Ruby on Rails Developer

Who we are

Yozu is a rapidly expanding team of over 40 technology experts that help businesses around the world to leverage the power of tech within their business. From consumer mobile apps through to enterprise-scale web services, we work closely with our clients to deliver products and platforms that help to transform their businesses, and we love developing innovative and intuitive solutions to complex problems.

The systems we actively develop and manage process millions of requests per day, handle £100s of millions in financial transactions per month, and are used by tens of thousands of businesses around the world.

We take a mature approach to agile software development; we automate where possible, we’re agile where and when it matters, we work collaboratively with our clients, and we ship often and early.

Technologies, tools and platforms we utilise include: Rails 7, C#, Java, Springboot, ReactJS, React Native, Selenium, CI/CD, Jira, GCP, AWS, Azure, and so on!

What we're looking for

We’re looking for passionate Senior Ruby on Rails Software Engineers who have a deep understanding of the Rails framework and surrounding ecosystem, and have proven experience of developing full-stack products or backend platforms in production environments. The successful candidate will be helping us develop a number of our client’s software products and platforms.

You will be perfect for this role if you are keen to help lead a RoR product team, interact with clients and stakeholders, and work alongside a friendly, mixed-discipline team of designers, engineers, product managers etc, to architect scalable, performant and effective software products.

This role is perfect for you if the team is as important as the tech, you’re a genuinely bright and curious developer who recognises the craft of software engineering, and you like having an exposure to a range of different tech stacks in addition to your core RoR skillset.

Required skills

T-shaped engineer with strong commercial experience of the RoR framework.Ideally a polyglot with experience of many languages and frameworks.A passionate approach to work with a desire to push boundaries.Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where we focus on delivering value while learning, growing, and experimenting.Experience designing, building and maintaining large software systems.Solid understanding of CI/CD principles.Ability to explain technical issues in a clear way to key stakeholders.Solid understanding of OO principles, software design patterns and anti-patterns.Commercial experience with a major cloud provider such as AWS or GCP.Deep knowledge of relational databases.Excellent written and verbal communication skills.Enthusiastic and motivated personality.Natural aptitude for all things tech.Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to debug and diagnose in a sensible and methodical manner.

Role objectives

Work as part of an agile team to deliver product-focused functionality in large-scale RoR SaaS products.Make strategic decisions, in line with the long term vision of the clients and the business.Collaborate, plan and implement cloud architecture and services.Review code and strive to improve code quality.Stay up to date with new technologies and solutions.Mentor and upskill junior engineers.

What you'll get in return

You will benefit from exposure to a broad range of projects and tech stacks, and will have the opportunity to see your work used in live production environments for some of the most forward thinking and ambitious companies across multiple sectors in the UK and abroad.

You’ll improve on your existing skills as you benefit from working with other like-minded individuals who are keen to share their wealth of industry experience and knowledge with you.

Remote-first working, with optional access to award-winning office space30 days holiday per year inc. bank holidaysAn additional day per year worked up to a maximum of 38Private healthcare insuranceAccess to private GP appointments, private referrals, physio, etc5 paid sick days per yearEmployee share schemeHardware allowanceProactive career progressionMonthly social budgetFree streaming subscriptionRegular paid team get togethers and catered lunchesMonthly all hands (attend in person or remotely) and monthly optional in-person socialMental wellbeing supportPaid training and conference opportunitiesPaid maternity and paternity leaveAnd a baby bonusRecruitment referral schemeCompany-wide commission scheme

Key Skills

• Backend
• Ruby on Rails
• Full Stack