Ruby on Rails Architect

The candidate will have responsibilities across the following functions:

Operational Tools Architecture and Feature Planning:

• Own the feature roadmap for tools Odoo, Redmine, GitHub, and adjacent systems from business-process discovery through design, planning, and phased delivery.
• Serve as the subject‑matter expert on how (deal onboarding, delivery, support, finance, engineering operations) map onto tool capabilities, and where the gaps are.
• Design cross‑tool workflows and integrations so that work items, code, and business records flow between systems as one coherent operational fabric.

Agentic Implementation and Modernisation:

• Design agent‑operable surfaces on each tool: typed, secure APIs, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, and webhook‑driven automation that let AI agents read, create, and resolve operational work safely.
• Lead incremental modernisation of legacy tool deployments, upgrading versions, retiring brittle customisations, and replacing manual processes with agentic workflows without disrupting live operations.
• Optimise agentic loops that operate on the tools for cost, speed, and integrity, with guardrails, audit trails, and human‑in‑the‑loop checkpoints where they matter

Plugin and Extension Engineering:

• Architect and build Redmine plugins in Ruby on Rails, Odoo modules, and GitHub Apps/Actions that extend the products cleanly rather than forking them.
• Engineer enhancements to be upgrade‑safe across product versions, tracking upstream releases, isolating customisations behind stable interfaces, and planning migration paths.
• Prioritise contract‑first API design between human intent, agent execution, and the underlying tools.

Governance and Quality Control:

• Act as the architectural reviewer for changes including AI‑generated pull requests and agent‑authored configuration.
• Mandate testing and characterisation coverage around customisations so upgrades and agentic changes land deterministically.

Requirements:

• 10+ years in software engineering, business‑systems architecture, or platform engineering, with deep SME knowledge of operational tools such as Odoo, Redmine, GitHub.
• Expert‑level proficiency in Ruby on Rails, including production experience building or maintaining Redmine plugins or comparable Rails‑based extensions.
• Practical agentic development experience: MCP, LLM tooling, AI‑assisted automation, or agent‑orchestrated workflows in production.
• Proven track record building plugins, modules, and extensions that survive product version upgrades, with disciplined API and integration design.