Ruby on Rails Software Engineer — Hybrid, Impactful SaaS

Bookingexperts; Chester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working opportunities

25 days annual leave

8 Bank Holidays

Job summary

Booking Experts (BEX) in the UK seeks a Software Engineer to join a product-oriented team. Working full-stack with Ruby on Rails, you will build features impacting thousands of users and help shape architectural decisions.

Based near Chester with hybrid working, you will collaborate with Product and Design, optimize data flows, and ensure scalability and reliability as the platform grows across Europe.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field.
• 3+ years’ hands-on experience building, scaling, and maintaining live production SaaS systems.
• Strong proficiency with Ruby on Rails (or a similar MVC framework).
• A strong commitment to code quality, maintainability, and performance.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate and justify technical decisions within an international team.
• Based in the UK and within reasonable commuting distance of our Chester office for our hybrid working model.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain new platform functionalities, features, and modules.
• Optimise existing code for performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Develop and manage robust APIs, integrations, and links to external systems.
• Thoroughly test, debug, and document your technical solutions.
• Actively shape architectural decisions and contribute to technical discussions.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and cross-functional teams in an agile environment.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

API development

Performance optimization

Team collaboration

Education

BSc or higher in CS/SE

Job description

Booking Experts (BEX) in the UK seeks a Software Engineer to join a product-oriented team. Working full-stack with Ruby on Rails, you will build features impacting thousands of users and help shape architectural decisions.

Based near Chester with hybrid working, you will collaborate with Product and Design, optimize data flows, and ensure scalability and reliability as the platform grows across Europe.