Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails)

Our mission is to make meaningful learning a part of your everyday 🧠. The shelf life of our skills is now less than 5 years. So, if you stopped learning today, your skills would soon be irrelevant. Think that’s a big problem? You’d be right. Enter HowNow. Founded in 2019, our Learning and Skills Platform is disrupting the way people learn and upskill through technology. Already used by fast-growing scale-ups and global enterprises, such as the UK Government, Investec, and Trainline we’re pushing the boundaries of how people learn. You'll get the opportunity to work alongside other talented developers, building out marketing leading features, that are changing how millions of people learn everyday. And we’re proud to share that in 2025, HowNow was recognized as the

Best Startup to Work For in the Epic category — a testament to our people-first, purpose-driven culture. Hey, I'm Hardik, the Engineering Manager at HowNow. We're always really interested in hearing from exceptional Ruby on Rails talent, as we're regularly growing our teams with our headcount increasing by 50% in the last 12 months. You can have a watch of the video below to get to know a bit more about us, or have a read of this blog which is a Day In the Life of a Software Engineer at HowNow.

Your day-to-day tasks will include 📩

• You’ll develop new full-stack features, working closely with the Product Manager and other members of the development team to turn customer needs into working features
• You’ll design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code in Ruby on Rails.
• You’ll contribute to architectural discussions amongst the team, including helping to decide if and when we should adopt new technologies and methodologies.
• You’ll perform code reviews to ensure that we maintain a high-quality codebase.

The key things that we will be looking for in applicants 🔑

• You have 3-6 years of experience developing scalable and robust web applications using Ruby on Rails
• You have strong experience with collaborative code development in small agile teams and managing releases (Git, Continuous Integration, Capistrano)
• You have an analytical mind with a passion for solving problems, great attention to detail and and are constantly curious.
• Demonstrated ability and enthusiasm to leverage Generative AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) for higher productivity, including:
• Skill in crafting precise prompts to optimize AI output for code generation, test creation, and debugging.
• Using AI to automate repetitive tasks, speed up development cycles, and enhance overall efficiency

What You’ll Get 💰 Our salaries are calculated using a SaaS benchmarking tool called (Figures) where we pay above market average, and you'll also receive a performance based bonus on top. For this role, the current benchmark range is approximately ₹11 LPA – ₹17 LPA. 🏡 Hybrid working (in our offices 3x a week Mon-Wed) 💆 Wind-down Fridays. No meetings from 3pm onwards on Fridays, for you to wind down for the weekend. Our HowNow’ers use this time to exercise, study, or spend some time with their family and friends, which you can read about here 👼🏼 Enhanced maternity and paternity policies which you can read about here 🌴 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and your birthday day off 📚 An annual £200 learning and development budget 🐶 Dog friendly offices - we love our pets! 🐾 🤩 Monthly socials and team dinners which have included Bounce, Mystery Rooms, ITC Maratha, JW Marriot and many more 💡 Access to the very best learning platform out there (HowNow+) to keep you at the top of your game

What's next? 🤔 Once you've applied, we'll get back in touch with you. This is usually within the next 5 working days. Sometimes it can take slightly longer, but we will get back to you irregardless of what the outcome of your application is.

• You'll be invited to a 30-minute video call with Naaz, our People Operations Coordinator to discuss your experiences and the role.
• Round 1 - 30 mins - Call with Senior Software Engineer - To Evaluate your experience.
• Round 2 - 60 min - Call with Engineering Manager - Task Interview - To Evaluate your skills and competency.
• You'll be invited to a 30 minute interview with Sunil, our Head of Engineering.