Remote Developer + Digital Nomad + Full Stack + HTML + Reliability Jobs

Full Time – Remote\n\nSalary: £50,000 - £60,000 (GBP)\n\nApplications close on: 8th of June\n\n# The ideal candidate\n\n- You enjoy working and shipping independently\n- You've built and deployed something on the web (send us a link? 😇)\n- You care about the product as well as the code\n- You are curious and take initiative to explore new things\n- You have excellent verbal and written communication skills\n- You enjoy picking up new skills and learning new technologies\n- If you don't have any "formal" professional experience working as a software engineer, you've worked on a product (or built a side project) that had users\n\n# Responsibilities\n\n- Write, review, deploy, and maintain code in mostly Python (back end) and HTML/CSS/JavaScript (front end)\n- Take ownership of parts of the codebase\n- Document the systems you help build, monitor, and maintain\n- Coordinate with the rest of the team on prioritising feature requests and bugs\n- Evaluate and recommend solutions to guide team decision making\n- Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes\n- Debug production issues and implement fixes for them\n\n## You Might Work On\n\n- New features in the Simple Poll Slack app\n- Performance improvements to make Simple Poll faster\n- An entirely new product (We regularly explore new products!)\n- Improving reliability of the Simple Poll app, which could for example entail setting up a new Datadog dashboard\n- Work with a designer to build a new page in our frontend and then implement that page based on their design\n- Something completely different! As an early stage company, we tend to be pretty "all hands on deck" when something comes up that we need to get done\n\n# Pay and benefits\n\n- This is a fully remote, full time (40 hours per week) position. You can choose your own hours as long as you have at least 4 hours of overlap with London (from 8am - 6pm)\n- The salary is £50,000 - £60,000 (GBP) per year\n- We'll buy you a new Macbook Pro and any other tools you need to do your best work\n- 30 days of holiday a year (including local national holidays), and you're encouraged to take all of it. You're also free to take additional time off for any other reasonable reasons, for example if you're sick (of course!) but also if you need to spend an afternoon taking care of something personal.\n- Sustainable and healthy working matters to us. We care about building delightful products for our customers, not hitting arbitrary daily hour counts.\n- We are a UK based company, so if you are also based on the UK we will hire you as a full time employee.\nIf you are not based in the UK, then this position will be permanent and full time in spirit, but a contract role on paper. The reason for this is that employment outside of the UK comes with significant challenges for a small company like ours. In that case, this means that this role doesn't include certain benefits like a retirement plan/pension.\n\n# About us\n\nWe are a fairly early stage company! Currently there are two of us working on Simple Poll full time:\n\n- Charles (who is in charge of Sales, Marketing, Business Development, and Compliance)\n- Wilhelm (me! I mostly spend my time writing code and doing all the many other things that need to get done)\n\nWe're a profitable, bootstrapped company (no external investment) and very much plan to stay that way!\n\nBackground on Simple Poll (our main product):\n\n- Simple Poll is one of [the most popular apps on Slack](https://slackrank.wilhelmklopp.com)\n- Wilhelm created Simple Poll in early 2016 to improve his own workflow when working in Slack. Started as a side project and then grew up to be a proper company!\n- Over the course of a year, Simple Poll has millions of users (and you will be able to directly impact their experience!)\n\n## Our principles\n\n*Inspired (often straight up copied) by the [Zen of GitHub](https://warpspire.com/posts/taste) and the [Zen of Python](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_of_Python)*\n\nExplicit is better than implicit\n\nSimple is better than complex\n\nFavor focus over features\n\nAnything added dilutes everything else\n\nMind your words, they are important\n\nCraft the details, they matter\n\nShip early and often\n\nNever miss an opportunity to delight\n\nBuild for the long term\n\nUse what you build with pride\n\nCreate lasting value for customers\n\nMistakes are possible when moving fast\n\nEmpower with courtesy and empathy\n\n## Our tech stack\n\n- Python + Django\n- PostgresQL\n- Heroku\n- Amazon Web Services\n- GitHub\n- HTML + Tailwind CSS\n- Vanilla JavaScript\n- Datadog, Zoom, Gmail, Google Calendar, G Suite, Slack, Notion\n- Our own products!\n\n# Practicals of the role\n\nType: Full Time\n\nReport to: CEO (Wilhelm)\n\nLocation: Remote – anywhere where you have significant (4h) timezone overlap with the UK (during the hours of 8am-6pm)\n\nStart date: As soon as possible\n\nSalary: £50,000 - £60,000 (GBP)\n\n# How to apply\n\n[Apply via this form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1sOoNljnX15cMO5OrA-Y0gHVfFE0Yj9rMCfsOYEiWjqG_Ag/viewform)\n\nWe're excited to review your application!\n\n\n\n\n\n[Original job description](https://www.notion.so/simplepoll/Software-Engineer-Simple-Poll-Full-Stack-a33791c3e27442deb029680a7caf4eb6) \n\nPlease mention the words **TRUTH WRITE CAKE** when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RMjE2LjczLjIxNi4yMDQ=). This is a feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to JavaScript, Python, Engineer, Full Stack, Developer, Digital Nomad, Amazon and HTML jobs that are similar:\n\n $65,000 — $120,000/year\n \n\n#Location\nWorldwide

