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title: 'Senior Software Engineer (Product) at Stora'
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# Senior Software Engineer (Product) at Stora

- **Company:** Stora
- **Location:** Belfast, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-02-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/stora/bbdd9888-3f82-40a2-83f6-1785e44dcfd2

## Job description

WHAT IS STORA?

Stora https://stora.co/ 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.

WHY JOIN US?

We believe senior engineers should have room to lead, not just code.

At Stora you’ll:

- Set the direction — help shape our product, architecture, and engineering practices.
- Lead by example — deliver high-quality features while mentoring and supporting others.
- Work with impact — your ideas won’t get lost in a committee; you’ll see them live in production, helping real businesses every day.
- Stay hands-on — we value technical leadership that’s grounded in active coding and problem-solving.

We value honesty, humility, and responsibility — and we give everyone the trust and autonomy to own their role.

## ABOUT THE ROLE

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.

Our work spans diverse domains including billing, CRM to public APIs, reporting, integrations, and internal tooling

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.

## YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

- 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.

## OUR TECHNOLOGY STACK

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

## WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

- 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.

## BENEFITS & COMPENSATION

- Competitive annual salary – starting from £75k DoE
- Remote Work Option – Can be fully remote within the UK or EU only. Candidates must be based in either the United Kingdom or the European Union
- Office Access – Use of office in Belfast for those who live locally
- Health & wellness – Private health insurance for you and your family
- Retirement – Company pension plan
- Leave – 35 days paid annual leave
- Professional growth - L&D support
- Share options
- WFH budget
- Company-wide social events

## NEXT STEPS

We’re reviewing applications as they come in and will be in touch quickly if it looks like a match.

## EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AT STORA

Stora is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and where individual differences are valued.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religious belief or political opinion, or sexual orientation.

All recruitment and employment decisions are made on the basis of merit, competence, and business need. We actively promote equality of opportunity and fair participation in line with our responsibilities under Northern Ireland equality legislation.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

## About Stora

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Stora provides a unified operating platform for self-storage operators, bringing bookings, payments, pricing, access control, reporting, and customer management into one system.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage: Seed/Series A)
- **Headquarters**: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2020
- **Founders**: Gavin Shields (CEO), Steven Hylands (Co-founder, CSO & COO), Will McNeilly (Principal Engineer & Co-founder), Phil McClure (Principal Engineer & Co-founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Property Technology (PropTech) / Self-Storage Software
- **Target Customers**: B2B — Self-storage operators, from single-site owners to multi-site portfolios (SMB to Enterprise)
- **Mission/Purpose**: To help self-storage operators build better businesses by replacing disconnected, outdated tools with a single, modern operating platform.

## Products & Services
- **Stora Platform (SaaS)**: A unified operating system that includes:
  - **Website & Online Checkout**: A branded booking engine where over 70% of bookings happen online for Stora operators.
  - **Built-in CRM**: For managing leads and customer relationships.
  - **Automated Payments & Invoicing**: Including rent collection and instant online sales.
  - **Dynamic Pricing & Revenue Tools**: Scheduled rate increases, checkout upsells, and portfolio-wide pricing.
  - **Access Control Integrations**: Smart entry systems for facility security.
  - **Facility Maps**: For visualizing site layouts and unit availability.
  - **Digital Contracts & ID Verification**: For secure, paperless move-ins.
  - **In-depth Reporting & Real-time Business Insights**: For portfolio-wide visibility.
  - **Public API**: For custom integrations and extensions.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $5.9M across 4 funding rounds (per LinkedIn).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not explicitly named in public sources, but the company has won the SSA Innovation Award and is rated 4.8/5 on Capterra.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - **Headcount Growth**: 41.4% year-over-year growth, now at 32 employees (per LinkedIn).
  - **Customer Base**: Trusted by hundreds of operators across 15+ countries.
  - **Operational Metrics**: Processes over 150K bookings per year and over $100M in payments.
  - **Job Posting Trend**: +600% increase in job postings year-over-year (14 active postings), signaling aggressive hiring.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Founder-Market Fit**: Built by a self-storage operator (Gavin Shields) who experienced the industry's software pain points firsthand, leading to a product that directly solves real operator problems.
- **Unified Platform**: Replaces 10+ disconnected tools (bookings, payments, access, CRM, reporting) with one integrated system, reducing operational friction and manual work.
- **Proven Results**: Operators see an average of 32% revenue growth and 50% admin reduction; one operations manager runs five 24/7 facilities with a 10% revenue growth in three months.
- **Innovation Leadership**: Winner of the SSA Innovation Award, positioning Stora as a modern alternative to legacy systems.

## Strategic Focus
- **International Expansion**: Active hiring for roles targeting the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and France, indicating a push into European markets.
- **Product Development**: Continuous development driven by real operator feedback, with a focus on automation, portfolio-scale control, and AI-driven revenue tools.
- **Scaling the Team**: Significant hiring push across engineering, sales, marketing, and customer success to support growth and product roadmap.

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-First Culture**: Fully remote company with flexible hours; team members are based across the UK, Ireland, Czechia, and Algeria. An optional team day is held every Thursday in Belfast, with two company meet-ups per year.
- **4-Day Work Week**: A standout perk — employees work 32 hours across 4 days (Monday-Thursday) for a full-time salary (e.g., Senior Software Engineer role listed at £70K+).
- **Benefits**: Private health insurance (for employee + direct family), company pension, 28 days paid annual leave, laptop of your choice, and a work-from-home budget to set up your ideal environment.
- **Engineering Culture**: Small, focused team of 13 technical staff (32% of company) working with modern stack: Rails 7, PostgreSQL, Hotwire, Sidekiq, Stripe Connect, Heroku. Emphasis on collaboration, mentoring, and shipping continuously.
- **Growth Opportunity**: Early-stage company with strong product-market fit and aggressive hiring, offering significant impact and ownership for new hires.

## Sources
1. [stora.co/careers](https://stora.co/careers)
2. [stora.co/company](https://stora.co/company)
3. [stora.co](https://stora.co/)
4. [LinkedIn - Stora](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/storasoftware)
5. [stora.co/careers/senior-software-engineer](https://stora.co/careers/senior-software-engineer)

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