Key skills
MySQLPostgresRubyRuby on RailsRailsPerformance Optimization
About this role
Role Overview
- Maintain and modernize our Rails stack, including dependency upgrades, performance optimization and security enhancement
- Build internal tools, SDKs, and libraries to improve developer experience and infrastructure scalability
- Partner with your front-end counter-parts and SREs to support observability, performance, and reliability initiatives
- Identify opportunities to build in-house systems that reduce reliance on costly third-party services
- Contribute to architectural decisions that improve the performance, security and cost-efficiency of our platform
Requirements
- 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
- Deep expertise with Ruby on Rails, with an emphasis on infrastructure and architectural improvements
- Solid experience working with MySQL and/or Postgres
- A strong track record of improving performance, scalability, and system reliability
- 5+ years of experience in a back-end engineering role, ideally focused on infrastructure or platform systems
- Comfortable working autonomously in a fast-paced, fully remote environment.
Tech Stack
- MySQL
- Postgres
- Ruby
- Ruby on Rails
Benefits
- 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! We’ve had past retreats in Colombia, Portugal, and Mexico, with more planned on the horizon.