Senior Software Engineer - Ruby on Rails

About us:   

Making a meaningful difference with mission-critical software that empowers communities to thrive. 

ReadyTech is more than just a one-trick pony playing in one market with one product, or one customer. We re-imagine, design, develop and deliver technology to solve our customer’s diverse problems – supporting multiple businesses across a variety of markets to be ready for anything.  

We’re an ASX-listed company which means we are stable, have a strong track record of sustainable growth and have a significant number of long-term customers.  So, what does this mean for you? It means we can offer you an experience that will push you to be your best, provide career-building challenges, and that will offer you numerous growth opportunities that can’t be found in any other company. 

It’s an inclusive environment where there is no place for politics, where we get our heads together to solve the problems that really matter to our customers, and where we always stay focused on our north star – the communities we serve, and society at large. 

The key accountabilities of the role: 

• Develop working software across the full stack (end to end) according to requirements and development standards
• Contribute to the team with feature and solution design that includes technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Assist the support and customer success team with diagnosing issues with the software and providing guidance or helping with appropriate fixes
• Continually improve domain and technical knowledge through professional development

The key responsibilities of the role: 

• Actively participate in agile ceremonies
• Complete assigned development tasks
• Raise blockers and issues associated with assigned tasks
• Review and provide constructive feedback of code from other developers
• Receive constructive feedback from your team lead
• Deliver code with supporting technical documentation where required

The key requirements for the role: 

• Effective communication, interpersonal, and organisation skills
• Ability to work completely autonomously (if required) on a wide range of development tasks
• A willingness to collaborate and pair program on harder development tasks 
• A desire to learn
• Understanding of MVC development frameworks, such as Rails or ASP.NET
• A working understanding of CSS, HTML and JavaScript
• An understanding of software version control, specifically with git
• Knowledge of programming principles such as OOP and unit testing
• Understanding of database queries
• Ruby on Rails experience is desirable
• Experience in other languages and architectures is a bonus

Why you should become a ReadyTecher:   

• A day off for your birthday- hip hip hooray! 
• Additional 4 days of leave each year 
• ReadyTecher Awards each quarter with the chance to win flights and accommodation to Hamilton Island 
• Hybrid work, with in-house baristas in Australia via the Ready Beans team 
• Access to Sonder- a technology-driven platform supported by safety, medical and mental health experts - available 24/7 
• Paid parental leave 
• Additional paid leave for miscarriage, endometriosis and menopause 
• Volunteer leave 
• Flu vaccinations 
• And plenty of ReadyTech merch drops along the way! 

ReadyTech is committed to seeing things through each other's eyes. We invest deeply in relationships by offering positivity, fairness and empathy in every interaction and love that everyone is different. We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates our diversity of race, beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, age, disability status, marital status and more - so that every single one of us can feel like we belong. 

As part of our commitment to ensuring a safe and secure working environment for all employees and in compliance with Australian regulations, please note that if selected for this role, you will be required to complete a comprehensive police check and an Australian working rights check. Should you have any questions or concerns regarding these requirements, please feel free to contact us. 

So, if you are ready for anything, please apply today. Please note that if your application is progressed to the next stage, we will send you some testing to complete as part of your application as we have found this helps us to quickly identify potential ReadyTechers!