Midlevel Software Engineer (Product)

• Build and maintain features, owning them from initial discussions through to deployment.

• Work closely with the product team and other stakeholders to shape and refine new features.

• Dedicate time to app maintenance – we aim for at least 20% – improving stability, performance, and developer experience.

• Write and maintain tests so we can confidently deploy to production multiple times per day.

• Monitor, investigate, and resolve issues to keep the system stable and performant as we scale.

• Collaborate with and learn from experienced engineers to continuously grow your skills.

• Our Technology Stack

  We take a majestic monolith approach — keeping our Rails app clean, cohesive, and aligned with best practices from the Ruby community. Our stack should feel familiar to most experienced Rubyists:

  • Backend: Rails 7.1, PostgreSQL, Redis, Sidekiq

  • Frontend: Turbo 8, a sprinkling of React, ViewComponents, Sass, BEM methodology

  • Testing: Minitest, Capybara, Selenium

  • Payments: Stripe Connect and Billing

  • Deployment: GitHub Actions, Heroku

  • What We’re Looking For

    • You’ve built and shipped production Rails applications and know your way around its ecosystem — from writing clean, maintainable code to debugging in a live environment. ActiveRecord, background jobs, and the requestresponse cycle.

    • Comfortable leveraging modern LLM‑powered tools to speed up development, troubleshoot, and explore solutions — while knowing when to rely on your own expertise.

    • A testing mindset, with experience writing automated tests in Minitest or RSpec.

    • Comfortable debugging and troubleshooting production issues.

    • Able to work independently on well‑defined projects while collaborating closely with a small, fast‑moving team.

    • Clear communicator who can explain technical challenges and trade‑offs effectively.

    • Benefits & Compensation

      • 4 or 5day week – Choose between working a 4day (32hour) or 5day (40hour) week.

      • Competitive salary – starting from £55k+ (prorated for 4day week.)

      • Remote Work – Fully remote within the UK or EU only. Candidates must be based in either the United Kingdom or the European Union.

      • Office Access – Use of office in Belfast for those who live locally.

      • Health & wellness – Private health insurance for you and your family.

      • Retirement – Company pension plan.

      • Leave – 35 or 28 days paid annual leave, depending on your work week.

      • Professional growth L&D support

      • Share options

      • WFH budget

      • Companywide social events.

      • Next steps

        We’re reviewing applications as they come in and will be in touch quickly if it looks like a match.

        Equal Opportunities at Stora

        Stora is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and where individual differences are valued.

        We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religious belief or political opinion, or sexual orientation.

        All recruitment and employment decisions are made on the basis of merit, competence, and business need. We actively promote equality of opportunity and fair participation in line with our responsibilities under Northern Ireland equality legislation.

        If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.