Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer — Hybrid, AI-Driven APIs

Opus Recruitment Solutions; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Strong social culture

Mental health support

MacBook + full workstation setup

Output-focused flexible working

Job summary

Opus Recruitment Solutions is hiring a Senior Ruby Engineer to help evolve a core product in Reading. The role requires strong skills in Ruby on Rails and involves building scalable solutions while collaborating with a senior engineering team.

You'll benefit from a hybrid work setup, 25 days of holiday, and a strong team culture with support for mental health. The position focuses on backend services, APIs, and LLM-assisted development tools to enhance workflow efficiency.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Ruby on Rails in production environments.
• Solid understanding of API design and backend architecture.
• Experience working across the stack with frontend exposure beneficial.
• Interest or experience in LLM-assisted development.

Responsibilities

• Building and scaling a Ruby on Rails monolith as it transitions to AWS.
• Developing backend services and APIs with a focus on performance and reliability.
• Contributing to ongoing platform improvements, upgrades, and new feature development.
• Using LLM-assisted coding tools to accelerate delivery and improve workflows.
• Collaborating with a senior, highly capable engineering team.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

API design

Backend architecture

LLM-assisted development

Frontend exposure

Tools

AWS

Elasticsearch

Hotwire

Job description

Opus Recruitment Solutions is hiring a Senior Ruby Engineer to help evolve a core product in Reading. The role requires strong skills in Ruby on Rails and involves building scalable solutions while collaborating with a senior engineering team.

You'll benefit from a hybrid work setup, 25 days of holiday, and a strong team culture with support for mental health. The position focuses on backend services, APIs, and LLM-assisted development tools to enhance workflow efficiency.