Everyone wants to hire a Rubyist

As I’m sure you’re aware, the job market for Rubyists in London are as buoyant as ever. Being the 1^st recruiter in the UK to commit 100% of my time in helping employer connect with Rubyists, I’ve always been busy. However with the huge rise in popularity of Ruby/Rails as primary language/framework amongst start-ups, SME’s and now global dotcoms - the demand for talent amongst our existing and new partners has jumped almost 40% compared to March 2012, with 85% of our openings now paying £55,000+.

With this in mind, I’m looking to touch base with existing contacts and expand my existing network to speak with people about some of the projects our partners are working on.

Here is a link to a few positions our partners have available in London: http://adrocgroup.co.uk/hot-jobs 

  

We also have partners in Dublin, Hamburg and Berlin who are keen to speak to experienced Rubyists.

If you’re interested in an informal chat about any of the employers above or want to have a general chat about the Ruby job market, please feel free to get in touch – if you’re perfectly happy, but know someone who is interested in looking at their options, please see this link so you can register for your reward for referring them: http://adrocgroup.co.uk/refer-a-friend - we’ve paid out over £3000 so far…..and it’s our favourite way to find people outside of our immediate network.

Thanks!

Rhys

Rhys Evans

Director

Connecting Ruby on Rails Developers and employers since 2007.

www.adrocgroup.co.uk

81 Rivington Street, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3AY.

DDI: +44 (0) 208 279 9482 | Mob: +44 (0) 7711 350 121 | E-mail: revans@adrocgroup.co.uk

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What our clients/partners say about us……

Sean Williams - Technical Architect 

“Rhys supplied Rails developers at Gamesys. Proactive, personable with good roots in the ruby community made Rhys a pleasure to work with. I would certainly use Rhys again and can thoroughly recommend him to anyone requiring great candidates.”

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Gemma Adey – HR Manager

“Rhys has played a large part in growing our development team. He understands our business well and I can trust that every candidate we receive would be a good fit for both our roles and company. Rhys he clearly knows the Ruby market well and keeps me updated as we continue to work in partnership.”

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Lukas Oberhuber - CTO

“Rhys has consistently found me excellent developers with tricky to find attributes and qualities.”

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Adam Smith – Managing Director

“Rhys is one of the few recruiters in the area that can sniff out a good Ruby on Rails developer. Many recruiters claim to 'understand' what we need, but few live up to the promise. Rhys seems to get it right every time - placing superb developers who slot smoothly into our existing culture.”

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Romain Eude – CTO

“Whilst sourcing Ruby on Rails for us, Rhys has demonstrated efficiency and reliability in his service and in the candidates he has put forward. He is very dependable, which is a great quality in the recruitment space.”

What Ruby on Rails Developers say about us……..

Stevie Graham - Senior Ruby Developer/International employee #1 @ twilio

 “Rhys has worked in the Ruby space for years and knows literally every quality Ruby developer in the UK. If you’re a company looking for quality Ruby developers he will help you find someone you probably wouldn’t find on your own. On top of that he's a great bloke that you can trust, which also sets him apart from other recruiters. 

On the other hand if you're looking for work, you should always give Rhys a call.”

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Martin Sadler – Senior Ruby Developer /Creator of Workingwithrails.com 

“Rhys has been in the Ruby on Rails scene for as long as I can remember. 

He is a breath of fresh air compared to many recruitment agents in this field. Very personable, hardworking, and extremely pro-active.  If I'm hiring or looking for a new role I wouldn't hesitate to make Rhys my first port of call.”

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Sam Phillips - Head of DevOps 

“I've been in contact with Rhys both as a candidate and as a referee over the last few years, and my experience in that time has been excellent. He is always straight-talking about the roles he's working on, and by understanding the subtleties of what his clients are looking for, only recommends candidates that are actually suitable - a rare thing! 

He's friendly, easy to talk to and pragmatic in his approach - focused on getting the right people into the right roles, rather than meeting targets at all costs. Recommended.”

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Tony Daly - Senior Ruby Developer/Team Lead

 “I've experienced working with Rhys both as a candidate and as client and have had nothing but success. Rhys is honest and understanding recruiter and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him to developers and clients.”

