Lead Backend Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

About Portify

Portify offers a simple suite of products that help these workers maximise take home pay, to make sure this freedom comes with financial security. Our vision is to build a world where everyone can pursue their dreams without economic concerns.

Position

Portify is looking for a Principal Software Engineer (think "Senior+") to work directly alongside the CTO and help our product scale to one million users and beyond.

Responsibilities:

• Hands on mentorship, nurturing and growing the existing engineering team
• Defining best practice around software development and quality assurance 
• Getting stuck in and writing code that will go to production
• Use your experience and draw from others as we navigate the challenges that come with scaling

Our Stack

• Back end: Ruby on Rails / Heroku / Redis / Sidekiq
• Front end: React Native / Expo / Redux

Your qualification

• Experience with a startup during their 'scale-up' phase. We are entering this period and your learnings of growing teams as well as tacking the inevitable technical challenges that come with a growing user base will be valuable
• Strong Ruby on Rails skills and knowledge
• Adaptability, the ability to keep cool, and great teaching skills

What we offer

• Mentoring and growth. We will make sure that you are always learning and have the resources and mentorship needed to fine-tune your craft and propel your career
• A mission to help 160 million Modern Workers access fair financial products
• Working at a tight knit, but growing company that has received awards for our positive impact on economic inclusion by institutions such as the Royal Society of Arts and Nesta. In addition, your colleagues have cut their teeth at companies like Amazon, Alibaba, Goldman Sachs, Mckinsey, received PhDs from Cambridge and started companies, including one acquired by Airbnb. We’re also backed by top tier VCs including Redalpine, Kindred Capital, and Entrepreneur First
• We can sponsor visas for this role
• Learning & Development budget
• Private healthcare insurance
• ClassPass membership
• Matched carbon off-setting
• Top quality equipment provided by Portify
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme
• 25 days holiday + 3 days office closure between Christmas and New Year