Backend Ruby Developers

Company: Qualitest
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Location: Greater London
Job Description:

Senior Ruby Backend Engineer

Ruby Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable Ruby on Rails applications
  • Build and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services
  • Work with relational databases (AWS RDS, MySQL, Postgres)
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following engineering best practices
  • Implement background jobs and asynchronous processing
  • Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams
  • Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving engineering standards
  • Troubleshoot, debug, and optimise application performance
  • Design and evolve well-structured APIs and service boundaries
  • Implement secure authentication and authorisation patterns

Required Skills & Experience

  • 3+ years experience with Ruby on Rails
  • Experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL
  • Experience with RSpec
  • Experience with Git
  • Solid understanding of: Ruby, JavaScript/TypeScript, MVC architecture, ORM (ActiveRecord)
  • RESTful APIs
  • Mocking and unit testing principles
  • Experience with background job processing (e.g., Sidekiq or similar)
  • Ability to collaborate with frontend teams using modern JavaScript frameworks
  • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail Nice to Have
  • Understanding or experience with GraphQL
  • Experience implementing or integrating SSO (Single Sign-On)
  • Experience working in cloud environments (AWS preferred)
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines

What We’re Looking For

  • A proactive engineer who takes ownership
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Passion for writing high-quality, maintainable code
  • A continuous learner who keeps up with best practices

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Posted: April 17th, 2026