Senior Backend Developer, Ruby on Rails, API backends, CI/CD is required for this fast growing Fintech scale up which is helping hundreds of thousands of people in the UK save money every day.
Office based (Essex) / Hybrid working £90 – 105,000 + Benefits My Fintech client is recruiting for a Senior Backend Developer to join our growing Tech team and work across our suite of mobile and web applications to help us to deliver an exceptional, bug free customer experience.
The ideal candidate should be excited by the challenge of working in a high growth and fast-paced environment.
You will have the opportunity to make important contributions and be a key player at a hugely exciting time for the business as we continue to grow.
Key Deliverables: To include, but not limited to: Write well-designed, testable and reliable code for Fintech mobile apps and web platforms.
Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications as they scale.
Implement efficient and reliable integration with PostgreSQL databases always looking to optimise performance.
Utilise Docker for containerization, ensuring seamless deployment and scalability of applications.
Collaborate with your team in a hands-on environment using pair and mob programming practices.
Contribute towards the technical strategy of company platform.
Maintain a sensible level of documentation.
The Ideal Candidate: Extensive experience in working with Ruby on Rails, Ruby version & gem managers in a commercial environment.
Proven experience developing RESTFul API backends for JavaScript apps.
Worked with CI/CD and familiar with GitHub Actions.
Experience integrating card and open banking payment technologies would be ideal.
Implemented automated testing frameworks (unit, integration, e2e, performance).
Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, design patterns, and best practices.
Is comfortable working within a fast paced environment with strict time constraints.
Familiarity with YAML and configuration management practices.
API design, implementation, and integration.