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Circle • Global

Senior Full-stack Engineer

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top 3 scores:
99%

Location flexibility

94%

Role modelling

93%

Autonomy

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Job Description

About Us

Circle is building the world’s leading all-in-one platform for online communities. We make it possible for creators, coaches, educators, and businesses to bring together their audience with engaging discussions, live streams, events, chat, courses, and payments — all in one place, all under their own brand.

We’re proud to be a fully remote company of around 170 (and growing!) team members from 30+ countries around the world. We seek exceptional individuals around the world, set them up to do the best work of their lives, and in turn, create a meaningful impact in their own lives. We don't track hours, but we do manage for high expectations very closely. We collaborate across time zones, are highly async, and like to document a lot.

Twice a year, we bring the whole company together in beautiful places around the world for our company offsites. So far, we’ve hosted offsites in Turkey, Portugal, Mexico, Thailand, Colombia, Italy, Ireland, and more, with still more to come!

About the role

In October 2024, our team released an exciting new extension of Circle: Marketing Hub. We're now looking to expand the Marketing Hub team with a new Senior Full-stack engineer as we aim to make Circle the top choice for creator/brand-led communities. You'll be working on features related to CRM, marketing, member sign-up/authentication, and workflows.

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.

Note, we have a strong preference for candidates in North/South America time zones.

What you'll be doing

  • Work autonomously on a product built in Ruby on Rails backend and React 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 full-stack engineer on complex web applications.
  • Strong proficiency in Ruby on Rails, MySQL/Postgresql, ReactJS, TypeScript, CSS/SCCS, TailwindCSS.
  • Familiarity with both frontend and backend is necessary, but a high degree of proficiency in both is not a requirement. You should be able to individually build most small to medium features end-to-end across the stack, but you can excel in one over the other.
  • 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 deliver results.
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with a certain level of ambiguity.
  • Great communication skills both in writing and verbal/oral (English).
  • 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 an 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 / Mailgun (Sinch) or SendGrid / LLM APIs.
  • Previous experience working with community platforms.
  • Experience working on CRM/Marketing tools, with email deliverability, workflow solutions, or in the creator space.
  • Experience at a fast-growing start-up.
  • A track record of picking up new technologies and skills as you ship high-quality code.

$130,000 - $140,000 USD per year

The cash compensation range shown is a starting point. In addition to equity, benefits and perks, your cash compensation is subject to an annual review and increase on a once per year basis.

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! We’ve had past retreats in Colombia, Portugal, and Mexico, with more planned on the horizon.
  • Check out our Careers page for more.

*Your role, location and unique circumstance may affect this.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

As a fully-remote international company, diversity is baked into our DNA. Here’s how our CEO, Sid Yadav, frames our hiring mission: “let’s find talent in underserved and under-represented corners of the world, set them up to do the best work of their lives, and in turn, change their life.” To achieve this hiring mission, we offer competitive U.S. benchmarked compensation no matter where someone’s located in the world, and we proactively seek candidates who expand representation of backgrounds, cultures and lived experiences in our teams.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Circle is an equal opportunity employer and as such, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

How We Use Candidate Data

At Circle, we are committed to protecting your personal information. As a job applicant, the personal data you provide to us is collected and processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the EU and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This notice outlines the types of personal information we collect, the purpose for collecting it, and your rights.

Information We Collect: We collect the following categories of personal information from job applicants:

  • Contact information (such as name, email address, phone number)
  • Employment history and qualifications
  • Education history
  • References and any other information you choose to share with us during the application process

Purpose of Collection: We collect this information for the following purposes:

  • To assess your qualifications and suitability for the position
  • To communicate with you during the recruitment process
  • To comply with legal and regulatory obligations

Your Rights Under GDPR and CCPA: You have the following rights regarding your personal information:

  • The right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
  • The right to request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain legal exceptions.
  • The right to opt out of the sale of your personal information (Note: We do not sell personal information).

For more information about how we handle your personal data or to exercise your rights, please refer to our full Privacy Policy.

By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this privacy notice.

Company benefits

25 days annual leave + bank holidays
Annual bonus – Roles that don't already receive variable income or commission are eligible to earn up to an extra 5% of their annual earnings as a yearly bonus based on overall company performance.
Annual pay rises
Company wide holidays/offsites
Dental coverage
Equity packages
Health insurance – Depending on your location, you will either be offered a full medical plan for you & your family, or offered generous monthly reimbursements to help with medical costs.
Enhanced maternity leave – 12 weeks paid leave for primary parents, 6 weeks paid leave for secondary parents.
Enhanced paternity leave – 12 weeks paid leave for primary parents, 6 weeks paid leave for secondary parents.
L&D budget – $500 USD per employee per year, plus an additional 'department' L&D budget.
Sabbaticals
Work from home budget – $2,150 USD at offer. Refreshed every 3 years.
Work from anywhere scheme – We hire globally, are fully remote, and the team is able to work from anywhere.
401K – 5% match for U.S. employees.

We asked employees of Circle what it's like to work there, and this is what they told us.

Location flexibility
99%
Employees are very happy with their working location freedom
Hours flexibility
91%
Employees are very happy with the flexibility in the hours they work
Benefits
85%
Employees are very happy with the benefits their company offers
Work-life balance
85%
Employees feel that they can find the perfect balance of life and work
Role modelling
94%
Employees feel that flexible working is part of the culture
Autonomy
93%
Employees feel they have complete autonomy over getting their work done

Additional employee ratings
(these do not contribute to the FlexScore®)

Diversity
76%
Employees feel that the diversity is good and there are continued efforts to improve it
Inclusion
84%
Employees feel like the company culture is brilliantly inclusive and equitable
Culture
93%
Employees feel like it is a really great environment to work in
Mission
92%
Employees feel very excited about and aligned with the company mission
Salary
83%
Employees are very happy with their salaries and feel that it is well above the market average

Working at Circle

Company employees

170

Funding levels

About 25-million USD (Series A, 2021)

Office Locations

Global

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