8fit
understands the obstacles people face on their fitness journey. It
often isn’t easy, and there’s no one-size-fits-all way to find lifelong
health. That’s why we’ve set out to build the best way for people to
achieve their personal fitness goals. 8fit makes healthy living fun and
simple by providing tailored workouts, meal plans and guidance in one
easy-to-use app.
Engineering at 8fit
We’re
organized into cross-functional delivery teams with clear goals and lots
of autonomy. We’re constantly looking to improve our tooling and
working process.
We believe working culture is not a list of platitudes. It's defined by the behaviours of the team.
That being said, here are a few of the ideas we feel strongly about:
Great communication — The ability to exchange ideas efficiently is an important part of your skillset.
Take
ownership — Operate with autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Do your own
research, talk with others on the team and don’t let anything stand
between you and the results you want.
Venture outside your comfort
zone — Ask questions. Be critical. Suggest ways of improving internal
process. Be humble, admit mistakes readily, and never stop learning.
Bias
towards action — Assume your first iteration will need improvement. The
sooner you launch the sooner you can improve. Instead of speculating
come back next week with real data.
Requirements
- Scaling rails applications, code organisation patterns, architecture
- Heroku, AWS, Docker
- PostgreSQL
Responsibilities:
In
this role you'll be responsible for the main backend application that
powers the API used by the mobile clients, as well as the internal
administration pages used for content creation.
You'll work with
the product managers to plan and implement new features. You should be
very good at capturing business concepts and processes in code. You'll
be responsible for uptime and performance.
This role requires a
balance of technical chops, and strong communication and organisation
skills. You'd have a small team of rails / devops engineers reporting to
you.
We're using Rails for the main application, so experience with Rails at some degree of scale would be required.
This
role is ideal for someone with lots of experience working as a Senior
Engineer, who's looking to improve their soft skills and gain some
leadership experience.
Benefits
What it’s like to work at 8fit
We
endorse healthy life choices to millions of people and we stick to them
ourselves, so “work/life balance” is core to how we do things. But
don’t just take our word for it – you’re welcome to drop by and meet the
team! We’ve got a lovely office in Friedrichshain, right on the river
Spree. It’s quiet, bright, well-stocked with healthy snacks, and every
Friday, we get together for a healthy lunch.
Other perks of being an 8fitter:
- Flexible office hours, to ensure you have plenty of time to enjoy life (and fit in a workout)
- Stock options, so you can share in 8fit’s success
- A health & wellness benefit, naturally
- Yearly company offsite to escape harsh Berlin winters
- Remote work policy that allows for extra flexibility, year-round
- Professional development grants to help you learn and grow
- Relocation benefits and visa assistance for non-EU citizens
Read more here: http://8fit.com/about/
Include in your application:
What
have you done before? What are you interested in? What motivates you?
Please don’t send a generic cover letter. We’d rather hear your short
intro in the summary section.