Senior Ruby on Rails Developer

About this role

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)