Ruby on Rails Engineer (Full Stack)
Full Health Medical
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
yesterday
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Intermediate Compensation
£ 56KJob location
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Clean Code Principles
Adobe InDesign
API
Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Code Review
Databases
Continuous Integration
Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements)
Database Design
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Query Optimization
Ruby on Rails
Ruby
Software Engineering
Web Applications
Reliability of Systems
Backend
Kubernetes
Front End Software Development
Job description
We're looking for a skilled Ruby on Rails Engineer to help us build and scale modern web applications and backend services. This is a full-stack role, with a strong emphasis on good software engineering principles, clean design, and long-term maintainability.
You'll work across web applications, APIs, and backend services, collaborating closely with product and engineering peers to deliver reliable, high-quality software.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain Ruby on Rails applications
- Contribute across the stack, including database design, backend services and APIs, and front-end integration
- Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code
- Participate in design discussions and technical decision-making
- Improve system reliability, performance, and scalability over time
- Collaborate with product managers and other engineers to translate requirements into robust solutions
- Review code and contribute to shared engineering standards and best practices
- Work with containerised services deployed to Kubernetes and AWS based services
Requirements
- 3+ years of commercial experience with Ruby and Ruby on Rails
- Experience of working with AI engineering tools (e.g. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) and workflows in a commercial, team based environment
- Experience of delivering software using modern development workflows in CI/CD environment
- Experience building and maintaining web applications and APIs, including security and performance considerations
- Experience of working with databases, including data modelling, schema design and query optimisation, preferably with MongoDB and PostgreSQL
- Excellent written a verbal communication skills and demonstrated ability to work in a remote/distributed environment.
Experience of working within healthcare is not required, however experience of working with health assessments and medical testing would be advantageous.