About Bit Zesty:
Bit Zesty is a UK-based, multi-award-winning agency, delivering bespoke software solutions since 2009. We help clients achieve their goals through innovative software solutions tailored to their unique challenges. We believe strong relationships with colleagues and clients make us better than the sum of our parts. Committed to quality, our work positively impacts society. Fully remote since inception, we prioritise work-life balance, autonomy, flexibility, and environmental sustainability.

The Role:
We are offering an exciting one-year contract role for a Senior-level Software/Digital Project Manager to join us on a part-time or full-time basis. Reporting to the Managing Director, you will work closely with a culturally diverse team of developers, UX designers, and fellow Project Managers. Your role involves leading cross-functional teams to deliver software projects on time and within budget while ensuring exceptional service to our clients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead client meetings to communicate progress, review priorities, and resolve support requests.
• Create and maintain project documentation and plans.
• Facilitate daily team meetings, identify impediments, and drive resolutions.
• Motivate the team to deliver high-quality work on time.
• Oversee the estimation process and continuously monitor budgets.
• Write user stories, acceptance criteria, and conduct user acceptance testing.
• Contribute to process improvements and write blog posts.

About You:
We would love to hear from you if you have:

• At least 5 years of project management experience in consultancy or agency, within digital or software environments.
• 10+ years of related work experience.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects with varied workloads.
• An interest in technology and a willingness to learn.
• Been based in the UK for at least the last 5 years.

What We Offer:

• 25 days annual leave + UK bank holidays + your birthday off (pro-rata if part-time).
• Health and fitness allowance towards your gym membership or fitness app.
• Private medical insurance.
• Regular virtual team social events, mindfulness practice.
• Fully remote working for better work-life balance and reduced environmental impact.
• One-year contract, full-time or part-time.
• Salary: Up to £60,000 depending on relevant experience (pro-rata if part-time).

If you are interested and based in the UK, simply press apply to submit your CV!

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We have a new opportunity for an experienced Ruby on Rails Developer to join the Bit Zesty team on a full time, permanent basis. In this role, you’ll join a skilled team of Developers creating high quality, scalable products for our clients. You’ll work closely with our Project Managers, UX Designers and Technical Director, focussing on both maintenance and new development of software applications.

This role would be ideally suited to someone who likes working with Ruby on Rails and is keen to work as part of a team on a range of different projects. If you enjoy creating dynamic web applications and are passionate about clean code, we would love to hear from you.

The Job

On a day to day basis, you’ll be involved with the following:

• Writing efficient, reusable, and reliable Ruby code
• Identifying performance issues and bugs, and providing solutions to these problems
• Conducting regular Ruby on Rails version upgrades
• Participating in code reviews
• Contributing to creating a culture of writing excellent software
• Taking wireframes/mockups and user stories and build systems that meet the requirements

Ideally, we’re looking for someone with the following:

• Experienced Ruby on Rails Developer with exposure to multiple applications
• Comfortable working on existing codebases
• Experience of working with live applications including ongoing maintenance
• Knowledge of SQL experience (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB/ElasticSearch)
• Interested in learning new technologies (for example, Elixir, React Native)
• Comfortable working across multiple projects and able to switch between them as required
• Happy to work mostly synchronously as part of a team
• Great attention to detail
• Previous agency experience would be advantageous
• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related subject is desirable

At Bit Zesty, we offer a range of perks and benefits to help you enjoy your time with us, such as:

• Fully remote working - no more stressful commutes, ever
• Flexibility with working hours
• High spec kit including MacBook Air, iPhone, Jabra headset, happy lamp and more to help you get the most out of your home office
• Holiday: 33 days (25 paid days leave, plus UK bank holidays and a day off for your birthday)
• Health and wellness contribution towards your gym membership or fitness app
• Conference/training budget
• Private medical insurance
• Regular virtual team activities
• An open, dynamic and collaborative digital working culture

Interested? Click apply now to submit your CV.

Due to the remote nature of this job, we have advertised it in different locations. Please only apply once.

We’re always keen to hear from Ruby on Rails Developers and UX Designers, so please get in touch if you or someone you know is looking for a new opportunity.

Bit Zesty is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

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