Opus Recruitment Solutions | City of London, United Kingdom | Posted June 20, 2026
Job Description
đ Contract Ruby Tech Lead (Startup)
Location:Â Remote / London Hybrid (optional)
Contract Length:Â 3â6 months (with potential extension)
đ± About the Role
Weâre partnering with a fast-growing startup on a mission to build a high-impact product used by thousands of customers. Theyâre now looking for a hands-on Ruby Tech Lead to step in on a contract basis and drive technical direction, delivery, and team alignment during a key growth phase.
This is a high-ownership role where youâll influence architecture, mentor engineers, and help scale both the platform and engineering practices.
đ What Youâll Be Doing
Lead the design and delivery of scalable, high-performance systems using Ruby (Ruby on Rails)
Provide technical leadership to a small but growing engineering team
Own architecture decisions and help evolve the platform as it scales
Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Leadership stakeholders
Drive best practices around code quality...