[LRUG] [JOBS] Rails contractor for MVP - Remote but London based

[Najaf Ali]

Would definitely be interested in hearing peoples experiences and thoughts
on this. I sometimes feel like my entire programming career was a ZIRP.
Quite enjoying my life as a Japanese salaryman these days though.

On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM Patrick Gleeson <patrick.c.gleeson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Leaning in to this, I'd love to get a feel for what the Ruby contractor
> market is like at the moment. My last contracting gig (which was also my
> first contracting gig), was a couple of years on £700/day (but inside IR35
> so the headline figure is a bit misleading). I'd love to hear what the
> range of going rates is at the moment (to be clear, I've got my next thing
> lined up so this is purely curiosity on my part combined with the general
> belief that breaking the taboo of discussing compensation is occasionally
> healthy).
>
> Patrick
> I don't know what I'm doing, I just make it up as I go along
> <https://patrickgleeson.com/>
>
>
> On Fri, 31 Jan 2025, 11:13 James Darling, <james at abscond.org> wrote:
>
>> Whoops, that's embarrassing. 😭
>>
>> On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 at 10:38, James Darling <james at abscond.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Nick,
>>>
>>> I don't think we've met (embarrassing if we have!) but I've been an
>>> LRUGer for about 20 years.
>>>
>>> This sounds interesting to me, and something I'd definitely be able to
>>> help with! Nice to see a project with no React. I live in Leyton and love
>>> meeting up, so location is great. I once integrated the dutch payment
>>> system iDEAL for a startup via Stripe's API that I believe is still running.
>>>
>>> Here's my LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/abscond/>, GitHub
>>> <https://github.com/james> and website <https://abscond.org/>. I'm
>>> currently on £850/day.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> James
>>>
>>> On Mon, 27 Jan 2025 at 19:21, Nick Tabernacle <nick at beo.so> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi LRUG,
>>>>
>>>> As a RoR contractor I've been on the other side of these emails for
>>>> many years, so it’s nice to be 'giving back' with some contract
>>>> opportunities directly to this group.
>>>>
>>>> I’m looking for a Rails contractor for a two month internal MVP build,
>>>> likely extended to six months. The client is a multinational non-profit.
>>>>
>>>> Ideal experience:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    - Rails 7 (and all the obvious things it includes)
>>>>    - >10 years on Rails to a Senior level
>>>>    - Can provide examples of full stack work
>>>>    - Hotwire (more experience the better)
>>>>    - TailwindCSS
>>>>    - Stripe payments
>>>>    - API integration
>>>>    - CI/CD on Azure (essential)
>>>>    - Any Azure knowledge/certificates welcome
>>>>    - Comfortable with the enterprise onboarding process
>>>>    - Remote but will need 2 days a month at our office in Liverpool
>>>>    Street talking around a whiteboard most likely.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I’m also looking for someone interested in using AI to improve
>>>> productivity and share their metrics, for good or bad.
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know your desired rate, Linked In || YouTube || Github.
>>>>
>>>> *No recruiters or recruiting companies please. *
>>>>
>>>> Thanks LRUG :)
>>>>
>>>> Nick Tabernacle
>>>> nick at beo.so
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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