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Dan Nuttall – Senior Ruby Developer

“Rhys is an example of that rarest of breeds; an honest recruiter. He has a genuine interest in placing you in the most suitable role for you, regardless of whether he will profit from it or not. 

He is the only agent I actively seek out when I am considering a new role for myself or when recruiting for my own team.”

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Brent Greef – Senior Ruby Developer

“Rhys is the top Ruby on Rails recruiter that I have worked with. He has a deep understanding of the industry and is really focused on placing people in roles that are really suited to their skillset. He is a great resource for honest information and advice.”

Senior Developer x 2 (Ruby/Rails/Mongo_DB) | £55,000 to £70,000 | London, UK

AdRoc Group is working with a fast growing, award winning digital agency based in London just minutes from the London User Group (www.lrug.org) meet up venue. They are seeking two more Senior Rubyists to join the team due to the consistent increase in project work.

This company partner with a large number of household brand name organisations to deliver a wide variety of projects ranging from researching, prototyping and implementing API’s, building out the complex platform as a service and a number of browser/mobile based applications from concept to release.

The team work within a strict TDD/BDD environment using a range of technologies depending on the project.

Ideally you will have exposure to the following:

•              Ruby, Ruby on Rails (3.2)
•              RSpec, Cucumber or Jenkin
•              SQL, NoSQL (Mongo_DB)
•              Puppet
•              Git for source code management

This company offer a fantastic working environment, varied project work, a team where the developers are encouraged to prototype and learn. You will also benefit from a PLC benefits package to challenge any FTSE100 employer….

If this sounds like the type of place you’d be interested in working at, please e-mail your CV along with a link to your github repro info@adrocgroup.co.uk

All contact is held in the strictest confidence.

Senior Developer (Ruby/Rails/Node.JS) | £55,000 + Benefits | West London

AdRoc Group is working with a well-funded, technology driven start-up which are set to make waves in the social media space with their new service offering. They are looking for an experienced Rubyist to join the team in West London.

You will join this varied team of Front End Developers, DevOps specialists and Rubyists to develop user interface components, core back-end components, and features that cut across both within an agile environment.

This team has no hierarchy; it’s a collaborative environment where you’re encouraged to share ideas, problems and solve technical road blocks…..

Ideally you’ll know your way around the following tech:

·         Ruby/Ruby and Rails

·         JavaScript - Node.js

·         Haml/SaSS

·         NoSQL databases such as Mongo_DB

·         Experience of Agile/TDD environments

·         Git for source code management

Innovating, learning new technologies and collaborating on various projects is what makes this team work so well.

If this sounds like the type of place you’d be interested in working at, please e-mail your CV along with a link to your github repro to info@adrocgroup.co.uk .

All contact is held in the strictest confidence.

Senior Developer (Ruby/Ruby on Rails) | £55,000 to £75,000 + Top Spec Kit | London City, UK

AdRoc Group is working with a rapidly expanding, award winning technology driven organisation based seconds from London’s “Silicon Roundabout”.

They are urgently looking for a number of Senior Developers to join their team to work on varied projects ranging from designing, architecting and building out complex web based applications from the ground up – to refactoring their existing systems from other language to Ruby. 

The team work within a strict TDD/BDD environment using a range of technologies including, but not limited to:

·         Ruby, Ruby on Rails, JRuby, Java

·         RSpec for testing

·         HTML, CSS, JavaScript

·         Unix/Linux

·         MySQL

·         Git for source code management

This company offer a fun and flexible working environment where you will always be encouraged to learn, research and play around with new technologies.

They host regular hack days, sponsor local Ruby User Group meet ups, pay for lunch on a Friday for all employees and have an annual company trip to Europe….

If this sounds like the type of place you’d be interested in working at, please e-mail your CV along with a link to your github repro to info@adrocgroup.co.uk .

All contact is held in the strictest confidence.

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer | £50,000 to £65,000 + Top Spec Kit + PLC Benefits | London, UK

AdRoc Group is working with one of the world’s largest media giants to set up a new research and development function which will be based in their London headquarters.

Having already hired two Rubyists in the last few months, they are hoping to hire two more people to start in January/February 2013.

