Web Developer with UI/UX Focus (f/m/d)

🙌 Why working at Gavel

Gavel is a live shopping marketplace for retailers in the EU, starting with comic stores. We allow shop owners to turn their offline store into a live and interactive online store within a couple of seconds. With our passion for technology, we build the best platform to connect, buy and sell with and from each other.

👉 Check out our app on the Apple App Store (http://letsgavel.com/ios) and Google Play Store (http://letsgavel.com/android)

Being part of GAVEL is more than a job — it’s a journey. It is working in a fast-growing startup with a fundamental impact on e-commerce. Regular online stores don't cut it anymore. Being community- and data-driven is what defines our DNA 🤩

We are backed by the world's most prestigious and well-known VCs and Business Angels. We grow fast and will grow even faster together with you!

This is your chance to be part of something big from the beginning. So roll up your sleeves and get involved 💪

Our Tech Stack 🤓

React (web), ReactNative (apps), Micro animations/interactions, Live streaming technology, Figma, Miro, Notion, Adobe, Gamification engine for viral loops, Data analytics and feature toggles

What you will do 😎

• Be part of forming the next evolution of e-commerce with the most entertaining shopping-journey, the world has seen so far
• Develop the UI for new product features from the prototype to the pixel-perfect responsive web app, optimizing the code to reach a 100ms response time on user interactions
• Take decisions together with the co-founders and learn from colleagues in the product/design team and app/fullstack developers
• Create a component library and maintain a high UI standard, based on industry best practices like HIG
• Do market research and present your findings in all-hands to colleagues to foster personal development for you and others
• Exchange learnings and knowledge with our tier-1 investors ycombinator.com, stride.vc, and angels from Pitch.com, Wunderlist, Rocket Internet, Blinkist, EloPage, EyeEm

Must-have qualifications 🧐

• 3+ years of coding experience, 2+ years focussed on UI/UX development, 1+ year in React
• An entrepreneurial spirit, adapting to market needs and change requests fast and motivated
• A strong interest in UI designs, consumer and social products and startups
• Experience implementing micro-animations and snappy non-blocking responsive interfaces
• Great understanding of modern web apps (components, routing, lifecycle-methods)

Bonus skills to wow us 🤩

• Knowledge in ReactNative, Redux, Socketio, GIT, Sentry, CD pipelines
• Usage of tools Figjam, Miro, Notion, Linear
• Design skills using Figma and Adobe
• Expertise with gamification, social apps or video live streaming
• Worked in startups in a Series-B stage or bigger

🥳 Perks & benefits

💶 Competitive compensation 💎 Quality-driven environment 🏡 Remote or Office in Berlin Mitte 🖥 Latest work equipment 🪴 Budget for your home office * ** available after 3 months* 🎫 Coaching, courses, and events 🏖 30 paid vacation days ⌚ Flexible working hours 🥳 Regular team retreats 🍎 Free fruits, snacks, coffee & drinks ** *** Only available in our Berlin office*

Special perks

👩‍💻 For women: a yearly membership to "the female factor" for personal development (upon request)

🏥 For non-EU / non-US workers: international health insurance for personal safety

1. The People Factor: Virtual Meeting with our Head of People (Catherine)
2. Main Stage: Meet our CTO & Co-Founder Florian in a Technical Interview
3. Show us your skills: Tech Assessment (Coding Challenge)
4. Meet the Team: Peer Interview & more insights into our team and culture
5. Decision Time for You & Us

About our hiring process: At GAVEL we believe diversity and representation are key to creating a successful product and a unique customer and employee experience. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, or disability. Even if you may not tick all the boxes of the requirements, we are happy to hear about the value you can add to our team. In our international and multicultural team, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for our people.