At a Glance
- Tasks: Set architectural standards and lead backend and payments systems transition.
- Company: Innovative tech company in Belfast with a focus on cutting-edge solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with a chance to influence company direction across Europe.
- Why this job: Shape the future of technology while making impactful decisions.
- Qualifications: Experience in Ruby, software architecture, and leading technical migrations.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
Location The Innovation Center, Catalyst, Queens Rd, Belfast BT3 9DT, United Kingdom Principal Software Engineer Your day-to-day Set architectural standards and technical strategy for the backend and payments systems.
Lead the transition from Heroku, making platform, build‑vs‑buy and migration decisions that shape the company’s technical trajectory.
Act as the primary point of contact for the most challenging backend and payments issues.
Own product strategy for the Platform squad, balancing technical and business priorities without a dedicated Head of Product.
Elevate the engineering organisation by building consensus among senior engineers on difficult technical questions and mentoring other senior and lead engineers.
You should apply if Have experience with Ruby, software architecture, migrations, payments and leading technological change.
Have strong experience in software development, including a background as a technical leader.
Have led major technical migrations, ideally including moving off a Paa S such as Heroku.
Can make bold technical bets and accept accountability for them.
Have experience shaping product strategy directly without needing a Head of Product to define it for you.
Possess a product mindset: comfortable critiquing designs and understanding user journeys to find the best solution, not just implementing what is handed to you.
Want to influence the company’s technical direction as it scales across the UK and into Europe.
What You’ll Be Working On Ruby on Rails – core API layer.
Postgres – database layer.
Stripe – payment processing for memberships, club shop and fundraising.
Transition from Heroku to a new infrastructure.
React Native – mobile applications.
React (alongside Rails with Turbo, Hotwire and Stimulus) – web front end.
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