Hire director / personal freelance Ruby on Rails developers in United Kingdom

Ruby on Rails developer with ~9 years experience in building all kinds of applications. My first 5 years were spent at UN Environment WCMC in Cambridge, building tools around climate change, illegal wildlife trade etc, for governments and organisations to better inform their environmental policy. Since then, I have been focused on contract work, working for a huge range of companies from charities, to startups, to government projects. I'm looking for the next project to get stuck into and love working on interesting problems so please reach out for a chat!

With over 11 years of experience in software development, I am a results-driven and seasoned Information Technology professional, specializing in web & mobile applications. I have successfully led and delivered end-to-end product development cycles, spanning various domains such as EdTech, Ecommerce, FinTech, and Healthcare. As a Senior Software Engineer, I leverage my diverse skills set in Ruby, Rails, Python, Django, and React.js to create innovative and scalable web applications for banking and financial services clients. I am passionate about driving technical excellence and contributing to the success of challenging and impactful projects that solve real-world problems. Eager to leverage my diverse skills set to drive technical excellence and contribute to the success of innovative projects.

Senior Full-Stack Rails Developer (7+ years experience), based in Bristol, UK. Fluent in Rails, Typescript, Hotwire, Stimulus, VueJS, and React. I have 7 years of experience consulting on, and building award winning apps for start-ups and scale-ups in a variety of industries. Among others, I've worked with e-commerce, marketplaces, digital media, events publishing, and SaaS platforms, and I have a breadth of experience that would benefit any business. I'm approachable, friendly, hard working, professional and I will always work with you on a human-level to build what is best for your business needs. Looking for full-time remote work. Love working with small companies and startups and helping them grow. Also open to part-time contracts and odd jobs.

I have over 15 years of experience putting Rails to work, most recently at 37signals, as a Senior Programmer on the HEY product team. I've managed teams and built critical infrastructure at Shopify, built accounting software and core services at FreeAgent, integrated smart-routing algorithms at Deliveroo, scaled-up HouseTrip for seasonal demands and built TicketSolve's box office platform from scratch.

I'm a full-stack Rails developer (although recent projects have concentrated on API-only backends with ReactJS front ends managed by different teams). I've been working with Rails for over 10 years (since version 3.x) and have specialised in making code bases that are easy for teams to read, understand and maintain. Key to those goals are: using standardised code styles (ensuring RuboCop and the team's practices are perfectly aligned) writing well-structured, easy-to-understand and fast tests constructive and collaborative code reviews ensuring documentation, from git histories to READMEs and other materials (online and offline) records useful, meaningful information that can be easily kept up to date and in sync with any code changes I've recently been adding GraphQL to my skill set, which also includes PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, Redis and other languages (Swift, PHP, JavaScript, and more). On the front end, I have experience both with Rails' native toolset and with ReactJS, Next.js and React Native. I also have experience of platform-native toolsets such as SwiftUI to deliver applications that feel intrinsically like part of the user’s mobile experience. I've worked on projects of various sizes, from scheduling and booking software for a major tech training company to systems allowing TV distributors to sell thousands of hours of programming all over the world. Ideally, I'm looking to work on products with which I can feel personally invested – an exciting product or tech-for-good project would definitely suit me better than a fintech role.

'sup pitches. I'm a software engineer with a passion for code that's been burning strong since 2012. I started my journey with PHP and Codeigniter, and to be honest, those early days were a bit of a rollercoaster. But they were a great learning experience, and that's what counts, right? I eventually found my groove with Ruby on Rails, and it's been an exhilarating ride ever since. All aboard! 🚂 If you're into tech lingo and acronyms, we might share some common ground. Let me drop a few: AWS, RDS, VPC, EC2, OpenSearch, S3, Memcache, JS, PWA, ASL PLS. Yep, I've got a few tricks up my sleeve. Lately, I've been diving into exciting new technologies like Hotwire, Python, Ionic, React, Angular, and Websockets. Staying up-to-date is crucial, right? But life isn't just about coding. I also wear a few other hats! I'm a proud father to two wonderful daughters and a devoted pet parent to three adorable dogs – woof! And let's not forget those mischievous ponies of mine. They're cute, but they can be a handful at times! When I'm not immersed in code or looking after my family and four-legged friends, you'll find me unwinding and cherishing moments with the people I hold dear. It's all about the simple joys in life, you know? It's Monday my dudes!

In 2016 I co-founded Airbyte, a digital product studio and ran it for 3 years. We built native mobile and web apps for startups, SME's and enterprises. We then joined one of our clients and ran tech and product at Wildgoose for over 4 years. Now I'm building my own suite of products and helping others through development and advisory services. I'm deep in the rabbit hole of web3 and AI, I love consumer products and I love building structure from chaos.

I've been working with Ruby for the last 12 or so years building products for small to medium scale companies. I can take an idea to execution, solve hard problems or just provide a hand to your existing team to get stuff done.

Seasoned Rails developer and team lead. Currently CTO @ Smaller Earth. Previously led engineering onboarding @ Shopify. Prior roles include Head of Engineering / Technical Director where I've managed and grown dev teams. I've built and delivered digital products (apps, websites, training and services) for worldwide brands and aspiring businesses. I've also built and sold products and agencies and freakin' love SaaS companies.

I write software and help others make software with product in mind. Tech: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Turbo, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, web design, modern front-end development.