Senior Software Engineer

🚀 Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer

📍 Location: Remote (UK – must be UK resident)

💰 Salary: Up to £75,000, plus benefits

Why Join?

ViVA Tech Talent are hiring for a fast-growing, product-led tech company looking for a Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer to help shape the next chapter of their platform.

You’ll play a key role in scaling a product that powers real businesses every day - leading technical decisions, mentoring others, and ensuring the team delivers clean, maintainable, and impactful software.

If you love Ruby, care about quality, and want your work to make a tangible difference, this is the one.

What You’ll Do ⚡

• Take ownership of major features and technical projects from idea to deployment
• Partner closely with product and leadership to shape roadmap priorities and delivery
• Improve system architecture, performance, and developer experience
• Lead by example through high-quality, well-tested code
• Mentor engineers, share knowledge, and elevate team standards
• Troubleshoot, debug, and drive improvements across the platform

Tech Environment 🛠️

Rails sits at the core of the stack, supported by modern tooling and best practices:

• Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Turbo, React components, GitHub Actions, Stripe, APIs, internal tooling

What They’re Looking For 💡

• Proven experience building and scaling production Rails apps
• Deep understanding of Rails fundamentals and best practices
• Experience making architectural decisions and improving performance
• Strong testing mindset and appreciation for clean, maintainable code
• Great communicator and mentor who leads with empathy and clarity
• Comfortable across the full stack, from backend to UI

What’s on Offer 🎁

• Up to £75,000
• Remote-first within the UK
• Private health insurance
• Share options & pension
• L&D budget and career growth opportunities
• Home office setup support
• Regular team off-sites & socials

If you’re ready to take the next step in your Ruby career and help shape a modern, high-impact product, reach out at orla@vivatechtalent.com or send your CV for full details.