\nFull Stack Developer - Emphasis on Angular.js / Node.js / MongoDB / Redis\nThe Opportunity:\nWe're looking for an experienced full stack developer based in either the Phoenix, AZ or the Washington, DC metro area, however remote teleworkers will be considered for the position also if they have excellent communications skills and are willing to travel to either of the above locations quarterly.\nThe Day to Day:\n* Develop web apps and APIs people use every day\n* Find ways to make apps fun and natural, so users intuitively know how to work the app\n* Build apps and back-end frameworks that are maintainable, flexible and scaleable (think TB)\n* Anticipate tomorrow's problems by understanding of what users are trying to accomplish\n\n\nRequirements:\n* Substantial experience with Javascript, Angular.js and Node.js\n* Comfort with asynchronous programming methodology\n* Experience with web tech including REST, HTML 5 and CSS\n* Experience with MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, or other BIG databases\n* Familiarity with jQuery\n* US Citizenship or authorization to work in the US\n\n\nBonus Points:\n* DevOps experience with Linux or FreeBSD\n* Experience with Linux Containers and Docker\n* Familiarity with data visualization tools like D3.js\n* Experience working with XML or JSON data\n* Experience with sigmajs or graphviz\n* Experience with Python, Ruby, Perl and/or shell scripting\n* Experience with the Go programming language\n* Mac OS X familiarity\n* BS or MS in a technology or scientific field of study\n* High energy level and pleasant, positive attitude!\n* History of participation in organized sports (high school or college athletic teams)\n* Evidence of working well within a diverse team\n\n\nCompensation:\n* Salary commensurate with experience, generally higher than competitive industries\n* Comprehensive benefits package\n* Opportunities for advancement and a clear career path\n\n\nAbout Us:\nWe conduct advanced technical research and develop innovative software and systems that help meet network security and reliability challenges for organizations world-wide. You can read more at our web site.\nCareer Opportunities:\nWe have many other openings available. For a complete listing, visit jobs.vostrom.com \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Full Stack, Developer, Digital Nomad, Perl, HTML, Travel and Linux jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n

\nFull Stack Developer - Emphasis on Angular.js / Node.js / MongoDB / Redis\nThe Opportunity:\nWe're looking for an experienced full stack developer based in either the Phoenix, AZ or the Washington, DC metro area, however remote teleworkers will be considered for the position also if they have excellent communications skills and are willing to travel to either of the above locations quarterly.\nThe Day to Day:\n* Develop web apps and APIs people use every day\n* Find ways to make apps fun and natural, so users intuitively know how to work the app\n* Build apps and back-end frameworks that are maintainable, flexible and scaleable (think TB)\n* Anticipate tomorrow's problems by understanding of what users are trying to accomplish\n\n\nRequirements:\n* Substantial experience with Javascript, Angular.js and Node.js\n* Comfort with asynchronous programming methodology\n* Experience with web tech including REST, HTML 5 and CSS\n* Experience with MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, or other BIG databases\n* Familiarity with jQuery\n* US Citizenship or authorization to work in the US\n\n\nBonus Points:\n* DevOps experience with Linux or FreeBSD\n* Experience with Linux Containers and Docker\n* Familiarity with data visualization tools like D3.js\n* Experience working with XML or JSON data\n* Experience with sigmajs or graphviz\n* Experience with Python, Ruby, Perl and/or shell scripting\n* Experience with the Go programming language\n* Mac OS X familiarity\n* BS or MS in a technology or scientific field of study\n* High energy level and pleasant, positive attitude!\n* History of participation in organized sports (high school or college athletic teams)\n* Evidence of working well within a diverse team\n\n\nCompensation:\n* Salary commensurate with experience, generally higher than competitive industries\n* Comprehensive benefits package\n* Opportunities for advancement and a clear career path\n\n\nAbout Us:\nWe conduct advanced technical research and develop innovative software and systems that help meet network security and reliability challenges for organizations world-wide. You can read more at our web site.\nCareer Opportunities:\nWe have many other openings available. For a complete listing, visit jobs.vostrom.com \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to DevOps, JavaScript, InfoSec, Perl, CSS, HTML, Python, Angular, Node, Ruby, API, Admin, Excel, Data Viz, jQuery, Linux, Sys Admin, Cassandra, Full Stack, Design, Developer, Digital Nomad and Travel jobs that are similar:\n\n $70,000 — $120,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n