StepOut’s Quest For Their Tech Superhero

StepOut is an early stage tech startup based in Helsinki, Finland. At StepOut, we are providing fitness and well-being services offered by skilled independent trainers via our platform. Using our platform, the users can instantly explore, book, pay and attend various activities on-the-go; making these activities accessible online but in an interactive way. Our service aims to encourage fitness and well-being for all age groups while motivating them to develop an active lifestyle. Our mission is to empower solo-entrepreneurs in the field of fitness & recreation by creating convenient earning opportunities for them. We support diversity and inclusion by onboarding skilled and talented trainers coming from various backgrounds to offer their services.

You are someone who :

• will be responsible for leading StepOut’s developers team and building the product

• is capable of interacting with product managers and stakeholders to gather requirements in order to deliver exactly what is needed

• can challenge our status quo & help us define best practices for the ways we work

• choose emerging technologies and approaches to create high - performance software solutions that scale

The tech stuff & stack superpowers you bring in :

• Well - versed backend experience with NodeJS or Golang, in designing and future-proof and scalable solution with No-SQL and SQL Database. (At-least 3 - 4 years of Backend programming experience)

• Has knowledge and experience of Typescript and Javascript in frontend library and framework (React or Angular, or Vue - preferably React)

• Has experience in building hybrid applications

• Knowledge and experience of deployment procedures : AWS infrastructure

• Familiar with Docker, Kubernetes

• Knowledge of database design (MySQL, NoSQL) & performance optimisation

• System architecture and project structuring

• Work experience with high level test automation (Unit, Integration, E2E)

• Strategic vision, hands-on approach, easy-going, flexibility & growth mindset

• Enthusiastic & passionate about building products & leading tech teams

• Ensure a state-of-the-art software development methodology

• Is able to collaborate with the CEOs on the company/product strategy as well as share knowledge with colleagues and help them grow their technical skills.

This person should have full stack competency and experience or knowledge of building large scale consumer facing applications with concern for ease of use, attractiveness, repeat use and privacy. In the short term the application will need to be enhanced according to the user journeys defined.

Key responsibilities

• Commitment to the team

• Managing and overseeing the tech team while also contributing to the development

• Build the tech roadmap : necessary milestones, determine possible roadblocks

• Strategize the development of the product

• Product architecture : focusing on sustainability in the long run

• Own the end-to-end in the product life cycle, including requirements gathering, solution design, development, testing, and implementation

What We Offer

• Equity

• Funding rounds would soon enable to have a base salary (Pre-Seed/ Seed / Series A onwards)

• Possibility to work remotely

• Working with a passionate and fun young team focused on making StepOut a worldwide success

• Birthday cakes :D We never miss a chance to celebrate!

• Join us in creating diverse earning opportunities and supporting solo-entrepreneurship

If you feel this is something just for you, we would love to hear back!