Our client is an established FinTech company delivering innovative digital solutions to major global brands. They operate in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with an enduring focus on quality, performance, and modern technology.
They are now seeking to hire a Senior Ruby on Rails Developer to design, develop, enhance, and maintain enterprise-grade FinTech applications. This role is essential for delivering new features, system enhancements, and seamless integrations across an established financial services platform.
Job Responsibilities
Development and Engineering
- Design, develop, enhance, and maintain enterprise-grade applications using Ruby on Rails
- Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and integrations with external financial services platforms
- Write clean, secure, well-structured, and thoroughly tested code following established best practices
- Contribute to the ongoing enhancement, security, and modernisation of the core platform including framework upgrades
Analysis and Problem Solving
- Analyse business and technical requirements to translate them into reliable and scalable software solutions
- Investigate and resolve complex technical issues including application performance and production defects
- Work independently on complex and business-critical development assignments
Collaboration and Delivery
- Take ownership of assigned tasks to ensure high-quality solutions are delivered within agreed project timelines
- Participate in the full software development lifecycle including testing, deployment, and ongoing support
- Collaborate closely with Solutions Architects, developers, business analysts, and testers to achieve successful project outcomes
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of professional software development experience
- Substantial hands-on experience developing and maintaining Ruby on Rails applications
- Strong backend development expertise including application architecture and database design
- Strong experience with PostgreSQL including database queries and performance optimisation
- Experience designing, developing, and integrating RESTful APIs and third-party services
- Understanding of secure software development practices within regulated environments
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience with frontend technologies including React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
- Familiarity with Git, AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Yarn, Node.js, Webpack, Vue.js, and Unix shell scripting
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
- Previous experience in FinTech, banking, lending, loan origination, or credit management
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Information Technology
Benefits
- Permanent work-from-home set-up
- Dayshift (Australian business hours)
- Full-time job
- HMO
- Annual leave
- Christmas Bonus equivalent to 1 month's wage (pro-rata)
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