Senior Ruby Developer
Posted 1 week ago by 1774280474
£650 Per day
Inside
Remote
London
Summary: The role is for a Senior Ruby Developer on a 12-month contract, fully remote within the UK, supporting a leading insurance organization in modernizing their cloud-based core platform. The position involves hands-on development, focusing on building and optimizing a cloud-native system. The candidate will work collaboratively with various teams to enhance functionality and contribute to architectural decisions. Strong experience in Ruby and cloud technologies, particularly AWS, is essential for this role.
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 UK for compliance and time zone alignment
Salary (Rate): £650 per day
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Contract Lead Ruby Developer- (UK 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 UK.
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 UK 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