Senior Ruby Engineer (SaaS)

⭐️⭐️ NEWLY CREATED ROLE !! ⭐️⭐️

So you might ask, who's CreditorWatch? Well, we are a leading Australian data and technology company that provides businesses with access to unique data and innovative products. By using our platform, our customers can confidently manage their commercial relationships, improve productivity and reduce financial risk.

As a commercial credit reporting bureau, we offer a complete suite of credit reporting products and data insights covering the entire customer lifecycle, from customer onboarding and credit decision automation to credit risk management and automated collections.

We were established in 2010 and most recently were named as one of AFR's Top 10 Best Places to Work as well as certified by Great Place to Work consecutively across 2022 and 2023.

We saw significant growth in 2024 and that's not about to change. We are on track to break records in 2025, scaling at pace, making this the perfect time to join CreditorWatch.

✅ Empower Australian businesses to trade confidently with their customers.

🏆 We aim to be number one in our industry by delivering unique data insights and innovative products.

We’re looking for a Senior Ruby Engineer to join our growing Engineering team. In this role, you’ll work on complex and meaningful problems that span multiple systems and services, helping build scalable and performant solutions that empower our customers and internal users.

You’ll work primarily within a modern Ruby on Rails stack, utilising technologies such as Sidekiq, Domain Driven Design, and AWS ECS, to build and maintain high-quality systems. You’ll play a key role in driving technical excellence, leading by example through quality, collaboration, and innovation.

This role reports directly to the Engineering Team Lead and is a full-time opportunity offering hybrid working conditions out of our Sydney CBD Office.

Some of your responsibilities include and are not limited to:

• Design and develop scalable and maintainable backend services using Ruby on Rails and Sidekiq.
• Apply Domain Driven Design principles to architect clean and intuitive systems thatreflect the business domain.
• Contribute to platform and architecture discussions, helping shape the future direction of our systems.
• Champion code quality and test coverage standards, writing maintainable, well-tested, observable code.
• Own features end-to-end, from discovery through to monitoring in production.
• Participate in and conduct high-quality code reviews, mentoring others and sharing knowledge generously.
• Be an advocate for cross-team collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Build infrastructure and applications with security, scalability, and performance front of mind.
• Contribute to a culture of learning, sharing new technologies, approaches, and insights with the broader team.
• Help improve and scale our CI/CD pipelines and ECS-based deployment practices on AWS.

• 5+ years of experience working in backend development, including significant experience with Ruby and Rails.
• Strong understanding and practical experience with Sidekiq and background job processing.
• Experience designing systems with Domain Driven Design principles.
• Solid understanding of AWS services, ideally with hands-on experience deploying to ECS (Fargate).
• Strong grasp of software design principles, testing strategies, and monitoring best practices.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity, working independently while contributing to team direction and outcomes.
• Proactive approach to identifying and solving problems, improving systems and processes. 
• Excellent communication skills with a collaborative mindset — you enjoy mentoring and helping others grow.
• Comfort in taking ownership, working across boundaries, and delivering solutions with measurable business impact.

🏃🏽‍♀️ Keep Active – All employees get a Fitness First Platinum gym membership.

☕️ Daily Fuel – Barista-made coffee, breakfast, snacks, lunches and drinks on us – we got you!

📲 Phone Credits - We pay you $50 per month to put towards your plans - how good.

❤️‍🩹 Wellness Days – Receive an additional day off each month. Whether you’re pursuing physical activities, cultivating your mental wellbeing or supporting your community… this is your time to switch off from work.

💆🏽‍♂️ Monthly Massages – We offer monthly in-house massages to soothe those sore spots and tight knots. Poor posture? Stressful week? We get it.

💰 Bonus Shares – We offer our dedicated employees’ performance-based bonuses. Our employees are also permitted to gain access to our bespoke Employee Share Scheme, giving you the rare opportunity to invest in a growing technology company.

🤩 Fun Activities – We love escaping the workplace to do fun stuff. Whether its pasta-making, sailing classes, touch footy, winery tours, go karting or relaxing on the company boat (yeah… we own a boat) – these monthly team building activities will keep you feeling valued and connected.

👩🏻‍⚖️ Legal Services – Our employees get access to free legal services – from conveyancing and property advice to legal assistance around wills, trusts, powers of attorney and more. We make life easier for you, saving you time, money and unnecessary headaches.

⚡️ The 1%’ers add up – Our commitment to going that one step further sets us apart, as we believe that small efforts or improvements in any aspect of our work collectively lead to significant success.

👊🏼 We are dependable and trustworthy – Our clients are everything to us and we are passionate about maintaining and delivering reliable and trusted services to them.

📈 We are committed to growth – Our success comes from our ability to grow and adapt; both collectively and individually. We set the bar high to ensure we continue to innovate and exceed expectations. We are dedicated to the development of our business and our people.

🫶🏾 Our people make the difference – Just as we help small businesses think big, we help our employees achieve their aspirations. We provide our people with challenges and opportunities, supporting them to live their best lives.

Recruitment Process – We like to keep it simple!

1. Phone Screening – A deep dive into the company, role and experience required, including a thorough review of your match to the role – let’s get to know each other and ensure the opportunity is a match!
2. Hiring Manager Meeting – This is an opportunity to showcase why your background and skill set aligns to the role and ask questions – be as curious as you want!
3. Functional Meeting – Let’s get technical. Here you’ll be set up with a take home case-challenge that is designed to look into the way you think and approach certain situations.
4. Values Meeting – We’d love to hear why CreditorWatch and see how you’d fit into our world.

We offer a fantastic culture with open communication and rewards and recognition that include probation celebrations, all-staff birthday and service anniversary celebrations.

We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to excellence through diversity. We do not discriminate on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.