Junior Rails Programmer id-7061
We're a small team working on Basecamp, HEY and its Calendar, ONCE, and new greenfield products at 37signals. Just ten Ruby programmers total, doing all this product work plus a steady stream of new open source frameworks and tools.
Everyone says that they only "hire the best", but by definition, most of them must be full of it. Less because they're lying, more because most companies just can't discern quality. That's what happens at feature factories: endless Jira tickets flow from non-technical product managers, and shipping something, anything against that backlog is all that matters.
That's not how we work at 37signals. If you're new to the field and want to join a company that values beautiful code, making our own tools, and compressing complexity, while working next to incredibly talented people who thrive on craftsmanship and care of code, then keep reading.
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We're looking for someone who's new to professional programming – no more than 3 years of work experience. Maybe you have experience with modern Ruby on Rails or maybe with similar languages like Python, PHP, or JavaScript. Maybe you've worked with Turbo and Stimulus or maybe you've worked with React. It doesn't really matter where: It could be as a junior programmer at another product company, it could be in school, on a personal project, or through contributions to existing open source codebases.
We're looking for passionate, curious, bright coders who enjoy diving into new technologies and new concepts and who are eager to start their career on this team. You'll build your skills while learning how we build products. The right person will grow into a Mid level role within a few years, and Senior level after that.
This role is specifically for product work. So you could be working alongside a designer on adding new features to Basecamp and HEY one cycle, then working on a brand new product in the next. You'll also spend time addressing issues to make sure our apps are robust and our codebase is weed free.
We don't have dedicated managers on our programming team. The day-to-day supervision of junior team members is done by senior programmers serving in a mentorship capacity. You’ll get plenty of support and guidance from your mentor and the rest of the team, but no one will be telling you how to spend every minute of every day. Everyone at 37signals is a manager of one, so it’ll be up to you to make sure you’re making forward progress and looking out for areas where you're needed and can make an impact.
Here are some real examples of the work the product team has done lately:
Collaborating with a designer to create a novel way of tracking progress in Basecamp.
Building a system to export iCalendar feeds for calendar events.
Creating a Ruby library to parse natural expressions into dates.
Working with a designer to add more recurrence options to HEY Calendar.
Investigating why a HEY screen presents a jumpy scroll when navigating to it.
Creating an API for Campfire that customers can use to build their own chatbots.
Designing a Ruby gem that brings easy Web Push notification support to Rails.
This is a remote job, but we're only looking for people based in the Americas or Europe to ensure your work day overlaps with our existing team.
Since this is a remote job, you must be an excellent writer of code and of prose. We write a lot at 37signals — we write for our products, we write to our customers, and most importantly, we write as our primary way of communicating internally. Clear and effective communication is essential to being successful at 37signals.
We respect everyone's right to participate in political expression and activism, but avoid having political debates on our internal communication systems. 37signals as a company also does not weigh in on politics publicly, outside of topics directly related to our business. You should be at peace with both of these stances.
Pay & Benefits
37signals pays in the top 10% of the industry based on San Francisco rates. Same position, same pay, no matter where you live. The salary for Junior Programmers is $145,849. Applicants from outside the US will be offered a contractor role with comparable terms and at the same rate of pay as our US-based employees.
