Senior Ruby on Rails Developer

Our client is an established FinTech company delivering innovative digital solutions to major global brands. They operate in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with an enduring focus on quality, performance, and modern technology.

They are now seeking to hire a Senior Ruby on Rails Developer to design, develop, enhance, and maintain enterprise-grade FinTech applications. This role is essential for delivering new features, system enhancements, and seamless integrations across an established financial services platform.

Job Responsibilities

Development and Engineering

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain enterprise-grade applications using Ruby on Rails
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and integrations with external financial services platforms
• Write clean, secure, well-structured, and thoroughly tested code following established best practices
• Contribute to the ongoing enhancement, security, and modernisation of the core platform including framework upgrades

Analysis and Problem Solving

• Analyse business and technical requirements to translate them into reliable and scalable software solutions
• Investigate and resolve complex technical issues including application performance and production defects
• Work independently on complex and business-critical development assignments

Collaboration and Delivery

• Take ownership of assigned tasks to ensure high-quality solutions are delivered within agreed project timelines
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle including testing, deployment, and ongoing support
• Collaborate closely with Solutions Architects, developers, business analysts, and testers to achieve successful project outcomes

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of professional software development experience
• Substantial hands-on experience developing and maintaining Ruby on Rails applications
• Strong backend development expertise including application architecture and database design
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL including database queries and performance optimisation
• Experience designing, developing, and integrating RESTful APIs and third-party services
• Understanding of secure software development practices within regulated environments

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with frontend technologies including React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• Familiarity with Git, AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Yarn, Node.js, Webpack, Vue.js, and Unix shell scripting
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
• Previous experience in FinTech, banking, lending, loan origination, or credit management
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Information Technology

Benefits

• Permanent work-from-home set-up
• Dayshift (Australian business hours)
• Full-time job
• HMO
• Annual leave
• Christmas Bonus equivalent to 1 month's wage (pro-rata)

Originally posted on Himalayas