Full Stack Ruby on Rails Software Developer

Salary: £46,000 - 71,000 per year

• Solid commercial experience with Ruby on Rails
• Experience working across the full stack (backend and frontend)
• Strong understanding of scalable application design
• Experience working with APIs (GraphQL or REST)
• Good understanding of relational databases such as PostgreSQL
• Experience using Git in a collaborative development environment
• Ability to deliver features end-to-end with attention to detail
• Strong problem-solving skills and clear communication
• Experience with React and/or React Native
• Familiarity with background processing and asynchronous systems
• Experience working in a scaling or product-led environment
• Interest in improving performance, testing, and code quality
• Interest in education, music, or purpose-led organisations
• Must be a UK national or a UK resident with a right to work visa already in place
• Subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS and other vetting checks

• Develop, test, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable Ruby on Rails applications
• Write clean, maintainable, well-documented code and automated tests
• Contribute across the full development lifecycle, from concept to deployment
• Build and deliver features end-to-end across backend and frontend
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and develop new functionality
• Optimise application performance and resolve technical issues
• Contribute to improving code quality, structure, and development practices

• Backend
• Frontend
• Git
• GraphQL
• Support
• PostgreSQL
• REST
• Rails
• React
• React Native
• Ruby
• API
• Cloud
• Mobile
• Web
• Fullstack

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We are iRock School of Music, an award-winning organisation founded in 2016 and built on the belief that music can unlock confidence, creativity, and potential in every child. We deliver high-energy, band-based music sessions in primary schools across the UK, creating experiences that support music education and leave a lasting impact on thousands of children each week. You will join our Office Team in a fun, honest, supportive, and inspiring culture where ownership, innovation, and doing things properly are valued. This is a full-time, permanent hybrid role based in Farnborough, working 35 hours per week. We offer a competitive salary, 27 days holiday plus bank holidays, a Medicash cash plan, and the opportunity to work on meaningful software that supports our mission.

last updated 41 week of 2026