Senior Full Stack Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

BBC Maestro
London

As a high-performing SME with a global customer base, we’re looking for a senior full stack engineer to maintain and improve our core platforms and work closely with a small, high-performing team to deliver simple, scalable software that delights our customers.

Alongside your engineering peers, you’ll be responsible building and maintaining our Rails-based platform and React Native mobile app infrastructure . You’ll also shape technical direction , peer coach teammates , and drive quality delivery.

This is a perfect role for someone who thrives in high-autonomy environments , enjoys solving real user problems, and wants to influence technical direction while remaining deep in the code.

You will report to our Engineering Manager.

Salary : £60,000-£80,000 based on experience and location.

🛠 What You’ll Do

  • As part of the engineering team , maintain a high bar for technical quality, pragmatic decisions, and delivery pace
  • Hands-on in our codebase : working primarily with Ruby on Rails (including Hotwire/Turbo) and occasionally with React Native
  • Contribute to and guide architectural decisions , shaping how we scale the product and our team
  • Pair with other engineers, giving thoughtful feedback and context
  • Collaborate closely with Product and Design to break down work and scope solutions with the customer in mind
  • Spot risks early and support technical initiatives that improve our product, platform, and ways of working
  • Champion automated testing, observability, documentation, and code clarity
  • Influence the team’s ways of working through thoughtful code review, refactoring, and knowledge sharing
  • Uphold a culture of simplicity, empathy, and continuous learning

Requirements

What You’ll Bring

You’re a product-minded engineer with well balanced experience across the front and back end. You’ve worked in small, high-trust teams , and are comfortable operating in a flat structure.

You likely have:

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3+years in Ruby on Rails (Hotwire experience a big plus)
  • Comfortable working with full-stack tools: Rails, Postgres, Redis/Memcached, Sidekiq, Typescript, Tailwind
  • Experience in designing, building, and maintaining either GraphQL or RESTful APIs
  • Experience working with either Heroku or AWS
  • Strong grasp of testing, CI/CD, debugging and system performance
  • Experience working in or adjacent to product teams , and ability to reason from first principles
  • Experience in influencing technical direction; through peer programming, writing, reviews, and technical judgement
  • Strong communication skills; you able to translate technical ideas for stakeholders and bring others along
  • A strong sense of ownership; you are about the work you do, and the impact it has
  • Interest in experimenting with new technologies to improve the customer experience

🧡 How We Work – Our Values in Action

You won’t just be writing great code — you’ll be helping shape the way we build . Here’s how we show up:

  • Love Innovation – You simplify, experiment, and move things forward. You’re not afraid to clean up legacy logic or try a new tool where it makes sense.
  • Lead With Heart – You support your teammates, share your learnings, and offer feedback with care and candour.
  • Yearn to Learn – You’re hungry to grow and help others grow. You’re curious and proactive, always levelling up your craft.
  • Own It – You take responsibility for your impact and follow through on commitments, even the small ones.
  • Be The Greatest – You pursue quality with humility. You don’t cut corners, and you help the team raise its standards.

Benefits

  • 28 days holiday + public holidays
  • Flexible Benefits via Happl
    • Choice between Private Healthcare Plan or Wellbeing Allowance
    • Salary Sacrifice Pension
    • Salary Sacrifice Childcare Scheme
  • Modern Employee Assistance Programme / Counselling via Spill. Unlimited structured sessions.
  • Flexible working including ability to work from home regularly
  • Training & Development
  • Engaging off-sites and fun socials
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity incl. enhanced neonatal care pay
Posted 2026-01-31

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