About the Job
Stora is on a mission to reinvent self-storage through technology. Our platform helps operators run their businesses more efficiently, automate the day-to-day, and unlock new revenue opportunities.
In just over five years, we’ve helped more than 450 operators process tens of millions in automated payments. We’re recognised as innovators in our space, and we’re a fast-growing, product-led team focused on making self-storage better for everyone.
We believe senior engineers should have room to lead, not just code.
Key Responsibilities
You’ll join a small, passionate team of Rubyists, taking ownership of complex projects from concept to deployment. Alongside writing maintainable, well-tested code, you’ll help define technical direction, guide architectural decisions, and mentor engineers as we scale.
You’ll have the freedom to specialise or lead initiatives in the areas that interest you most. We’re pragmatic, not dogmatic — we balance moving fast with building for the long term.
Lead the design and development of complex features from concept to deployment.
Collaborate with product and stakeholders to define scope, refine requirements, and ensure solutions meet business goals.
Make sound architectural decisions to keep our Rails app maintainable, performant, and scalable.
Dedicate time (at least 20%) to improving stability, performance, and developer experience.
Maintain a strong automated test suite so we can confidently deploy to production multiple times per day.
Proactively monitor, investigate, and resolve production issues, driving preventative improvements.
Mentor and support engineers through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing.
Required Skills & Abilities
We take a majestic monolith approach — keeping our Rails app clean, cohesive, and aligned with Ruby community best practices.
Backend: Rails 8, PostgreSQL, Redis, Sidekiq, TimescaleDB
Frontend: Turbo 8, targeted React for richer UI, ViewComponents, Sass, BEM methodology
Testing: Minitest, Capybara, Playwright
Payments: Stripe Connect and Billing
Deployment: GitHub Actions, Heroku
Proven track record designing, building, and scaling production Rails applications.
Strong command of Rails fundamentals — ActiveRecord, background jobs, request/response cycle — and how to apply them effectively.
Experience architecting maintainable systems that balance speed of delivery with long-term sustainability.
Comfortable working across the stack, including frontend technologies (JavaScript, CSS).
Skilled at using modern LLM-powered tools to accelerate work and explore solutions — with the judgement to know when to rely on your own expertise.
Strong testing mindset, with hands-on experience in Minitest or RSpec.
Confident debugging and resolving complex production issues.
Skilled mentor with the ability to grow and support other engineers.
Clear communicator, able to articulate technical challenges, trade-offs, and decisions.
