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# Ruby on Rails Developer

- **Company:** Materials Market
- **Location:** London, UK (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Software Quality, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, DevOps, Programming Tools, Ruby on Rails, Ruby, SQL Databases, Backend, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** May 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/ruby-on-rails-developer-city-of-london-london/2771484279-2/

## About the Role

* Strong Ruby and Ruby on Rails experience with evidence of shipping production work.
 * Full-stack mindset; backend leaning.
 * Comfortable working with ambiguity and making pragmatic decisions.
 * Practical experience with AI-assisted development tools.

Nice to haves

 * Architecture experience.
 * CI/CD experience.
 * Infrastructure / DevOps exposure.

Working pattern & location

 * Fully remote, flexible working hours, focused on output.
 * Quarterly in-person two-day hacks.
 * Occasional attendance in London office encouraged.

## Description

We're hiring a Ruby on Rails Developer to join a small, high-performing team and ship product changes end-to-end. You'll work in a Rails codebase, building features across backend and frontend as needed, partnering closely with non-technical teams, and owning delivery, quality, and outcomes.

We run lean, with minimal ceremony and a meeting-light culture (no daily stand-ups). You'll have autonomy, direct access to leadership, and real ownership of what ships.

What you'll do

 * Build and ship features in a Ruby on Rails monolith.
 * Contribute towards both new feature development and green-field rebuilds of core parts of our platform.
 * Deliver work end-to-end: from business problem solution design development release.
 * Debug issues, improve reliability, and raise code quality.
 * Work pragmatically across the stack (Ruby, JavaScript, CSS, SQL).
 * Use AI-assisted / agentic development tools to write and review code, while maintaining high quality.


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