Lead Developer For Rising Copenhagen Startup

Salary Competitive
Equity To be negotiated

Worksome is the new digital hub for professional freelancers and consultants. We’ve launched in 5 countries and now have 15.000+ freelance professionals and 10.000+ companies using the platform. We’re well-funded and consistently growing double-digit every month. We’re looking for an experienced lead developer who works great in teams, have no problem managing code or people and preferably have a background of 2+ years in a startup having faced challenges similar to ours.


JOIN A RISING STARTUP COMPANY, WHERE YOU'LL HAVE IMPACT FROM DAY ONE!

Worksome is a platform for highly skilled freelance talents.We’re the new digital hub for professional freelancers and consultants.We’ve launched in 5 countries and now have 15.000+ freelance professionals and 10.000+ companies using the platform.We’re well-funded and consistently growing double-digit every month and have thus begun our journey towards eternal prosperity.

We’re looking for an experienced lead developer who works great in teams, have no problem managing code or people and preferably have a background of 2+ years in a startup having faced challenges similar to ours.

You have years of experience with Laravel or a similar PHP framework such as CodeIgniter or Symfony. You have in-depth understanding of a backend in web-based apps including routing, OOP and SQL. Ideally you also have experience with cloud hosting, Linux and APIs. You have opinions about code and architecture, can easily manage PRs and code-reviews and seek to find optimal balance between product velocity and scalable code.

As our team grows so will your role, and we look ahead to have the profile of this hire ultimately join our management team.

 

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Dive into implementation of features in our product road map

  • Help team members move forward with features and PRs

  • Take ownership on code base and architecture

  • Align direction of product and code with our CTO

  • Ultimately help manage and scale the developer team

 

FRAMEWORKS AND TOOLS WE USE

  • Laravel

  • GraphQL

  • Vue.js

  • Bootstrap, Material design + classic HTML/CSS/JS

  • Virtual cloud hosting

  • GitHub

  • Algolia

  • CircleCI

 

CHALLENGES WE’RE SOLVING

  • Expanding the feature set in our product to satisfy our users

  • Tweaking our search algorithm to deliver the most relevant results

  • Exploring cutting-edge methods for matching profiles with jobs (ML/AI/DL)

  • Creating an awesome mobile experience in a web app

  • Making our users feel good through UX and usability

  • Optimizing load and response time in our web app

  • Building scalable infrastructure

 

WE OFFER

  • Competitive salary

  • Attractive central location in Copenhagen

  • Coffee, lunch, snacks and soft drinks included

  • A yearly trip for a developer conference

You’ll join a small development team and have significant influence on our development and product in cooperation with our CTO. As we grow, so can your role in our company.

 

WE WILL BE YOUR NEW COLLEAGUES

The Worksome team is currently 18 able profiles in 3 locations and the founders have a background from Google. Furthermore we also use a number of freelancers – coincidentally 😉 – our workday is defined by a high level of activity. We’re a relatively new company and we evolve our product, the technology and the user experience on an ongoing basis.

Worksome HQ is located centrally in Copenhagen

 

For more information or questions please contact us at careers@worksome.com

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Near public transit
Near public transit

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Free office snacks
Free office snacks

Equity package
Equity package

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Working at
Worksome

We are changing the world of work. We love to think big. We are a people company and a tech company at the same time aiming to support people in maximizing potentials through stellar technology. We want to be curious, open, and transparent in everything we do. Our vision is to make work better by giving people and businesses ultimate freedom to work in the most flexible way possible with no friction. In short, our platform matches any company with any specialist in no time – better and faster than any traditional consulting or recruitment solutions in the market. How do we do this? We use technology and machine learning algorithms to help match, automate and shorten the process – so we can approach the market in an entirely new way. We thus transform how companies find, hire and manage their agile workforce; with a mission to radically transform and improve the way companies organize themselves around a super skilled and agile talent base. We’re consistently growing double-digit every month and are on a global journey to transform work and bring the best of the freelance economy to companies and talents alike. Set up in Denmark in 2017, we currently have teams in Copenhagen, London, and New York and are rapidly expanding into new markets. You’ll be working closely with our co-founder & Chief People Officer to further grow Worksome and make sure that we always have the best opportunities to scale our business with the best talent available.

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