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Backend Ruby Developers

Date:  7 Apr 2026
Company:  Qualitest Group
Country/Region:  GB

Senior Ruby Backend Engineer – 

Ruby Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Ruby on Rails applications

• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services

 • Work with relational databases (AWS RDS, MySQL, Postgres)

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following engineering best practices

• Implement background jobs and asynchronous processing

• Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams

• Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving engineering standards

• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimise application performance

• Design and evolve well-structured APIs and service boundaries

• Implement secure authentication and authorisation patterns

 

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years experience with Ruby on Rails

• Experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL • Experience with RSpec

• Experience with Git • Solid understanding of: o Ruby o JavaScript/Typescript o MVC architecture o ORM (ActiveRecord) • RESTful APIs

• Mocking and unit testing principles

• Experience with background job processing (e.g., Sidekiq or similar)

• Ability to collaborate with frontend teams using modern JavaScript frameworks

• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail Nice to Have

• Understanding or experience with GraphQL

• Experience implementing or integrating SSO (Single Sign-On) • Experience working in cloud environments (AWS preferred)

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines What We’re Looking For

• A proactive engineer who takes ownership • Strong communication and collaboration skills

• Passion for writing high-quality, maintainable code

• A continuous learner who keeps up with best practices 

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