Senior Ruby Developer

Breathe; England; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative SaaS company is seeking a Senior Ruby Developer to join their dynamic team. This role offers the chance to build and maintain impactful products while ensuring the security of client data. The ideal candidate will possess expert knowledge of Ruby on Rails and a passion for improving user experiences. With a strong focus on personal growth and collaboration, this position promises a fulfilling career in a supportive environment. Enjoy flexible working arrangements, generous time off, and a culture that prioritizes people and their development. If you're ready to make a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

25 days holiday + birthday off

Flexible working (1 day a week in office)

Life Insurance (2x salary)

Unlimited Professional Coaching

2 Volunteer Days per year

Dog-Friendly Office

Access to Mintago for financial wellbeing

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of Ruby on Rails in a commercial environment.
• Ability to communicate technical issues to non-technical people.
• Maintain a calm and methodical approach to problems.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Breathe products ensuring client data security.
• Collaborate with the technical team to understand customer needs.
• Lead projects ensuring high standards and timely deliverables.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Best Coding Practices

Analytical Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

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Senior Ruby on Rails Developer

Who Are We?

We’re a forward-thinking SaaS company on a mission to create a workplace where people come first and everyone thrives. If you’re a Senior Ruby Engineer with a passion and drive to build modern scalable solutions, this is your chance to make a real impact!

Our Values: What We Live By

People First: Every decision we make is about our people. We ARE the people-first company.

Be Better Tomorrow: Every day, we challenge ourselves to learn, grow, and improve—individually and as a team.

Strive with Impact: Every action we take makes a difference—to our employees, our customers, and our business.

Seek Out Efficiency: We scale smart. We innovate. We find ways to work better, not harder.

Why is this role important?

Responsibilities

• Building, updating and maintaining the Breathe suite of products, at all times ensuring security of client data is their number one concern.
• To continually search for opportunities to improve the user experience of all Breathe products and suggest changes that benefit our customers’ experience and sense of value.
• To adhere to all coding standards, testing requirements, processes and procedures within the technical team, and contribute to the continual improvement of these standards.
• To collaborate within the technical team, and throughout the larger Breathe team, to ensure that tickets are fully understood from the perspective of the customer and the issue fully understood before work begins.
• To peer review colleagues’ code in a manner that not only ensures the security of the products but also raises the coding quality and assists with the personal growth of teammates.
• To maintain an awareness of developing technologies and keep up to date with technology news and trends. To take ownership of their personal growth.
• Lead on projects within the team, ensuring deliverables are met to a high standard and within agreed timescale.
• Be a ‘go to’ person within the team, share knowledge and support team members with technical challenges.
• Provide coaching and mentoring for less experienced members of the team, helping them to reach their growth potential.
• Assist with the maintenance and optimization of systems architecture.
• Presenting design and research to the rest of the team.
• Advising the engineering manager with process recommendations.
• Maintain awareness of and be compliant with information security protocols in relation to your job role and handling of any data.

What we value for this role

• Expert knowledge of Ruby on Rails.
• Extensive experience with Ruby on Rails in a commercial environment.
• A deep understanding of best coding practices.
• Thorough understanding of all technologies underlying Breathe products.
• Ability to quickly assess and absorb new technologies.
• Ability to communicate technical issues to non-technical people.
• Ability to question vaguely described tickets and tease out requirements.
• Maintain a calm and methodical approach to problems.
• Possess an analytical mind, with an ability to zoom in on micro-details whilst seeing the bigger picture.
• Project management skills allowing complex tasks to be broken into manageable chunks.
• Ability to size work items to a good degree of accuracy.

Why You’ll Love It Here ️

Time Off – 25 days holiday + your birthday off!

Flexible Working – Hybrid role (1 day a week in office)

Life Insurance – 2x salary

Access to unlimited Professional Coaching – More Happi

Volunteer Days – 2 per year to give back to the community

Dog-Friendly Office – Bring your four-legged friend!

Access to Mintago – Exclusive financial wellbeing through discounts and expert advice

The Hiring Process: Let’s Make it Personal!

• Stage 1: Initial screening call with our People and Talent Advisor
• Stage 2: Technical Test (remote / online)
• Stage 3: Online interview – With two of our Tech Leads lasting 90 minutes including technical questions and pair programming
• Stage 4: In office interview – Tech Lead Manager and Product Manager

Ready to join us? Apply Now!

A bit of background on Breathe

Located in vibrant Horsham, Breathe isn't your typical SaaS business. Private equity owned, well-funded, with 14,500 customers and an average 6 years’ LTV (a rarity in the SaaS industry), Breathe is the number 1 HR Software for SMEs in the UK. But there is more to it – our work culture is award winning, with talented people that are committed to driving impact, while having fun together. We're proud of our track record of success, but we're even more excited about what the future holds for us.

Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. Breathe is a place where everyone can grow. So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day.

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  Mid-Senior level

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  Full-time

Job function

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  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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