Senior Rails Programmer

Summary

Join 37signals as a Senior Rails Programmer and be part of a small, talented team working on Basecamp, HEY, and other exciting products. We're looking for a senior product programmer with Ruby on Rails experience who thrives in a remote, independent work environment. We value craftsmanship, care for code, and a collaborative spirit. The role involves working on existing products and new greenfield projects, addressing issues, and contributing to our open-source tools. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a unique work culture that prioritizes autonomy and impact. Apply by April 30th.

Requirements

• Have Ruby on Rails experience
• Be comfortable working remotely
• Be smart and get things done
• Write prose and code with care and eloquence

Responsibilities

• Work alongside a designer on adding new features to Basecamp and HEY
• Work on brand new products
• Dedicate time to addressing issues to ensure our apps are robust and our codebase is weed-free
• Occasionally rotate between product work and the SIP team (security/infrastructure/performance)
• Extend a system to move information within Basecamp
• Collaborate with a designer to create a novel way of tracking progress in Basecamp
• Build a system to export iCalendar feeds for calendar events
• Dive into the RFC 5545 standard to design a system to synchronize external calendars incrementally
• Create a Ruby library to parse natural expressions into dates
• Work with a designer to add more recurrence options to HEY Calendar
• Investigate why a HEY screen presents a jumpy scroll when navigating to it
• Troubleshoot and fix a bug where a customer can't export emails for an Extension in HEY
• Create an API for Campfire that customers can use to build their own chatbots
• Design a Ruby gem that brings easy Web Push notification support to Rails
• Build a feature for session transfer via QR code, so Campfire users can quickly move between devices without logging in again

Preferred Qualifications

• Have participated in open source work
• Have personal or hobby projects

Benefits

• Salary of $201,980 USD
• 31 days off per year, plus another 6 weeks every third year
• 32-hour work weeks from May 1 - August 31
• Profit sharing program after 2 years
• Bonuses (average 41% of base salary in 2025, with top payouts in six figures)
• Autonomy to manage your own days and work