TL/DR: We are a distributed team of 5 building an incredible SaaS platform that helps companies make their people happy. We are in stealth, have done this before and are launching our beta soon – so this is an “all-in” role. If you’re looking for a cushy “9-5” job, please keep looking, but if you want to change the world and help make 1,000,000 people happier at work while being part of an amazing team and learning a lot along the way, please keep reading
Who we are
We are currently in stealth mode, but right now we can tell you that:
Our mission is to make 1,000,000 people quantifiably happier at work
Our founder has previously built 3 successful companies and raised $100M
We are well funded and focused on an industry that’s ripe for disruption
We are looking for the best talent, regardless of where you are
We are a small team of 5 working ridiculously hard to realize our vision
We will of course tell you more if you apply for the position and if we feel you’re a good fit. Because we’re in stealth mode, we simply want to limit the amount of information we put out publicly right now. Thanks for understanding.
What we’re building
A beautiful, simple SaaS platform that helps fast-growing companies dramatically improve their culture and retain their best people as they scale.
Who you are
If these words describe you, then please keep reading:
Entrepreneurial
Results-driven
Reliable
Passionate
Committed
Resourceful
Life-long learner
You love building things and you’re a hardcore technologist – but you’re not arrogant or set in your ways. You know when it’s time to whiteboard ideas but you also know how to avoid analysis paralysis and build great software.
You make technical decisions that take into account today’s considerations (ship early and often) but you also think a few years down the track. Sure, 100 people might use that feature today, but how will it perform when there are 1,000,000 users in 3 years? You know the delicate balance between over-engineering and under-planning.
What you’ve done
You’ve done a good amount of freelancing or remote work in the past, so you’re used to using tools like Slack and Google Hangouts to keep in constant communication with your team – whether they’re in the same city or on the other side of the world.
You can work as part of a small team or on your own, but you’re an excellent written and verbal communicator. You probably have your own personal blog and/or regularly contribute to Medium or Quora to help others. You’re always learning and have a thirst for knowledge.
Because you’ve worked at fast-growing startups before, you’re comfortable wearing multiple hats and switching between them regularly – sometimes hourly. Nothing is too much effort for you and you like getting in and rolling up your sleeves to solve a problem. If you need to learn a new technology or skill, no problem – you’ll get it done.
You’ve worked on both small and large projects in the past and love building software. You’re also extremely proficient working with:
Ruby on Rails
Sass, Haml, CoffeeScript
AWS, Rackspace, Fastly
PostgreSQL
Solr
Ideally, you also have one or more of these skills:
Experience designing service-oriented architectures Web operations or system administration experience Strong front-end development skills
How you see the world
In past roles, you’ve worked directly with customers to help understand their needs and translate a product spec into functional, production ready code. You’re mature enough to know that being a senior engineer is about much more than writing code and you think about architecture, scalability, performance, design implications and most importantly – the customer – with every decision you make.
You care deeply about your legacy. Code quality is extremely important to you and as such you pay close attention to detail. Anything pushed into production by you is known to be polished and well thought out – and you take pride in that. You’re a craftsman (or woman) and see code as the tool you use to create software that people love.
Finally, when asked what you’re best at, “learning” would top the list. You know that technologies come and go and understand that a continual commitment to learning is really the only thing that matters.
In regards to experience, you:
Have 3-5 years of experience as a senior engineer with a good chunk of that time spent at fast-growing startups
Are used to working with RoR and have advanced experience building RESTful web services & APIs
Have strong experience working with multiple languages and can speak to the pros and cons of each
Are not a jerk and don’t have an ego – you respect people and go out of your way to be helpful
Have led teams in previous roles and are comfortable hiring and interviewing other engineers
Have passions or hobbies outside of work – you understand the need for balance
Where you are
At home, at your local coffee shop or living life as a digital nomad. You are wherever you want to be and wherever makes you happy. We are a fully distributed team.
Things you might do
Build and ship features independently, with fast release cycles (every week)
Fix bugs ranging from small logic changes to more complex issues involving complex SQL queries
Enhance and extend our SaaS architecture to support rapid growth in number of customers
Reply to support inquiries not because you feel you have to, but because you want to understand customers better
Work with other engineers and product designers to brainstorm and test new ideas
Help onboard new engineers and show them the ropes
Drive to continuously maintain high product quality and improve the process
Benefits and perks
Highly competitive salary
Stock options
Premium health coverage
Work from wherever makes you happy
Reimbursement for a desk in a co-working space if required
Choose the hours you work (4+ hours overlap with U.S. required)
Macbook Air
Unlimited books from Amazon
Unlimited Starbucks card
Membership at your favorite health club
2 international trips per year for team events (2 weeks total travel)
