Senior Full Stack Engineer

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Empowering Australian scale-ups by growing their Engineering teams

Senior Ruby on Rails Engineer x3

Hybrid — 2 days a week in Cremorne

Open to contract and permanent people

Build the Future of Design Technology

Programa is growing fast. We’re well‑capitalised, scaling into the U.S., and accelerating our AI roadmap. We’re now hiring Senior Full‑Stack Engineers to help us build the next generation of tools for designers, suppliers, and brands.

If you’re excited by real ownership, strong product influence, and AI‑enabled workflows that amplify your impact rather than constrain it, then you’ll love working here.

Engineers here do far more than write code. You’ll take customer problems end‑to‑end: research, shape, design, build, ship, and iterate. Expect to work closely with Designers, PMs, and our CX team (who are ex‑designers themselves).

We value:

• Curiosity about how users work
• Thoughtful problem‑solving before jumping into code
• Shipping meaningful improvements
• Challenging assumptions and contributing to prioritisation

A Place for Builders With Initiative

Our engineers elevate the whole environment, improving pipelines, tooling, process, and communication.

Internally, we use AI for:

If you enjoy working with Claude, Cursor, code orchestration tools, or modern ML APIs then you should explore what it’s like working for Programa.

Externally:

We’re shipping AI‑powered features into production via a cross‑functional AI team (Rails + AI/Data).

What you’ll work on

• Building and scaling our Ruby on Rails platform
• Bringing new features to life across our Designer SaaS and Supplier Portal
• Integrating AI‑driven workflows and ML outputs into elegant product experiences
• Helping shape guardrails so designers and PMs can safely contribute to product changes
• Supporting our expansion into the U.S. with advanced supplier integrations
• Improving DevEx, infrastructure, reliability, and deployment pipelines (DevOps mindset is a big plus)

This job is right for you if you...

Love solving user problems, not just shipping tickets

Bring initiative and improve the engineering environment around you

Enjoy collaborating with Design & Product

Are excited about AI as a force multiplier

Can operate autonomously and ask great questions

Have scale‑up experience or enjoy fast‑paced teams

Want to grow? We have 6 engineering levels and clear pathways to grow

It's not right for you if you...

Want fully‑prepared tasks handed to you

Prefer to work in isolation

Resist AI‑assisted workflows

Only want to code without product involvement

Requirements

• Strong experience with Ruby on Rails (full stack)
• Track record of initiative & improving engineering environments
• Comfort using AI tools to improve velocity and quality
  
• Hybrid availability — 2 days per week in the Cremorne office
• Full working rights in Australia

Core Tech we use

Ruby on Rails · Hotwire · Stimulus · Tailwind

Culture & Values

We optimise for user focus, innovation, simplicity, efficiency, and collaboration.

We work in 5‑week cycles, run regular 1:1s, perform thoughtful code reviews, and balance feature delivery with tech debt.

We measure performance using DORA metrics, contribution, collaboration, and the quality of ideas, not PR count, hours online, or velocity.

About the CTO

You’ll work closely with Stephen Bartlett (CTO) — a thoughtful, collaborative, cross‑functional leader who believes in ownership, autonomy, and strong engineering foundations. Stephen joined as Programa’s first hire and has shaped the platform and culture from day one.

Heaps more information to provide, so click apply if you resonate with any of the above :)