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Lead Fullstack Engineer (Ruby)

UK💼 Full-time🗓 2026-05-26 → 2026-08-07

Core

Lead the technical direction and architecture of a cloud-based SaaS platform serving schools, trusts, and nurseries to manage compliance and staff workload.

Role type

Lead Fullstack Engineer (Ruby/Rails)

Builds

Cloud-based SaaS platform combining a CPD/policy library with custom tools for the education sector

Domain

EdTech / SaaS

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, database modeling, API integration, automated testing, code review, system architecture, Agile processes

Preferred skills

Mentoring teams, establishing best practices, driving innovation in engineering practices

Technologies

Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

Responsibilities

Own technical direction and architecture of the cloud-based SaaS platform, lead and mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, collaborate with product and design to deliver user-focused experiences, maintain high code quality through automated testing and code reviews, design and optimize database models, ensure system performance and reliability, build and maintain integrations with third-party systems

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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