Full Stack Web Developer

The business

Driversnote is a product-centric and profitable SaaS company based in the heart of the Copenhagen startup scene. We take pride in helping more than 1,8 million users in over 50 countries keep a mileage logbook. No one likes to do mileage documentation - so we try to remove this tedious work and make our customers’ work life simpler by saving them time and money.

We are 28 people doing design, mobile- and web development, marketing, support and customer success in close collaboration.

The product

To the majority of our users, Driversnote is first and foremost a free mobile app they find via App/Play store and install to get automated mileage tracking. They will often start out with motion-based tracking, become aware of free user limitations and become a paying customer on a subscription to remove limitations and get an iBeacon for improved tracking accuracy.

The mobile app is backed by a substantial backend, and at driversnote.com we offer our more advanced users and larger teams a fully fledged web application with advanced trip management, team management and workflows for teams. We have a B2C-like relationship with many of our users, but we are gradually moving more and more into traditional B2B space with all that this entails of further product enhancements.

The tech stack

Our mobile app is built in React Native with a few native components in Java and Swift mixed in. Our website is a fully fledged SaaS offering that does everything the mobile app does (except actual tracking, of course), plus a lot more: Backend with sync API for the mobile app, admin tool, email campaigns, subscription flow with Stripe integration - the list goes on.

The web backend is a modular Ruby on Rails application with a PostgreSQL database, Sidekiq with Redis for background jobs and GraphQL API. We split code into engines and gems to ensure a productive and maintainable code base. We run everything on Google Cloud and we deploy every day. The web frontend is built in modern React and Typescript with stringent use of our design library, a set of components developed and evolved in a collaboration between designers and developers.

The way we work

We use a product development process known as Shape Up, where a few key people take the role as shapers and define projects that can be designed, implemented and released within 6 weeks, known as cycles. For each 6 week cycle, we form new cross-functional teams with designers, developers, marketing and customer support people on them, and we let the teams focus exclusively on finishing their projects within the cycle. Each 6 week cycle is followed by a 2 week cool-down period, where we fix bugs, execute functional projects, evaluate how we did and plan the next cycle.

We’ve learned that people thrive on being able to choose freely when they want to work from the office and when they want to work from home, and after our onboarding period you will also be free to work as you prefer. However, working fully remotely is not an option for this position.

We like to say that our unfair advantage is that we care more than our competition, and our users and customers tend to agree when they review our app, respond to NPS surveys and rate our support. We also care a lot about our employees, and between each cycle the entire company has a Team Health Check together, where we rate and discuss how we work together and thrive in our roles. We have a generous budget set aside for each employee to learn and develop, and we try to do a lot of fun stuff together.

The opportunity

We grow our product team at a careful pace and have decided that we are in a good position to take on another full stack web developer. You will be joining three highly experienced web developers, but also work closely with our three mobile developers. The way we have organised our product development means that we have a greater need for generalists, that can work across backend, frontend and even mobile development, than for specialists that are only able or willing to work on a very narrow slice of the tech stack. Each cycle, you will collaborate with different people and work on a new project, giving you the opportunity to grow fast and acquire new skills in areas where you might be lacking initially.

The role

As our new full stack web developer, you will be faced with everything from how to optimize the database and update our APIs to being part of designing and implementing great and beautiful user experiences throughout our product. You don't have to be a master of the entire stack from day 1, but you must thrive with implementing all aspects of a feature. If you are curious to dip your toes in the mobile app at some point, even better.

It would be great if you have experience with both Ruby on Rails and React, but experience with similar tech such as Django, Angular, etc. and an eager interest to learn can also work. It would be a nice bonus if you have experience with PostgreSQL, Google Cloud, RSpec, Typescript, Bootstrap, Stripe, Node.js or React Native. You are also welcome to apply without much experience if you have a relevant education, but be ready to be challenged and prove your ability to build great stuff no matter your level of experience.

What we believe in

Vision & mission: We work to eliminate work-life hassles to let people focus on what matters. Today, that means removing the pain and trivial work of handling mileage, while providing peace of mind that nothing is forgotten and all rules are followed.

Product-led: We focus our work on the end-user and optimise for bottom-up adoption. People's use of our product is what leads to our growth. We sell through our product and as self-service. We invest in customer success instead of outbound sales. Our marketing is focused on people with a need, leading them to the product.

Lean & data-driven: We try to get a deep understanding of the problems we’re solving. But we also acknowledge that we often can’t predict the outcome of our work. So we believe in an experiment-based approach to product development with short build-measure-learn cycles. For this reason, we also don’t believe in detailed plans for more than 3 months ahead.

Long-term & compounding:We invest in things that will have a continuous return and compound. We e.g. prefer a 1% improvement of activation rate over a €100k deal. We’re self-funded, so we don’t stress about the next funding round, and take the time to go into depth with our work.

What we offer

At Driversnote you will be part of a team composed of talented people that are fun to be around. You will have ample opportunity to influence decisions at all levels, and we hope we can both teach you something and learn something new from you. You’ll get to work with and learn from a team of highly experienced entrepreneurs and tech people. We’ll set aside resources for independent skill development to help you grow and develop your career.

We work in a relaxed environment with new offices near The Meatpacking District. We have tasty freshly cooked lunch every day, great coffee, cozy Friday drinks, and great events from our running club, gaming nights and of course epic Christmas and summer parties - that we hope you will help plan.

Since many of us have spouses and kids that we enjoy spending time with, we can honestly say that we offer a healthy work-life balance along with a competitive salary and all the benefits you would expect.

Check out our LinkedIn for pictures and see the team events we host.

How to apply

Please follow this link to complete the application form.

We will be accepting applications until September 1st and will review applications in the following days.

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