Rails Backend/Full stack Developer

CirclePOS; Christchurch; Remote; NZD 80,000 - 130,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid sick leave

Paid holidays

Work remote

Extensive team support

Job summary

CirclePOS is seeking a Rails Backend/Full-Stack Developer to join a remote team building a SAAS application for bookshops. The role emphasizes code quality, Ruby/Rails expertise, and a responsive approach to problem solving.

Team members work across Rails 8, MySQL, and cloud-native systems on Linux, with a culture of automated testing and continuous delivery. The ideal candidate will be comfortable with CI/CD processes, experience with RSpec or MiniTest, and able to collaborate across time zones

Qualifications

• Strong Rails developer with Ruby OO programming and write best practice code.
• Experience with testing frameworks RSpec or MiniTest and test automation.
• Ability to solve problems and figure things out.
• Good English, spoken and written.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and query optimization.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Comfortable working with Linux servers.

Skills

Ruby

Rails

SQL

CI/CD

Linux

RSpec

DevOps

Kubernetes

Docker

C++

Tools

GitHub

CircleCI

GitHub Actions

Semaphore

RSpec

Minitest

MySQL

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Circle Software develops a SAAS application for bookshops. Circle started in New Zealand and has a strong growing community in Australia and is now aiming to start in other countries. We have developers around the world and are looking to build the team.

CURRENT DEV SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY

• Google cloud environment and kubernetes
• Elastic Cloud for performance monitoring/APM
• GitHub for source control and project management
• Circle CI, GIT Actions and Semaphore for automated tests and deploy
• Rspec & Cypress for automated tests
• Rails 8 on MySQL
• Elastic Search
• Ubuntu web servers hosted in kubernetes
• C++ for a Multi platform Point Of Sales Client
• Vue JS for Mob POS only
• Generally Mac or Linux for the desktop environment

Rails Backend/Full stack Developer position

About the role

This is a remote position. The programming is on a single application and there is a focus on good process and code quality. We are keen to hear from a range for Rails developers Senior and Junior.

We are flexible about the package and the hours you work. It can be a monthly salary with paid annual leave and national holidays or hourly part time. Whatever works best for you.

Are you the following person?

• A strong rails developer with good knowledge in Ruby Object oriented programming and know how to write best practice code.
• Someone that can solve problems/figure things out.
• Good with English, spoken and written
• Pride yourself in writing beautiful code
• Have experience with testing frameworks Rspec or Mini test
• Have a strong knowledge SQL and experience in SQL query optimization
• Driven to automate, especially devops, have Experience in CI/CD
• Comfortable working with Linux servers

Nice to have

• Have experience working with large scale SAAS applications
• Experience about kubernetes and docker
• c++ experience
• Experience with rails 6
• Experience in retail.

Benefits and perks

• Paid sick and paid holidays (if working full time)
• Work remote
• Extensive team support