Senior Ruby Developer - EU Based
Posted 1 week ago by Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
London, UK
Summary: The role of Senior Ruby Engineer involves working remotely within the EU for a leading organization in the insurance sector. The engineer will be responsible for developing and optimizing a cloud-based core platform, contributing to new features and performance improvements. This position requires a hands-on approach within a high-performing engineering culture. The contract is for 12 months, focusing on collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful functionality.
Key Responsibilities:
- Developing and maintaining Back End services using Ruby/Ruby on Rails
- Building scalable, maintainable components within a cloud-native architecture
- Collaborating with product, cloud, and DevOps teams to deliver high impact functionality
- Contributing to technical decisions, best practices, and code quality improvements
- Integrating third-party services and APIs within a complex insurance environment
- Supporting ongoing migration, modernisation, and cloud optimisation initiatives
Key Skills:
- Strong commercial experience as a Senior Ruby or Ruby on Rails Engineer
- Deep understanding of distributed systems and cloud-based application design
- Extensive hands on experience with AWS
- Solid background in building scalable APIs, microservices, and Back End systems
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling, and modern cloud workflows
- Excellent communication skills and ability to operate within a cross-functional, remote team
- Must be based within the EU for compliance and time zone alignment
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Contract Senior Ruby Engineer - (EU Remote)
100% Remote (EU-Based Candidates Only)
12-Month Contract
We are supporting a leading organisation in the insurance sector as they scale and modernise their cloud based core platform. They are looking for an experienced Senior Ruby Engineer to join on a 12 month contract, working fully remotely from anywhere within the EU.
Role Overview
You'll be a senior member of an engineering squad building, enhancing, and optimising a modern cloud-native system used across a major insurance operation. This is a hands on development role where you'll contribute to new features, performance improvements, integrations, and architectural evolution within a high performing engineering culture.
What You'll Be Working On
- Developing and maintaining Back End services using Ruby/Ruby on Rails
- Building scalable, maintainable components within a cloud-native architecture
- Collaborating with product, cloud, and DevOps teams to deliver high impact functionality
- Contributing to technical decisions, best practices, and code quality improvements
- Integrating third-party services and APIs within a complex insurance environment
- Supporting ongoing migration, modernisation, and cloud optimisation initiatives
What We're Looking For
- Strong commercial experience as a Senior Ruby or Ruby on Rails Engineer
- Deep understanding of distributed systems and cloud-based application design
- Extensive hands on experience with AWS
- Solid background in building scalable APIs, microservices, and Back End systems
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling, and modern cloud workflows
- Excellent communication skills and ability to operate within a cross-functional, remote team
- Must be based within the EU for compliance and time zone alignment
Nice to Have
- Experience in insurance, financial services, or other regulated industries
- Exposure to containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes)
- Knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments