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About The Company
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd is a leading global recruitment agency specializing in technology, engineering, digital, and executive talent acquisition. Known for our commitment to excellence and innovative approach, we partner with top-tier organizations across various industries to connect them with highly skilled professionals. Our extensive network, industry expertise, and dedication to client satisfaction enable us to deliver tailored recruitment solutions that meet the evolving needs of the market. We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment that values diversity, professional growth, and integrity.
About The Role
For one of our leading clients, we are seeking a highly experienced Senior Software Engineer specializing in Ruby and AI Platforms to join their AI Events team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of AI-driven automation within the software development lifecycle. As a key member of the team, you will collaborate closely with engineering, product, and design teams to develop and enhance event-driven infrastructure and trigger systems that enable automated AI workflows. Your expertise will contribute to building scalable, reliable, and innovative solutions that support high-impact AI features across the organization.
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Qualifications
- Strong technical background with extensive experience in Ruby and Ruby on Rails, particularly within large production monoliths.
- Proven expertise in designing and operating large-scale, high-availability systems.
- Track record of building user-facing products that integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) and develop agentic workflows allowing AI agents to perform autonomous actions.
- Strong communication skills, especially in remote, globally distributed teams.
- Additional experience with Python, developer tooling, or GitLab as a product will be considered advantageous.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop trigger systems that connect GitLab events, such as code pushes, merge requests, issue updates, CI/CD results, and deployments, to AI-powered workflows.
- Create integrations for third-party tools like Jira, Jenkins, and Slack to facilitate seamless event handling and automation.
- Contribute to the core event platform that enables AI features to determine optimal timing and execution of workflows.
- Architect systems ensuring high availability, reliability, and throughput to handle large volumes of events efficiently at scale.
- Maintain and enhance production functionalities within a large, established Ruby on Rails monolith environment.
- Propose and implement iterative solutions to complex technical challenges, influencing product and architecture strategies across multiple services.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, product, design, and AI platform teams to expand trigger capabilities and support the broader agent ecosystem.
- Participate in Tier 2 and Tier 3 on-call rotations, troubleshooting production issues, security concerns, and urgent engineering problems promptly and effectively.
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Benefits
- Access to a dynamic and innovative work environment that fosters professional growth.
- Work on cutting-edge AI technologies and contribute to impactful projects in a flexible remote setting.
- Competitive freelance compensation, opportunities for skill development, and exposure to a diverse, global team.
- Chance to influence the future of AI-driven automation and develop solutions that are used at scale across various industries.
Equal Opportunity
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all individuals are valued and respected. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We believe diversity enhances our ability to innovate and succeed, and we strive to ensure fair treatment and equal access to opportunities for everyone.
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