Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer

Job Description

At Simply.TV you can work on everything from building frameworks for data ingest and processing, to data enrichment tools, migration tools, and the delivery of normalized datasets in JSON, XML and CSV via APIs, FTP, S3 buckets and more.

We have hundreds of editors working directly in our own tech stack, pushing through thousands of datasets every day. You can choose to focus on building tools used by more than 200 editors across Europe and North America, or lean more into DevOps, utilizing AWS services such as ECS, EC2, RDS, Lambda functions and others.

You will have a say in defining your role at Simply.TV and where you feel you best contribute to a fast‑growing scale‑up in the entertainment industry. In this role, you will collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to support their needs in both tooling and data processing: translating user input into software solutions, and deploying and maintaining existing services.

We are a small organization. We don’t have layers of product managers or scrum masters chasing you for delivery. Instead, you’ll work directly with the end users of your solutions and see the impact of your work first‑hand.

If you enjoy being creative, you will also have the opportunity to design new workflows, dataflows, or even entirely new tools. We listen to our colleagues and empower them to build great solutions.

Our primary stack is Ruby on Rails version 7, with the intention to upgrade all our apps to Rails 8 in the coming months. We work with Docker, AWS ECS, MySQL and Elasticsearch. You will sometimes work solo on projects and at other times in small teams of 2–3 engineers on larger initiatives that span multiple Rails applications, supported by our Product Owner.

We pride ourselves on high employee retention. We build strong teams that enjoy working and growing together.

We’re small, flat, and retention-focused—building teams that love growing together.

Responsibilities

You are successful when:

• You design and build frameworks for data ingest, processing, enrichment and migration.
• You deliver normalized datasets (JSON, XML, CSV) via APIs, FTP, S3 buckets and similar channels.
• You develop and maintain internal tools used daily by hundreds of editors across multiple regions.
• You collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into robust software solutions.
• You deploy, monitor and maintain existing services within our Ruby on Rails and AWS‑based stack.
• You work directly with end users to gather feedback and continuously improve tools and workflows.
• You identify and engineer new workflows, dataflows and tools where they create value for the business.
• You contribute both as an independent engineer and as part of small project teams (2–3 engineers) on cross‑application initiatives.

Requirements

Qualifications

You’ll thrive in this role if you:

• Bring 5+ years of professional experience as a software engineer with Ruby on Rails.
• Are comfortable working with cloud-based infrastructures, CI/CD pipelines, and modern development workflows.
• Have a strong delivery mindset and enjoy seeing your work used by real customers.
• Possess strong troubleshooting skills and a pragmatic approach to problem solving.
• Communicate clearly in written and spoken English and collaborate effectively across teams.
• Enjoy problem-solving, taking ownership, and working in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Bonus

• Experience with Docker.
• Experience with Elasticsearch.
• HTML and CSS (Bootstrap and Tailwind).
• JavaScript (Stimulus + native JS); new projects are started with Stimulus.

Personal traits

• Curious and eager to learn.
• Not shy about doing R&D and exploring new approaches.
• Comfortable working with changing priorities and a broad range of responsibilities.
• Happy to work independently and from home, while staying closely connected to a distributed team.

Why join?

• 🚀 Work at the forefront of media tech – Help shape how millions discover TV & streaming content.
  
  
• 🤝 Be a trusted counterpart – Work directly with key clients to drive their technical success and satisfaction.
  
  
• 🌍 Collaborate globally – Join a strong team across continents that thrives on innovation and teamwork.
  
  
• 🎯 Make real impact – Your contribution ensures Simply.TV’s data and solutions empower millions of end users daily.
  
  
• 📈 Grow and learn continuously – Gain exposure to advanced technologies, media systems, and client infrastructures.

Benefits

Practicalities

 Reports to: Lead Engineer

Location: Europe (CET remote)

Type of Collaboration: collaboration based on a freelancer set-up on a full-time allocation basis (40 hours per week).