Senior Full Stack Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

Dubizzle Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global IT solutions company in Greater London seeks a senior full stack engineer to enhance its Rails-based platform and React Native app. This role involves coding, maintaining high technical standards, and collaborating closely with teams. A strong focus on ownership, innovation, and influencing tech direction is essential. You should have 7+ years of experience, particularly with Ruby on Rails, and excel in testing and CI/CD. The position offers a competitive salary and various flexible benefits, including remote work options.

Benefits

28 days holiday + public holidays

Flexible Benefits via Happl

Private Healthcare Plan or Wellbeing Allowance

Salary Sacrifice Pension

Salary Sacrifice Childcare Scheme

Training & Development

Engaging off-sites and fun socials

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in Ruby on Rails.
• Experience in building and maintaining GraphQL or RESTful APIs.
• Strong grasp of testing, CI/CD, debugging, and system performance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain technical quality and delivery pace as part of the engineering team.
• Develop and maintain Rails-based platforms and React Native mobile apps.
• Collaborate with Product and Design teams to scope solutions.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

React Native

Postgres

Redis

Typescript

Tailwind

GraphQL

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

Debugging

Job description

As a high-performing SME with a global customer base, we’re looking for a senior full stack engineer to maintain and improve our core platforms and work closely with a small, high-performing team to deliver simple, scalable software that delights our customers.

Alongside your engineering peers, you’ll be responsible building and maintaining our Rails-based platform and React Native mobile app infrastructure. You’ll also shape technical direction, peer coach teammates, and drive quality delivery.

This is a perfect role for someone who thrives in high-autonomy environments, enjoys solving real user problems, and wants to influence technical direction while remaining deep in the code

You will report to our Engineering Manager.

Salary: £60,000-£80,000 based on experience and location.

🛠 What You’ll Do

• As part of the engineering team, maintain a high bar for technical quality, pragmatic decisions, and delivery pace
• Hands-on in our codebase: working primarily with Ruby on Rails (including Hotwire/Turbo) and occasionally with React Native
• Contribute to and guide architectural decisions, shaping how we scale the product and our team
• Pair with other engineers, giving thoughtful feedback and context
• Collaborate closely with Product and Design to break down work and scope solutions with the customer in mind
• Spot risks early and support technical initiatives that improve our product, platform, and ways of working
• Champion automated testing, observability, documentation, and code clarity
• Influence the team’s ways of working through thoughtful code review, refactoring, and knowledge sharing
• Uphold a culture of simplicity, empathy, and continuous learning

✅ What You’ll Bring

You’re a product-minded engineer with well balanced experience across the front and back end. You’ve worked in small, high-trust teams, and are comfortable operating in a flat structure.

You likely have:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3+years in Ruby on Rails (Hotwire experience a big plus)
• Comfortable working with full-stack tools: Rails, Postgres, Redis/Memcached, Sidekiq, Typescript, Tailwind
• Experience in designing, building, and maintaining either GraphQL or RESTful APIs
• Experience working with either Heroku or AWS
• Strong grasp of testing, CI/CD, debugging and system performance
• Experience working in or adjacent to product teams, and ability to reason from first principles
• Experience in influencing technical direction; through peer programming, writing, reviews, and technical judgement
• Strong communication skills; you able to translate technical ideas for stakeholders and bring others along
• A strong sense of ownership; you are about the work you do, and the impact it has
• Interest in experimenting with new technologies to improve the customer experience

🧡How We Work – Our Values in Action

You won’t just be writing great code — you’ll be helping shape the way we build. Here’s how we show up:

• Love Innovation – You simplify, experiment, and move things forward. You’re not afraid to clean up legacy logic or try a new tool where it makes sense.
• Lead With Heart – You support your teammates, share your learnings, and offer feedback with care and candour.
• Yearn to Learn – You’re hungry to grow and help others grow. You’re curious and proactive, always levelling up your craft.
• Own It – You take responsibility for your impact and follow through on commitments, even the small ones.
• Be The Greatest – You pursue quality with humility. You don’t cut corners, and you help the team raise its standards.

• 28 days holiday + public holidays
• Flexible Benefits via Happl
  • Choice between Private Healthcare Plan or Wellbeing Allowance
  • Salary Sacrifice Pension
  • Salary Sacrifice Childcare Scheme
• Modern Employee Assistance Programme / Counselling via Spill. Unlimited structured sessions.
• Flexible working including ability to work from home regularly
• Training & Development
• Engaging off-sites and fun socials
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity incl. enhanced neonatal care pay