Principal Software Engineer – Ruby on Rails

Leading technology company in the compute platform space are looking to hire a Senior/Principal Software Engineer to join their web platform team in Cambridge.

This is a hybrid role, so you must live within commutable distance of Cambridge.

They are looking for a highly experienced software engineer with expertise in Ruby on Rails to take ownership of pivotal design, architecture and development work on this key platform – which is the main portal for their customers, in terms of collaboration and sales.

This is an individual contributor role for an experienced, hands-on engineer who leads through influence: setting technical direction, raising the bar through code review, and shipping production code every week alongside the rest of the team.

Key skills/experience required:

• Expertise in building and operating Ruby applications in production, with a track record of leading Ruby projects from design through to production operations
• Experience scaling complex web applications,
• An ability to develop technical strategy, both individually and as part of a team

  Highly desirable:

• Experience building and operating real-time services (e.g. WebRTC, Server-Sent Events)
• Experience with monoliths, microservices, and everything in between
• Experience with Go or React
• Involvement in open source software, whether as a maintainer or a contributor

Great opportunity to be a core member of a highly skilled team, working on key projects!