Senior Ruby Engineer

Senior Ruby Engineer position available for a remote job in Sheffield, England. The job involves designing and implementing scalable backend systems, building APIs, and collaborating with product, design, and data teams. Experience with Ruby, Rails, and cloud infrastructure is required.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience building and scaling backend systems in production environments.
• 4+ years leading Ruby cloud stack teams as a Principal Engineer/Architect.
• Expert skills with Ruby idiomatic patterns, terse styling, metaprogramming and ability to create macros, DSLs, etc.
• Experience contributing to widely used gems or developing internal DSLs for domain specific needs.
• Ruby without Rails - ability to develop complex applications and deploy Rails features vs custom Ruby plugins for the right use cases.
• Proficiency in building APIs and distributed services using Ruby.
• Expert experience with PostgreSQL, including complex joins and reporting queries, and familiarity with data modeling and performance optimization.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, ECS, CodeBuild) and containerization (Docker,).
• Strong understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithmic principles.
• Comfortable working in high-growth, early-stage environments—bias toward action and strong product sense are key.

Benefits

• Opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of the company.
• Collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Career growth opportunities in a fast-growing organisation.