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Lead Engineer (Ruby) at Oyster

Oyster is a fast-growing HR platform looking to fix the broken international hiring model.
The Good Stuff
Annual salary:
$90,000 to $130,000 USD
Head Count:
>350
Remote Culture:
Fully Remote Company
Capital Raised:
$74M
Required stack
Ruby On Rails
SQL
Company Info
- >12
Devs hired via Flatworld into Oyster
- 14
avg. days-to-hire
Lead Engineer (Ruby) at Oyster
Recommended timezone: Other

Oyster is a fast-growing HR platform looking to fix the broken international hiring model.
As a Lead Engineer (Ruby) you will:
- Be the tech lead on one of our product teams, working on hiring automation
- Own the technical delivery of significant projects
- Provide input to requirements and specification
- Lead discussions on domain model design and implementation planning.
- Shape how developers on the project work together to implement robust, maintainable code
- Write code, tests, and debugging issues
- Take the lead on applying high standards of code quality and development best practices.
- Research new tools and practices, taking initiative on technical improvements, refactorings, and moving best practices forward through pairing, discussions in the team.
You'll be a great fit if you:
- Have 7+ years of experience as a software developer
- Have technical management and leadership experience
- Have experience working with Ruby
- Understand web standards and development best practices
- Can articulately discuss requirements and technical plans
- Enjoy writing robust, comprehensible code
- Have an excellent conversational and written English
Bonus points if you:
- Have experience working in a distributed team(s) environment
- Worked with payment services like – Paypal, Stripe, Transferwise, etc.
- Have experience in handling web security
Benefits
- Early Stage Equity (depending on location)
- A fully remote position with flexible hours
- $1,500 for all the tech you need & an awesome home office setup
- Opportunity to work in a fast-growing environment
- Full-time employment contracts only
Work-life balance
- 25-30 days of holidays (plus public holidays)
- Inclusive Work Environment
Visa Sponsorship: Not Available
Want to know what getting hired at Oyster with Flatworld is like?
Alright... so you’ve made it all the way down
You’re probably wondering: “yeh, it sounds great, but what the hell is Flatworld?”
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What makes us amazing for developers is that instead of applying to jobs individually, you simply apply to our platform and we take care of matching you to a company and getting you hired.
That means we go out and show the companies you're the right fit for them.
We will also hold your hand through the paperwork and hiring process so all you have to do is complete our application, show up to some interviews, and lay back while we get you the job.
It really is that simple... so simple that if Linus was a remote dev looking for a job he'd be like:
“Flatworld is just incredible... I can’t even explain it”

* No, Linus didn’t say this. But he probably would...
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Oyster Cheat Sheet
Oyster Cheat Sheet
Oyster is a global HR platform for remote teams. Backed by the same VCs that invested in big companies like Zoom, Salesforce, Crunchbase; Oyster has raised over $74M since starting in 2020 and a valuation of $475M.
Back in 2019, Oyster began with a question: how might they make cross-border employment easier for companies and talented workers? Today, their fully-distributed team is based around the world in 30+ countries and growing every week. They work together to remove the barriers to cross-border employment so that talented people around the world can build great careers no matter where they live.
Problem Solution presentation
The best jobs should be open to everyone. Oyster aspires to remove the barriers to cross-border employment so that talented people around the world can build a great career no matter where they live. They're on a mission to make it easier than ever for growing companies to hire brilliant people—wherever they are in the world.
Why you'll love working at Oyster
The Oyster team:
- is a fully remote company that genuinely cares about employee work/life balance and highly value transparency and autonomy, pushing for their employees to make decisions on the problems they’re closest to and keep things transparent within the company.
- strive to be a company that attracts and celebrates diverse talent.
- believe the better they can understand and empathize with their customers the better they will be able to solve their problems, and thus realize their ambitions as a company.
- over-communicates. They share information freely and frequently—and see candor as a key ingredient to team success
- is motivated by the opportunity to make the world a better place and help other people realize their full potential.
Financial Background
Founded In
2020
Capital Raised
$74M
Mkt Valuation
$475M
Team stats
Head Count
300+
Team Size
<50
Financial Background
Founded In
2020
Capital Raised
$74M
Mkt Valuation
$475M
Team stats
Head Count
300+
Team Size
<50
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