The Company/Team

Two co-founders based in Australia and 14 other people
Mostly developers (9 of the 16)
Bootstrapped and profitable (no VC/runway death clock!)
Company started 12 years ago. Current app is ~8 years old.
Firstly, don’t be an asshole. Beyond that, you do you.

The App

One main Rails app, 2 smaller Rails service apps
10,000s of paying customers and approximately 100 million users
Current stack: Rails, Postgres, CitusDB, Ubuntu, Redis, AngularJS, Puma, Elastic search, Webpack, Yarn.
Currently migrating AngularJS code to Vue.js
The app itself allows customers to run competitions, rewards, galleries, and lead captures (name/email forms) via user-facing widgets.

Why we’re hiring

We want someone to take ownership of our website Content Management System (CMS). In the short/medium term, this would be the primary focus of the role until the CMS is ‘done’. You’ll be regularly working with our content team to extend and improve the system. You’ll also be helping other devs add to the CMS and integrate other parts of the app. Once you’ve got a solid understanding of the system and processes, you’re welcome to rewrite or rearchitect it.

Our Hiring Process (modelled on how we work)

Exchange emails/DMs to establish suitability.
Group interview via IM (we send you a single-room invite to our Slack).
Take-home coding test (8 hours maximum, paid at $35 USD/hr). Slack remains open to ask questions.
Feedback on the test regardless of outcome.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Responsibilities

Writing production-ready code
Ensure that your code does the right thing. You will need to do analysis and work with stakeholders.
Ensure that your code works. You will need to test – automated, manual as needed.
Ensure that you do your work. You will need to be self-motivated and manage your own time.

Requirements

Significant experience in Ruby & Rails
Significant experience in JavaScript
Significant experience in CSS/HTML
Willing to undergo a background check (for our SOC2 compliance)
Good written English
Conversational spoken English
Proficient in *nix

Exclusions

No part-timers. This role is full-time only. Expectation is 35+ hours over 5 days.
No agencies. We’re only looking to hire directly.

Compensation

Up to $43 USD/hr depending on experience. Australians can get an equivalent rate (+super) salary position.
10 paid days off per year.

Perks

Work anywhere you like. Our team is spread across Australia, Indonesia, Portugal, Russia, Thailand, Ukraine, and the USA.
Arrange your time to suit you. As long as you’re doing the time, ‘when’ is up to you.
We encourage you to work on side projects for fun and profit.
Monthly 1:1s otherwise only a few meetings per month.
No us-and-them with remote workers. Everyone is remote.
Co-working space, if you want one.
We run a yearly retreat (when possible – thanks, Covid). 2017 was Spain for 10 nights. Thailand for 2018, Prague in 2019. If you don’t want to come, that’s fine too.
Italki lessons to improve your skill and confidence in English, if you want.