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Ruby on Rails Developer (mid-level)
Located in vibrant Horsham, Breathe isn't your typical SaaS business. Private equity owned, well-funded, with 14,500 customers and an average 6 years’ LTV (a rarity in the SaaS industry), Breathe is the number 1 HR Software for SMEs in the UK. But there is more to it – our work culture is award winning, with talented people that are committed to driving impact, while having fun together. We're proud of our track record of success, but we're even more excited about what the future holds for us.
Why is this role important?
Working within the R & D team, Developers are responsible for building, updating and maintaining all Breathe products and ensuring our products remain secure and available, using their knowledge of Ruby on Rails and CSS.
Responsibilities
* Building, updating and maintaining the Breathe family of products, at all times ensuring security of client data is their number one concern
* To continually search for opportunities to improve the user experience of all Breathe products and suggest changes that benefit our customers’ experience and sense of value
* To adhere to all coding standards, testing requirements, processes and procedures within the technical team, and contribute to the continual improvement of these standards
* To collaborate within the technical team, and throughout the larger Breathe team, to ensure that tickets are fully understood from the perspective of the customer and the issue fully understood before work begins
* To peer review colleagues’ code in a manner that not only ensures the security of the products, but also raises the coding quality and assists with the personal growth of teammates
* To maintain an awareness of developing technologies and keep up to date with technology news and trends. To take ownership of their personal growth
* Be a ‘go to’ person within the team, share knowledge and support team members with technical challenges
* Provide coaching and mentoring for less experienced members of the team, helping them to reach their growth potential
* Assist with the maintenance and optimization of systems architecture
* Help in technical design and research
* Maintain awareness of and be compliant with information security protocols in relation to your job role and handling of any data
What we value for this role
* Significant knowledge of Ruby on Rails
* Experience with Ruby on Rails in a commercial environment
* An understanding of best coding practices
* An understanding of HTML, CSS
* Ability to quickly assess and absorb new technologies
* Ability to communicate technical issues to non-technical people
* Ability to question poorly described tickets and tease out requirements
* Maintain a calm and methodical approach to problems
* Possess an analytical mind, with an ability to zoom in on micro-details whilst seeing the bigger picture
* Ability to size work items to a good degree of accuracy
Our People Benefits:
* £55-60k + up to 10% company bonus
* 25 days holiday + Birthday off
* Flexible working / hybrid
* Private medical including dental, optical and mental health cover
* Life insurance 2 x salary
* Matched pension scheme (5%)
* Employee Assist Programme
* Learn Days: 12 per annum
* 2 x volunteer days per annum
* Access to Reward Gateway for hundreds of discounts.
Our hiring process:
Stage 1: Initial screening call with our Talent Acquisition Advisor
Stage 2: Technical Test (remote / online)
Stage 3: Online interview – Tech Lead Manager and Senior Software Engineer
Stage 4: In office interview – Tech Lead Manager and Product Lead
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. Breathe is a place where everyone can grow. So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day.
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