Ruby Backend Engineer - Scalable APIs & Cloud

Solirius Consulting; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Bonus Scheme

Private Healthcare Insurance

25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

Development training days (up to 10)

Enhanced Parental Leave

Fertility Leave (5 Days)

Pension (Statutory & Contributory)

EAP with Help@Hand

Gym Membership Benefits

Cycle to Work and EV schemes

Flexible Working

Annual Away Days/Company Socials

Job summary

Solirius Reply, part of the Reply Group, is seeking an experienced Ruby Backend Developer to build scalable, secure backend systems in the UK. You will join a collaborative software engineering team delivering high-performance applications and RESTful services across diverse projects and clients.

You will work with PostgreSQL/MySQL, Redis, Kafka, and Docker within a CI/CD and cloud-enabled environment, collaborating with frontend, QA, DevOps, and product teams to ship reliable software.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Ruby on Rails and backend systems.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed architectures.
• Strong database skills (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and performance tuning.
• Experience with Redis, Kafka, or RabbitMQ.
• Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD, and at least one cloud platform (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Strong testing experience (RSpec or Minitest).
• Good understanding of Git, software architecture, security and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend applications using Ruby and Rails.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Work with databases, background jobs, caching, and third-party integrations.
• Write clean, testable, maintainable code and troubleshoot issues.
• Collaborate with frontend, QA, DevOps, and product teams; participate in design reviews.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Node.js

Python

Java

Database experience

REST APIs

Redis

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Docker

CI/CD

AWS

Azure

GCP

RSpec

Minitest

Git

Security

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Solirius Reply, part of the Reply Group, is seeking an experienced Ruby Backend Developer to build scalable, secure backend systems in the UK. You will join a collaborative software engineering team delivering high-performance applications and RESTful services across diverse projects and clients.

You will work with PostgreSQL/MySQL, Redis, Kafka, and Docker within a CI/CD and cloud-enabled environment, collaborating with frontend, QA, DevOps, and product teams to ship reliable software.