We’re looking for two Senior Full-Stack Software Engineers to join the Live team, which powers our real-time video, events, chat, and notifications features. This team builds and scales the core experiences that enable communities to connect and engage in real time. You’ll work across the Events and Live Pulse surfaces, collaborating closely with product, design, and engineering partners to ship new features, improve existing ones, and raise the bar on performance, reliability, and developer experience in high-traffic, real-time systems.
Responsibilities
Designing, building, and maintaining full-stack features across Live experiences, including video, events, chat, and notifications Working across the stack using Ruby on Rails and React Collaborating closely with designers, product managers, and other engineers to ship high-impact product updates Contributing to performance, reliability, and scalability improvements in real-time systems Participating in code reviews, technical discussions, and architecture decisions Helping maintain, evolve, and improve existing features owned by the Live experiences teams Strengthening developer experience and system health as these surfaces scale
Perks
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.
