Ruby Engineer
Become the face of 3rd party partnerships & how our products integrate with their systems. Own the e2e experience from strategic alignment to delivery!
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About us
Patchwork is an award-winning digital healthcare solution that was built by doctors, for doctors.
We are revolutionising flexible working in the NHS and are helping NHS organisations save millions (and counting), by connecting them to an increasing number of flexible bank workers. We help grow their staff banks, remove reliance and spending on locum agencies, and aim to improve the general experience of flexible bank working.
The Role
To support the continued success of our product's adoption within the NHS, we’re looking for Ruby developers/engineers who have a passion for writing high quality, scalable code who can help bring our products into the next phase of our journey. Rubyists at Patchwork work on IMPACTFUL products, really making a difference to the NHS and the lives of their employees.
Our ideal team member would be someone who champions the best programming practices, is able to share knowledge freely and work collaboratively amongst a diverse team of talented engineers and really knows how to build and deliver the best products possible. As we rapidly scale our teams and transition from a single product to a multi-product company, we want people who are able to grow with us, so a mindset of continuous improvement is very important to us - there’s a whole range of career & personal development opportunities available to all our teams too!
Perhaps more importantly though, we want people who see Patchwork and our products as a way to really give back and help the NHS and as such, are dedicated to making Patchwork successful.
Key Responsibilities/Requirements
- Championing and delivering best practices of coding principles; building products with scalability, resilience and security in mind
- Pairing with Junior and other engineers to help build upon the teams knowledgebase
- Following TDD and writing own test cases
- Reviewing PR’s and technical specifications / documentation
- Working closely with both QA & Product to ensure delivery of well tested and thought out features
- Able to work both independently and collaboratively in an agile environment - no siloes here!
- Willingness to tackle technical debt and maintain code bases, as well as work on new features
- Bonus points for having worked with AWS; some familiarity with load balancing or provisioning.
- Bonus points for having worked on a similar product like ours!
- Bonus points for knowledge of the NHS and how they procure flexible workers/staff
- Bonus points for having worked in a remote, distributed environment before
Stack
- Ruby
- MySQL
- GraphQL
- Docker
- Github Actions
- Bitrise
- Cypress
- AppSignal + Rollbar
Benefits
- Support remote/flexible working environments
- Dog friendly office
- Cycle and Tech loan scheme
- EMI Shares Options
- Access to Perkbox
- Salary advances with our financial wellbeing partner, Wagestream
- Free therapy, counselling and other wellbeing services through our Employee Assistance Programme: Health Assured
- Trained Mental Health First Aiders in the business
- Weekly Lunch & Learn
- Monthly Culture Club: Diversity talks, cooking workshops, book clubs
- Assigned Learning & Development budget per employee
Logistics
We receive a lot of applications and as a small team we are unable to give individual feedback on each application. If you have not heard from us within a week, unfortunately you have not been selected for an interview
Patchwork provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, colour, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognised protected basis prohibited by applicable law.
- Department
- Engineering
- Locations
- Patchwork HQ
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
- Yearly salary
- 50000 - 65000 GBP
Patchwork Values
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Start with Empathy
We must lead with our humanity in every interaction, with our customers and our colleagues. With customers we start with empathy to truly understand their perspectives and deliver solutions that appreciate the complexities of their lives in healthcare. Within our teams, when people feel understood, they're more receptive to others' concerns—and team cohesion and collaboration follow.
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Create Impact
We started Patchwork to make a difference to the lives of people in healthcare. And our impact is amplified when we strive for excellence in everything we do. And when each one of us gets to combine our love for our craft with the ability to make a real impact - only then can we make Patchwork a company we are proud to be part of.
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Choose Courage
To choose courage is to challenge the status quo, to be remain ambitious, to choose the hard path if needed, to take risks and not fear failure, and to allow yourself to be vulnerable.
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Own the Outcome
Ownership begins with accepting the responsibility of a project, product or even task, from inception to outcome. With true ownership of outcomes we find autonomy in our roles and become accountable towards our customers and colleagues.
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Win Together
We can only win by coming together as a single team.
It starts by treating each other with respect and kindness, building on each other's strengths to grow together, balancing team goals with personal goals, and always celebrating collective wins.
Welcome to Patchwork
We're a rapidly growing community of healthcare professionals, technologists and specialists who have seen the rising pressures placed on NHS organisations and staff, many of us through first hand experiences.
By working closely with the NHS, we have built a number of award-winning products, which have helped fill over 3 million shifts so far across over 70 NHS sites (and counting!), helping save the NHS millions.
We are extremely proud of what we do - we're on a mission and there's no stopping us! So if you want to join a growing, people centric team that works impactfully to solve real world challenges, then you're definitely in the right place.
Our Mission:
To reinvent the delivery of care through our innovative technology and genuinely caring people.
Our Vision:
To ensure healthier, happier people in healthcare - globally.
About Patchwork
Patchwork is an award-winning digital healthcare solution that was built by doctors, for doctors. We are a public-private partnership with Chelsea & Westminster NHS Trust, are co-owned by The British Medical Journal and work with over 70 NHS sites.
We are a team of over 100 people, revolutionising flexible working in the NHS. We help NHS organisations save millions (and counting), by connecting them to an increasing number of flexible bank workers, in order to grow their staff banks, remove reliance and spending on locum agencies, and to improve the general experience of flexible bank working.
Ultimately, Patchwork helps to save money, time and effort, so that it can be better spent on patient care.
Ruby Engineer
Become the face of 3rd party partnerships & how our products integrate with their systems. Own the e2e experience from strategic alignment to delivery!
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