About the role
We're looking for a Senior Back-end Engineer to join our Circle Plus team as we aim to make Circle the top choice for creator/brand-led communities. You'll be working on features related our Mobile App (specially white label) and help support our Public APIs.
In this role, you will partake in all stages of the development lifecycle, from initial task definition to final deployment. As a senior engineer, you'll break down large epics into actionable tasks, follow through with development and testing, review PRs, push updates to production, and gradually release behind feature flags. Your responsibilities will also include bug-fixing and continuous improvement of the codebase. This role requires a high level of technical proficiency and a strong understanding of software development best practices.
What you'll be doing
- Work autonomously on a product built in Ruby on Rails backend and React/React-Native front-end.
- Build critical features and improvements for our web app, with a product-first mindset.
- Work closely with Circle's leaders throughout the feature design process.
- Work closely with our designers to create a world-class user experience.
- Foster a bias for action, prioritizing speed of iteration without compromising on the quality of code or user experience.
What you'll need to be successful
- Strong alignment with our values, find our values on our career page if you haven’t read up on them yet
- You are proficient in English (spoken, written, and reading) at a CEFR Level C2 / ILR Level 5.
- 6+ years experience working as a back-end engineer on complex web applications.
- Strong proficiency in Ruby on Rails, MySQL/Postgresql.
- Familiarity with frontend, ReactJS and TypeScript is a plus.
- A desire to work in an environment which values speed of iteration and individual autonomy, while also embracing personal accountability and the ability to collaborate effectively as part of a dynamic team.
- Motivation to understand the business, our users, their requirements, and to then deliver results based on a thorough understanding.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with a certain level of ambiguity.
- Adaptable with the ability to change direction quickly if necessary.
- Familiar with agile software development principles.
- Should be able to lead a complex project end to end with judgment and attention to detail when it comes to architectural, product, design, and process decisions; your judgment should inspire a high level of trust within the team.
- Experience working on a fully distributed remote team.
Bonus points
- Experience with Elasticsearch / Sidekiq / Kafka / GraphQL.
- Previous experience working with community platforms.
- Experience working with Developer tools and public APIs.
- Experience at a fast-growing start-up.
- A track record of picking up new technologies and skills as you ship high-quality code.
The fun stuff
- Fully remote: work from anywhere in the world!
- Autonomy and trust to do your job: we care about outcomes over everything else.
- Paid time away: all employees are given 35 days of PTO annually. We also offer a paid sabbatical after 5 years.
- Generous U.S. benchmarked compensation and startup equity no matter where you are in the world.
- Awesome medical coverage with 100% coverage for you and your family, or medical reimbursement options where applicable!
- Parental leave for parents expanding their family, or just starting one.
- Home office stipend to help you get up and running.
- Learning & development stipend to help you level up your professional skills.
- Annual bonus potential for roles that don't already receive variable income or commission.
- Company retreats: Twice a year, the Circle team gets together for a fully paid company retreat in incredible places around the world!
