Software Developer (Ruby on Rails/ Python)

Company Overview

MCS Group are delighted to be partnering with a well-established, profitable software company based in Northern Ireland is building cloud platforms used across regulated industries including animal health. Their products replace legacy systems with modern, scalable solutions and are actively used by government bodies and commercial organisations across the US, Canada, Australia, and Europe.

The business is self-funded, stable, and growing steadily, with engineering teams across NI, the US, and Europe.

The Role

You'll join a product-focused engineering team working on a live, customer-facing platform used by regulated organisations globally. This is a full lifecycle role - from feature design through to production releases - with real ownership and impact.

You'll work closely with a Dev Manager, Senior Engineers, and offshore developers to deliver quarterly releases, manage complex change requests, and continuously improve a mission-critical system.

Tech Stack

• Ruby on Rails
• SQL / MySQL
• AWS

What They're Looking For

• 3-5+ years' experience in Ruby on Rails (or strong backend experience with willingness to cross-train from python)
• Solid commercial software engineering background
• Comfortable owning features end-to-end and working in production environments
• Interested in mentoring others and growing within a stable product team
• Looking for a long-term role rather than short-term contracts

Why Join?

• Profitable, self-funded business with long-term product vision
• Challenging, real-world customer problems
• Opportunity to influence product direction and mentor junior engineers
• Stable team with strong engineering culture
• Profit-share scheme
• Hybrid: 3 days onsite / 2 remote

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please contact Rachael Walker, IT Recruitment Manager at MCS Group 02896935487 or click the apply button below.

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