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Ruby Tech Lead - Hotwire

Job in Reading, Berkshire, RG1, England, UK
Listing for: Opus Recruitment Solutions
Part Time, Contract position
Listed on 2026-06-03
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 120000 GBP Yearly GBP 120000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Ruby Tech Lead - Hotwire up to 2 days a week, 1 day after 6 months) - Progression - [...]

Ruby Tech Lead - Reading (up to 2 days a week, 1 day after 6 months) - Progression - Stable and profitable business

I am currently supporting a client with 2 new hires! 1 Senior and 1 Tech Lead Ruby position.

Tech Lead

to help shape and lead a highly experienced Ruby engineering team, driving delivery and technical direction across a critical product platform.

This role is ideal for a hands-on Lead who thrives in a fast-moving environment and is excited about using LLMs and agentic workflows to accelerate engineering output.

What You’ll Be Doing
  • Acting as a technical lead working along side the Engineering Leader (who also has a very strong track record in the Ruby space)
  • Leading a team of experienced engineers to design, build, and ship quickly
  • Supporting the ongoing migration from Heroku to AWS
  • Owning system design decisions and guiding architecture evolution
  • Remaining hands-on in coding, particularly within the Rails ecosystem
Tech Environment
  • Ruby on Rails (core platform)
  • AWS
  • Elasticsearch
  • Hotwire / some React involvement
What We’re Looking For
  • Proven experience as a Tech Lead or senior-level engineer in Ruby/Rails
  • Strong architectural and system design capabilities
  • Comfortable being hands-on while leading a team
  • Experience or strong interest in LLMs and developer productivity tooling
  • A calm, methodical approach with a bias for delivery and impact
Working Setup & Benefits
  • Hybrid working (typically 2 days per week in Reading, can be reduced to 1 day after 6 months)
  • 25 days holiday
  • Collaborative, social environment with regular team events
  • Mental health support
  • Mac Book + full workstation setup
  • Output-driven culture with autonomy and flexibility

Up to £120,000 (flexible for exceptional candidates)

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