We are seeking a talented Full Stack Developer with AWS and Ruby on Rails experience to manage our product development team.  

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At Firewood, we work with prestigious FTSE100 firms across sectors such as Financial Services, Energy, and Infrastructure. Additionally, we collaborate closely with central and local government organisations. Our team is renowned for developing industry best practices, and we are passionate about enabling our clients to enhance their capabilities.

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You will play an integral role in the development and continuous improvement of our proprietary FAST application, which is already being used by our clients. We have a roadmap of features that need implementing along with multiple plans for new products.

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Key Responsibilities

• ​Manage the development and enhancement of our proprietary FAST application

• Write code that meets functional requirements and is testable and maintainable 

• Debug existing code to fix errors and improve performance

• Test our application for bugs or other issues that may affect functionality or the user experience

• Communicate with other team members about project status and issues that arise

• Collaborate with the product development team to drive innovation and improvement

• Ability to use Ruby on Rails, Bootstrap, and JavaScript to deliver high-quality solutions

• Leverage AWS technologies, including AWS Elastic Beanstalk, AWS Cloud9 for IDE, and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL 

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Qualifications and Skills​

• 3+ years of web development experience is a must-have

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science is a must-have

• Experience with OOP/web-development is required

• Experience with AWS Stack, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript and React is desirable

• Self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset

• Confident, humble, and eager to learn from others

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Strong collaborative mindset and adaptability to achieve desired outcomes

• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines effectively

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Why Choose Us?

As a team member at Firewood, you will enjoy:

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• 25 days holiday per year (rewarded on an accrued basis) + UK public holidays

• Flexible work environment and a good work-life balance

• Learning and development opportunities

• Comprehensive private health plan

• Employer pension contributions

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This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, with a requirement of at least two mandatory office days per week at our Central London offices, alongside the flexibility to work remotely on other days.

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We want you to succeed, have fun and be happy to work at Firewood. We hold all our team members to very high standards and we have a healthy and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

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Please note you must be a British National or have an existing UK Right to Work status to apply.