Senior Ruby Developer

About the job
Who We Are…

We are a collection of members’ clubs, restaurants, hotels, workspaces and cinemas, catering to those in the film, media, fashion and creative industries. The company has unique ventures throughout the UK, USA, Canada, Europe and Asia, with new openings planned globally. Soho House is a space for its diverse membership and teams to connect, grow, have fun and make an impact.

The Role…

Since 2015, this has meant building a team with a tech-first culture, rebuilding our backend services from the ground up on cutting edge tech, removing external partnerships and working on an internal cultural shift from traditional enterprise to agile and product-driven. Day to day, we work on the usual challenges of building software, but also spend our time helping educate our peers and transform our culture. We have built a team of around 120 developers, BAs and PMs who work in small scrum teams, with a focus on delivery and education. Ideally you will have a keen interest in working on scalable web applications within a lean agile environment. You should be aware of the latest tech tools and services and have a strong focus on quality and delivery

Responsibilities…

Building and deploying features for our newest digital products—we ship quickly and often when we can
Helping build tooling and improving our ecosystem
Building the occasional feature on our legacy systems
Spending time discussing ideas and implementation, and planning sprints
Helping improve internal process and how we work with the business
Maintaining, contributing to and creating open-source software and visiting talks and conferences
Regular check-ins with mentors and team leads to answer questions and give career guidance and feedback.
Good oral and written communication skills
Develop and maintain Ruby on Rails applications and APIs
Design, implement and maintain software architectures
Integrate with other applications, services and APIs
Working closely with the product and design teams to develop new features
Write unit and integration tests and work with QA to maintain a regression test suite
Keep up to date with the latest development trends and mentor other engineers in the team
Troubleshoot and debug existing applications
Document code and provide technical support
Monitor performance and update existing code to improve efficiency

The Offer

The chance to be part of the culture and tech of an incredible company with a diverse and engaged user-base
A market salary. No need to take a massive pay cut when joining us
Career development and regular feedback on your progress
Central London office with flexibility to work from home
Rest is important so we provide a decent number of holidays
Every house membership with a diverse range of benefits including discounts on hotel rooms, restaurants and cinemas.

Benefits…

Soho House offers competitive compensation packages that feature global benefits and perks. Whether you’re seeking entry-level employment or a new opportunity to expand your profession, we offer training to develop the technical and managerial skills necessary to grow your career.

Discounts at Soho House globally, as well as Soho Home and Cowshed
Every House Membership
Enhanced Pension Scheme
Enhanced Family Leave
Private Health and Dental Care
Cycle to Work Scheme/Season Ticket Loan
In conjunction with Soho Impact, take 2 days paid a year to support a charity of your choice.
Cookhouse & House Tonic: Our Cookhouse & House Tonic programmes offer unique food and drink trainings, events and opportunities to inspire and educate.
Team Events: From fitness sessions to cinema screenings and art classes, each month we hold a series of fun events which you can sign up to.

Opportunities for all…

Soho House was created to bring diverse communities of people together, and we take the same approach when building our teams. We thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a global company. Soho House is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.