Lead Developer for Walkiebot

Salary Competitive
Equity To be negotiated

Are you intrigued by bots, slack, chat-based interfaces, and the opportunity they offer? If so, we have a great opportunity for you. We are looking for a talented full-stack developer to lead the development of Walkie, a bot-prototyping tool built within our studio. As Lead Developer you will be part of a small team tasked to take the existing prototype to the next level, iterating through customer feedback and usage data, building new features and ensuring scalability of the product. The posit


Responsibilities

  • Architect and lead the Walkie platform expansion
  • Lead and grow a development team
  • Work closely with designers and marketing on your team and with Founders leadership
  • Participate in defining the vision and strategy for the company/product you work on
  • Contribute to building a culture of high performance

What we offer

  • A first seat role in the development of a new product
  • Ability to influence what you work on and the overall product direction
  • Possibility to join the startup with co-founder equity
  • Competitive salary and benefits
  • Awesome co-workers and a shiny new office next to the meatpacking district (our rooftop terrace has the best view in Copenhagen)

Requirements

  • A passion for bots, slack and chat-based interfaces
  • Team leadership and communication skills
  • Holistic and pragmatic approach to development
  • Ability to limit technical complexity in early stage products - and communicate this to the rest of the team.
  • Ability to constructively collaborate with product and design
  • 5 years development experience
  • Hands-on experience with React

Bonus points

  • Startup Experience
  • Node.js


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Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Near public transit
Near public transit

Easy access and treehugger friendly workplace.

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Social gatherings and games; hang out with your colleagues.

Free office snacks
Free office snacks

Peckish after lunch? We got your back with soft drinks, treats and fruit.

Free friday beers
Free friday beers

Friday is something special, let's enjoy a beer together.

Skill development
Skill development

We want to take you from good to great.

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Founders

Founders is a startup studio. Together with exceptional entrepreneurs, we build companies from scratch and scale them as independent companies when they gain traction. Whether it’s a bank for freelancers, a way to kill the pain of doing expenses or reimagining life in cities, we are always on the lookout for opportunities to improve the way people work and live. We created Founders in 2012 because we strongly believed there was a better way to build tech companies. Our vision then and now is to refine a model that enables us to co-found successive companies on a single platform that gets smarter with each success and failure. We believe in launching early and iterating fast, knowing that failing is just part of the process on the road to success. Read more about how we work at Founders here: https://www.founders.as/handbook

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