This small R+D division has no “red tape”. They have a flat hierarchy of smart people who focus on rapid application development, innovation, new tech and taking ideas from concept to release quickly without sacrificing quality….

They are looking for talented, entrepreneurial Developers to work on a wide range of projects from concept to release including a new e-commerce platform which will be rolled out across the UK and Europe in the coming months.

Ideally you’ll know your way around the following stack:

·         Ruby/Ruby on Rails

·         HTML5/CSS3

·         Javascript (JQuery)

·         RequireJS, Backbone.js, Underscore.js, jQuery, Mustache.js

·         Agile (TDD) using RSpec/Cucumber

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If you’re interested in speaking further about this opportunity, please e-mail your CV along with a link to your github repo to info@adrocgroup.co.uk

All contact is held in the strictest confidence.

Senior Developer (Ruby on Rails) | London, UK | up to £55,000 + Top Spec Kit + Benefits

AdRoc Group are working with a one of the world’s largest, privately owned publishing companies who are looking for a Senior Ruby on Rails Developer to join their London team.

This small, but talented team work within a solid agile/TDD environment to deliver well-tested and maintainable code for everything they ship… You will work closely with all divisions within the group to get a real understanding of how the software you build effects the end users….

Ideally you’ll have experience with the following stack:

·         Ruby/Ruby on Rails/Sinatra

·         Node.js

·         MySQL, Memcached and Redis

·         Puppet or Chef for configuration management

·         Agile/TDD using RSpec

·         Git for source code management

This team have been active amongst the Ruby scene for a long while, they have a very low turnover of staff in a very buoyant market for job seekers.

I’m confident any Rubyist who enjoys varied project work, personal development time to research new tech and the option to work from home one day a week would love to be a part of this team…

If you’re interested in speaking further about this opportunity, please e-mail your CV along with a link to your github repo to revans@adrocgroup.co.uk     

All contact is held in the strictest confidence.

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer | £55,000 to £65,000 + Bonus | London, UK

AdRoc Group is working with one of Europe’s leading e-commerce companies to help in the search for a number of talented, entrepreneurial Rubyists to join the London based development team.

This company have experienced rapid growth in line with the demand for their service offering which launched back in 2009. They have since received their 3^rd round of funding by the same investors in Facebook, LoveFilm, SoundCloud, Spotify and Groupon to name a few…..

Within this large technical team you will work with no more than 2-3 other Rubyists to deliver a number of projects for their high traffic site and growing web application that serves the needs of customers, clients and employees.

They want to maintain a streamlined agile environment where quality of the code output comes over quantity, which means you will have a huge say in the project planning, the architecture and how new features/functionalities are designed from concept to deployment.

Ideally you will know your way around:

·         Ruby/Ruby on Rails/Sinatra

·         Haml/SaSS

·         TDD using RSpec

·         NoSQL (Mongo_DB)

·         Puppet

·         Git for source code management

This team are a great bunch of smart, passionate and open-minded Rubyits who work hard but benefit from a top salary, annual bonus, top spec kit, free breakfast, a games room and the opportunity to go to multiple conferences all over Europe with the team.

If this sounds like somewhere you’d be interested in working. Please send your CV along with a link to your github repro to info@adrocgroup.co.uk

All contact is held in the strictest confidence.

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer | £40,000 to £45,000 | Brighton, UK

AdRoc Group is working with an exciting SaaS provider to build a team of experienced Ruby/Ruby on Rails Developers to be based out of their Brighton office.

The development team are responsible for building web based applications from concept to release and adding new features/functionalities to the existing search application platform which is already used by media groups and publishers across the globe.

The team are small, agile and use varied technologies to take ideas from concept to release. They’re a smart, down to earth team who often pair to solve complex technical road-blocks….

Ideally you will know your way around:

·         Ruby/Ruby on Rails

·         MySQL

·         Linux

·         TDD using RSpec

·         SOLR/ElasticSearch

·         Git for source code management

If you’re interested in speaking further about this opportunity, please e-mail your CV along with a link to your github repo to info@adrocgroup.co.uk

All contact is held in the strictest confidence.