
- Elevate engineering standards through mentoring, design reviews, and knowledge sharing
Description
We are a high-growth technology organization focused on enhancing our product platform to support complex and mission-critical workflows at scale. As a part of this journey, we offer a high-impact role as Staff Software Engineer to lead backend architecture and system design primarily within Ruby on Rails. We value collaboration with our Product, Platform, and SRE teams to deliver robust solutions. By joining us, you will be part of a dynamic environment that fosters technical excellence and innovation while also benefiting from a flexible work environment, performance bonuses, and opportunities for professional development.
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