Come and make mistakes with us - we embrace the imperfect - we are a human company! At AutoUncle we’re all about making hassle-free deals happen. As a developer at AutoUncle you'll be working alongside a group of talented peers that is spearheading the innovation of how cars are bought and sold in Europe. When you join AutoUncle, you sign up for a journey of building one of Europe’s biggest consumer services. The company is financially strong and operating fast.
If you are a talented and driven person who is up for an adventure, has an awesome personality infused with a passion for great code, products, colleagues and environment this challenge might be something for you.
The Team
With a team of ambitious, courageous, honest and very talented organisation and a team of international developers, AutoUncle has changed the game of how cars are bought and sold. We’re proud of how we’ve led the development of online transparency in the car market and grateful for the accelerated growth we've experienced the last years. Our results are a product of a very including, honest and "human" culture and a guiding principle of creating the worlds most used platform for making hassle-free deals happen.
Most people know AutoUncle for the consumer service (native apps and web) used by millions of consumers across Europe. But, new colleagues tend to get very excited when they see the technological depth there is to AutoUncle’s platform (accurate car valuations, indexing and data processing of millions cars daily, pro dealership tools, automatic marketing platforms, automated billing and so much more).
The Job
At AutoUncle we’re all about making hassle-free deals happen. As a Front End Developer, you will join our team in Aarhus where you'll be working alongside a core group of talented peers that has spearheading the innovation of how cars are bought and sold in Europe. You'll also collaborate closely with our development team in Cluj, Romania.
Some of the things you will be working on are:
Creating transparency and guide consumers to find the car of their dreams
Build tools and deliver insights to car dealers that help them run their business better
Build interfaces that offer hassle-free experience for millions of consumers and car professionals (we’re on web, Android and iOS)
A/B testing and conversion optimisation through experiments
Improve on our scalable widgets that are integrated on thousands of websites
Expand our internal platform of tools that colleagues use to carry out their work
The Stack
Our current stack runs on Ruby on Rails, Coffeescript, React, Postgres, Redis, some Bootstrap, AWS and more. We work using: Github, Slack, Trello, Honeybadger, Google Analytics, Google Optimise, Semaphore (for automated testing) as well as a range of internally built monitoring and management systems. We work based on SCRUM and believe that the best products are built when frontend and backend is in close collaboration.
The Culture
We believe the best results are produced in environments where people enjoy working. As you get started you’ll quickly appreciate that the company has a clear vision and a healthy work culture where honesty, feedback, personal development and humour are the cornerstones. We optimise for working smart and have a strong commitment to the type of workplace we want at AutoUncle.
In development we follow the Scrum regime as a way to stay agile and focus a lot on learning and feedback. We’ve been operating as a international distributed team for years and have a healthy “virtual-first” approach to collaboration.
The You
You’re a talented front end developer with a couple of years experience using React to build great products. We’re not picky about academic background and don’t require that you are proficient in Ruby on Rails. We hope that you can convince us that you have skills by showing us things you have built and contributed to. You should be a fast learner with an ability to self-ignite and work closely with other talents. We are generally very data-driven when we solve problems, so a natural analytical mindset is a big advantage.
We appreciate to see that you care about what you build, your colleagues and has a growth mindset.
Info & How to Apply
In your application, please include a few paragraphs where you tell us a bit about yourself and what interests you have in the position. Besides that we’re super curious to see what you’ve done before: code examples of work, interfaces you’ve built and perhaps responsibilities you have had in other projects. The more specific the better.
Application date: Now! We're screening as applications come in.
We offer an individual tailored relocation package if you move to Aarhus from abroad.
We handle all interactions discreetly and will make sure that your interest in growing is not going to create conflict elsewhere.
The Us
AutoUncle is recognised as the driver of innovation in the European auto market. Over the past years we’ve built one of Europe’s largest platforms to take the hassle out of buying or selling cars. Our apps and websites are used by millions of consumers across multiple markets.
We are an ambitious, energetic, and international team of 50+ employees. We're in a constant vacuum of learning and developing ourselves and each other, and have offices in central Aarhus (HQ), Hamburg and Cluj.
This job comes with several perks and benefits