Systems Developer

Division/Business Unit: Systems

Reports To: Head of Systems

Office / Base: Hybrid Home/Edinburgh Office or Fully Remote

Salary: £30 – 40K (Depending on Experience)

Job Purpose

Commsworld is looking for a full-stack developer to join its Systems team in Edinburgh. The successful candidate will be working on the development and maintenance of a suite of Rails applications; building new features in line with changes and improvements to business process and to accommodate new products and services for customers.

Key Responsibilities

Development & maintenance of Commsworld’s production systems
Development & maintenance of new business driven applications and features
Ongoing development support (e.g. bugfixes, upgrades, migrations and addressing vulnerabilities)
Writing documentation on new and existing applications

Knowledge / Skills / Background / Qualifications

2 or more years Ruby on Rails or similar web framework (e.g. Python/Django) experience
JavaScript (we use jQuery, Stimulus and Coffee Script)
Relational databases (we use MySQL and PostgreSQL)
Third party APIs (a variety of technologies including REST and SOAP)
Test Driven Development (we use rspec)
Knowledge in version control systems (such as Git)
Familiarity with Linux terminal command line operations
Excellent communications skills (both written and verbal)
Good problem-solving skills, eager and capable of self-driven learning

Professional Profile

Commsworld is looking for candidates who are experienced in development of database driven Rails applications, interested in joining an innovative technical team in a growing dynamic service provider business. Candidates should be able to work autonomously, using their own initiative as well as within a team as required.