Join Flylancer’s Founding Team:
At Flylancer we're busy building the world's largest global offline
community for remote workers. Our HQ is based in Barcelona and many of
our team are based all over the world working remotely.
12 months down the road, Flylancer is looking for an experienced tech
lead to join our Founder as a full time vested partner in a CTO role to
oversee an exciting new chapter within the business.
About Flylancer:
According to a recent study by Accenture "in 2020 43% of the US
workforce will be freelance" making it the fastest growing labor market
in the world.
Flylancer is at the very forefront of this 'future of work' movement,
with a fully remote team and an unwavering passion for changing the
status quo for independent professionals.
In just 12 months it has built up a membership base from just 10
people in Barcelona to +2450 in 13 cities all over the globe, to become
the largest offline network for remote workers and freelancers in the
world.
The project has also managed to inspire the support and energy of a
global network of volunteers who champion the values of the network and
community and who are deeply involved in propelling Flylancer towards
success.
Requirements & Experience:
4yrs+ experience as a senior developer. Ideally 2yrs+ as a tech lead.
Bonus points for experience working at an early-stage startup.
Demonstrable portfolio of any of the following: design, backend, frontend, APIs, data-driven work, automated testing.
Experience building products from scratch including MVPS - Ideally SAAS or Social Network based.
Experience drafting and approving development backlogs.
Deep understanding of lean methodologies and project management principles.
Experience planning, building and implementing conversion sales
funnels and growth tools in collaboration with Marketing teams. Good
understanding of A/B testing.
Proven interest in habit forming technology, user centered design and driving development through data and improved CX.
Experience scaling and managing teams and solving problems around scaling.
Nice to haves:
- Have excelled working in a startup
- Ability to judge both long and short term goals in parallel. Think global, act local
- Native App / Mobile App development experience
- Experience as a startup founder
Must:
- You’re in Barcelona
- You’re either already living in Barcelona, or you would be happy
to live in the Catalonian capital to work alongside our HQ team.
Candidate Qualities:
Passion for the movement - Proven interest or experience working
within ‘the future of work’ movement, freelancing, remote work and/or
independent professionalism.
Dedicated and hardworking - You get stuck in, live for executing and
finishing projects and you’re not afraid to get your hands dirty with
the rest of the team.
Work well under pressure - You can be relied upon even under the
pressure of business management, startup decision making and unexpected
changes.
Committed - You’re not thinking in one or two year terms, but how our
efforts will impact the world in 5-10 years time. You’re able to defer a
salary for an initial period of 6-10 months in place of equity and are
available to take up a full-time position.
Social Entrepreneur - You share our belief that building stable
viable and scalable businesses founded on the principles of effecting
positive social change and fighting for the rights and benefits of
minority groups can help make the world a better place.
Unconventional organisational structure - You want to help us further
develop concepts related to remote work and flexitime and understand
that ultimately a happy team is a productive team.