Tech lead
First seen by Alion on Mar 5, 2024.
Position description:
We’re looking for an experienced Ruby on Rails developer to join us as player-coach,
taking charge of our small team of engineers while also directly contributing to our product. Expect a roughly 50/50 split between hands-on coding and everything else.
Key responsibilities:
· Develop and improve new and existing product features, and fix the occasional bug
· Work with sales and customer success teams to shape upcoming features (and a product manager soon)
· Define deliverables, estimate timelines and plan development cycles with your team
· Lead a team of 2-3 engineers in delivering on the agreed scope
· Regularly review progress and unblock your team members
· Perform code reviews and mentor less experienced developers
Our stack includes Ruby on Rails 7 with Stimulus/Hotwire, PostgreSQL, Bootstrap, Heroku, Cloudflare, AWS S3, Stripe, GitHub, AppSignal & Mailgun. We collaborate using Basecamp, Trello, Slack, GitHub, and Balsamiq Mockups. We have excellent test coverage and confidently deploy to staging and production multiple times a day.
Requirements
· Permanently resident in the EU/UK
· 6+ years of experience building full-stack web applications with modern web frameworks and relational databases, at least 3 of those with Ruby on Rails
· Prior team and project leadership experience in an agile environment
· A growth mindset and eagerness to learn
· Ambition to lead and take responsibility for team success
· Ability to manage your time and communicate clearly and proactively
· A bachelor’s degree in software engineering, computer science or a related field is a bonus but not required.
· A love of Ruby on Rails is a major plus, as is a love for sport!
Our interview process
· We may invite you to take a quick online Ruby quiz.
· We follow that with a 30-minute call with Thilo, our CTO, to chat about your experience and our expectations for the role
· Next is a 90 minute online technical interview to review your core Ruby on Rails knowledge and your proficiency with basic tools
· If all goes well, we’ll bring you to Dublin for a final full-day technical exercise, followed by meeting some of our team including our founder and CEO before making you an offer.
We are accepting applications from anywhere within the EU and UK. Applications from anywhere else will not be considered, sorry.