Senior Ruby Engineer

Senior Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails, Fullstack)

Permanent role

• Fully remote (Europe ONLY)
• Salary range: €65,000 to €75,000
• Experience level: 10+ years

About the Role

This organisation operates in the travel and e-commerce technology space, building consumer-facing digital products used by customers across Europe and beyond. Their platform supports high-volume transactions and complex data flows, with a strong focus on performance, reliability and user experience.

They are now looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join a B2C-focused engineering team. This role is hands-on and product-led, with ownership of features across public-facing applications. While the position is fullstack in nature, there is a clear emphasis on backend engineering using Ruby on Rails, alongside meaningful frontend contribution.

What You Will Be Doing

• Designing, building and delivering robust software features using Ruby on Rails, contributing across backend and frontend with a backend-first approach
• Taking part in the full software development lifecycle, from technical design through to development, testing, deployment and production monitoring
• Tackling technical challenges related to performance, scalability, data flows and overall system stability
• Writing clean, well-structured and maintainable code, supported by appropriate test coverage and aligned with engineering best practices
• Collaborating closely with other engineers, Product Managers and the Engineering Manager to deliver high-quality, customer-focused features
• Sharing knowledge within the team and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement and learning
• Participating in team initiatives such as regular hack days and innovation-focused activities

About You

• A senior, hands-on software engineer with a strong product mindset
• Comfortable working across the fullstack in a Ruby on Rails environment, with particular strength in backend engineering and a genuine interest in frontend development
• A pragmatic problem solver who can identify root causes, propose effective solutions and make sensible technical trade-offs
• Someone who cares deeply about code quality, testing and long-term maintainability
• Product-focused, with a clear interest in understanding user impact and business outcomes

Essential Experience

• A minimum of 8 years’ commercial experience as a software engineer
• Strong, in-depth experience with Ruby and Ruby on Rails in production environments
• Proven experience working with modern frontend technologies, React.js
• Professional working proficiency in English, which is the daily working language

Desirable Experience

• A degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline
• Experience with, or a strong interest in, Hotwire
• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL
• Familiarity with AWS-based environments
• Experience working within Agile development teams