Ruby Tech Lead - Hotwire - Reading (up to 2 days a week, 1 day after 6 months) - Progression - [...]

Opus Recruitment Solutions; Reading; On-site; GBP 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Mental health support

MacBook + full workstation setup

Autonomy and flexibility in the output-driven culture

Job summary

Opus Recruitment Solutions is seeking a Tech Lead for a hybrid position in Reading, focusing on leading a Ruby engineering team and driving technical direction. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in Ruby/Rails, strong architectural skills, and a hands-on approach to coding.

The role offers a salary up to £120,000, 25 days of holiday, and a collaborative work environment with mental health support.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Tech Lead or senior-level engineer in Ruby/Rails.
• Strong architectural and system design capabilities.
• Comfortable being hands-on while leading a team.
• Experience or strong interest in LLMs and developer productivity tooling.

Responsibilities

• Acting as a technical lead working alongside the Engineering Leader.
• Leading a team of experienced engineers to design, build, and ship quickly.
• Supporting the ongoing migration from Heroku to AWS.
• Owning system design decisions and guiding architecture evolution.
• Remaining hands-on in coding, particularly within the Rails ecosystem.

Skills

Tech Lead experience

Ruby on Rails

Architectural design

LLMs and developer productivity tooling

Tools

AWS

Elasticsearch

Hotwire

React

Job description

Ruby Tech Lead - Reading (up to 2 days a week, 1 day after 6 months) - Progression - Stable and profitable business

I am currently supporting a client with 2 new hires! 1 Senior and 1 Tech Lead Ruby position.

Tech Lead

to help shape and lead a highly experienced Ruby engineering team, driving delivery and technical direction across a critical product platform.

This role is ideal for a hands-on Lead who thrives in a fast-moving environment and is excited about using LLMs and agentic workflows to accelerate engineering output.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Acting as a technical lead working along side the Engineering Leader (who also has a very strong track record in the Ruby space)
• Leading a team of experienced engineers to design, build, and ship quickly
• Supporting the ongoing migration from Heroku to AWS
• Owning system design decisions and guiding architecture evolution
• Remaining hands-on in coding, particularly within the Rails ecosystem

Tech Environment

• Ruby on Rails (core platform)
• AWS
• Elasticsearch
• Hotwire / some React involvement

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience as a Tech Lead or senior-level engineer in Ruby/Rails
• Strong architectural and system design capabilities
• Comfortable being hands-on while leading a team
• Experience or strong interest in LLMs and developer productivity tooling
• A calm, methodical approach with a bias for delivery and impact

Working Setup & Benefits

• Hybrid working (typically 2 days per week in Reading, can be reduced to 1 day after 6 months)
• 25 days holiday
• Collaborative, social environment with regular team events
• Mental health support
• MacBook + full workstation setup
• Output-driven culture with autonomy and flexibility

Up to £120,000 (flexible for exceptional candidates)