Hi, We're CompanyCam
We create simple-to-use, visual-first communication and accountability tools for contractors. Imagine a B2B SaaS app that doesnât look like garbage, built by a
team of capable, laid back people.Â
But donât let the chill throw you off; weâre a fast-growing, product-led startup with big plans for the future.
The Role
Weâre looking for a sharp, self-motivated, problem-solving Backend Engineer to join our team.
Using your knowledge of Ruby on Rails, youâll work alongside other engineers, designers, and product managers to tackle everything from huge company initiatives to modest but important bug fixes, from start to finish. Youâll also collaborate with your product team on discovery, helping to assess the direction and feasibility of product changes. And, perhaps most importantly, youâll actively contribute to the evolution of the culture and processes of a growing engineering team.
Why CompanyCam?
Did you wake up this morning with a burning desire to create apps for contractors? No? I didnât think so. I admit, itâs not something one thinks about without some prompting. But bear with me for a moment...
Contractors are everywhere. They build our homes, they literally put roofs over our heads, they wire up our electricity, give us access to the internet, fix our plumbing and AC, paint our homesâŠthe list goes on.Â
At CompanyCam, youâll work with intelligent, kind people to make contractors' work easier. You'll create time for them so they can get shit done and spend more time with their families. Sound corny? Youâll find that midwesterner ethos permeate our culture (weâre based in Lincoln, NE), so if you canât hang with that, no hard feelings, but this probably isnât the role for you.
Working At CompanyCam
Our Product and Engineering departments do things a little differently.Â
We use Basecampâs
Shape Up method (fused with empowered product teams a la Marty Cagan's
Inspired) to organize and execute our work. That means youâll work in a close-knit team consisting of a product manager, a product designer, and other engineers on an area of the product in 6-week cycles. During cycles you'll spend most of your time implementing product improvements, but you'll also work with your team shaping (generating and vetting) product improvements for next cycle. After each cycle youâll get a 1-2 week cool-down where youâll pursue educational opportunities, work on pet projects, or smash some bugs that have been nagging at you. Rinse and repeat until code nirvana.
Sounds nice, right? No sprinting, no scrumming, no death by 1,000 meetings. We protect our engineers' time, treat them like adults, and trust them to get their work done. Weâre also big on not overworking people. Put in your eight hours of focused, quality work and then TURN. SLACK. OFF. No nights and weekends.
Our larger company culture is also refreshingly chill. We have fun, learn from each other, and donât take ourselves too seriously.
We cover the important stuff too. We pay well, offer unlimited vacation, meaningful equity, health insurance, and other benefits. If you're local or down to move, weâre custom remodeling a new office space in the Lincoln Haymarket area that youâll love. If you're remote (most of the engineering team is), weâre well set up with great conference room video equipment so you'll feel like youâre there with us, and once life is back to normal weâll fly you in a few times a year to hang out.
What We Ask Of You
Must-haves
These are our non-negotiables:
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Show up: have the courage to do difficult but necessary stuff.
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Grow up: take responsibility, learn continuously, and have a growth mindset.
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Do good: treat your co-workers and customers the way you want to be treated.
- Strong experience with and knowledge of Ruby on Rails.
- Experience working as a professional software engineer. (Sorry, we're not hiring new devs at this time.)
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Reside permanently and currently somewhere in the continental US. Alas, we're not set up to hire outside of the US.
Nice-to-haves
Day to day, youâll spend 90%+ of your time working in Ruby on Rails, but, of course, thatâs not all youâll work with. While experience with the following technologies are not required (weâre cool with some on-the-job learning), you will see them with varying levels of frequency:
- GraphQL & REST
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- AWS services (S3, EC2, etc)
- ElasticSearch
- MongoDB
This position can be U.S. Remote or in our Lincoln office. At least one year of remote experience is required if you plan on working remotely. We are not accepting applicants outside the U.S. at this time.