Remote Ruby Developer
@ BeBanjo

We’re looking for two full-time developers to join our Products team and help us expand our set of Ruby on Rails and JavaScript applications.

About you

You should have a background in software development, but not necessarily with Ruby and Javascript. Ideally, you’re familiar with our software stack (described below) but don’t rule yourself out if you think you don’t tick all the boxes. We’re looking for keen learners with a great attitude.

We’re doing some pretty heavy work in the browser these days, so you should have some experience working with frontend technologies. We’re writing new stuff with Vue.js, but any professional experience with JavaScript will be positively valued.

You should be able to communicate clearly both in English and in code. You should be empathetic, able to work with little supervision and supportive of others. You need to know how to get things done, make compromises and reach consensus with your colleagues. You should be committed and care about the quality of what you produce.

You’ll work from where you want, but on any typical work day, your working hours should overlap with London’s business hours for at least 4 hours.

About us

At BeBanjo, we strive to make our customers great at putting video content online. We build easy to use, powerful web applications to manage video-on-demand (VOD) and more traditional linear services. Our customers are broadcasters, Hollywood studios, and platform operators across the globe. Our tools are at the heart of the ongoing revolution in the way films, TV series and other media content are produced, distributed and consumed.

We work fully remotely using Slack, GitHub, Zoom and our homemade tools. We also work asynchronously, meaning that we don’t expect an immediate answer when asking something via email or Slack, and we do our best to minimize meetings.

If we feel like going to an office, we have one in London, Los Angeles, and Madrid. We host get-togethers in sunny Madrid from time to time because it’s difficult to hug your colleagues over a video-chat!

BeBanjo is not a VC-funded startup. Don’t expect parties, video-games or a gym at the office. We were bootstrapped twelve years ago, and we’re proud to have built a growing and sustainable business. We value honest, long-term relationships with our staff and our customers.

We care about nurturing an environment where our best work can happen. We’re kind to each other, esteem each other and look after each other. We’re open and collaborative, we listen to everyone and aim for consensus when making decisions.

We don’t work with impossible deadlines. We do not micro-manage people. We treat all staff like grown-ups, and we trust each person to work when and from where they wish. We don’t value long working hours. We believe in using our time efficiently and enjoying a good work-life balance.

We firmly believe in equal opportunities and continuously foster a workplace that is safe and inclusive for everyone. A diverse team makes better decisions, is more creative and adapts better to change. Our motivation, though, is more profound than that: we think the lack of diversity in our industry is the symptom of some severe flaws in our society, and we’re committed to doing our part in the ongoing global effort to fix them.

About the job

The Products team looks after enhancing our web applications, adding new features, fixing bugs or improving their UX, performance, scalability and security.

We code mostly in Ruby and JavaScript (and, for some tooling, in Go too). We use Git for version control and Chef for provisioning our infrastructure which runs on AWS. MySQL and ElasticSearch take care of the persistence of our systems, while Sidekiq is our main background processing engine. In the front-end, we use Vue.js and jQuery. We keep our extensive test suite always green; we do Kanban and continuous delivery.

[Gentle reminder: Don’t rule yourself out if you think you don’t tick all the boxes!]

Also, every technical member at BeBanjo is part of our support roster. Every week, someone different from the team takes care of what we receive in our support inbox and is on call to deal with urgent issues outside of regular hours.

What we offer

As mentioned above: no parties, no video-consoles, no fuss-ball tables or any other trick to keep you at the office more time than necessary. Instead, we offer:

• Work from anywhere with flexible schedules so that you can be there for the people you love, avoid commuting every day, be a nomad, find the environment where you’re most productive, and plan your day exactly how you like it.
• Salary range between €43,000 and €53,000, depending on experience.
• An indefinite contract. We value long-term relationships with our staff.
• Great flexibility to enjoy however you prefer your 23 days of annual holidays (in addition to the regular bank holidays).
• Support for your continuing education and professional growth: books, workshops, conferences…
• An inclusive, supportive and stable environment where your best work can happen, and you can grow as a developer. We focus on results, not long hours, so that you can have a life and don’t burn out.

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