Join the GroupSpaces team
Want to be part of a small, friendly, well-funded, ambitious and fast-growing startup? We are seeking exceptional people to join us during an exciting time of growth at GroupSpaces.
GroupSpaces is developing technology to help real-world groups and communities manage themselves online. Today our software helps manage over ½ million memberships for sports clubs, charities, university societies, national associations and many other groups, and we’re only just getting started.
We are located in the Old Street area at the heart of London's tech scene, sharing cool offices with other startups including MOO, Tweetdeck and SoundCloud. We’re a small, dedicated team of entrepreneurs and startup folk with a great collection of VC and Angel investor backers.
We are currently looking for the following people to help us manage the world's groups:
If you like a challenge, have what it takes to succeed and want to help create something your friends and family can use and enjoy, come join us! Upload your CV via our online application form telling us about yourself, where you’re at in life, and the position you’re interested in. If you have any questions please contact us at jobs@groupspaces.com.
Benefits of working at GroupSpaces
- Get in at an early stage of an exciting company
- Join a small team of smart, driven, fun-loving people, passionate about helping millions of groups around the world
- Flexibility to choose the tools you want to get the job done
- Competitive salary
- Early employee stock options
- Flexible hours
Apply now via our online application form
Position: Web Developer / Senior Web Developer
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Responsibilities
You will be working within a small team to develop the GroupSpaces.com web application, with varied responsibilities including the following:
- Develop new features for the GroupSpaces.com web application, turning high level descriptions into things users will love
- Develop the supporting infrastructure and in-house development processes
- Diagnose performance bottlenecks and implement optimizations
Requirements
- Solid object-oriented design, programming, and debugging skills
- A demonstrated expert-level proficiency in PHP 5
- A strong understanding of SQL and database design
- Experienced in the use of appropriate development tools including source code management and the Linux command line
- Track record of producing high-quality web applications through the full product lifecycle
- Excellent technical communication, both verbal and written
- Ridiculous attention to detail
- Focus on customers’ needs and desire to build technology solutions to address them.
- Degree in Computer Science or a related subject
About you
We are looking for the kind of people that thrive in a startup environment – those who love taking responsibility for their work, understanding and solving problems and can support their teammates as necessary.
- You are a highly motivated self-starter who can work independently with minimal supervision
- You have a 'can do' attitude and don't give up at challenging tasks
- You care about code quality and design and take pride ensuring your code is stable and secure
- You know when a project is finished and are surprised on the rare occasion that someone finds a bug once you have released.
- You are eager to learn from others and to share skills with colleagues
- You want to have fun producing software for the consumer internet market where people you know will want to use the things you create
Extra Credit
- Active leader or committee member of one or more groups, clubs, societies or other organisations.
- Previous experience in a startup or similarly agile company
- Experience with the Propel ORM framework – have you seen what’s coming with the new v1.5?
- Active in the community – open source etc.
Position: User Interface & Experience (UI/UX) Designer
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Are you inspired by the challenge and responsibility of creating the user interface and experience of an exciting and complex web application that your friends and family can use? At GroupSpaces we're building an all-in-one set of tools to help the leaders of groups such as sports clubs, local charities, hobby and student groups manage themselves online. We're an exciting early-stage company backed by reputable and experienced investors. We are looking for a talented front-end design, implementation and user experience person to join us in perfecting the user experience of GroupSpaces.
You will work closely with the rest of the team to take high-level user requirements and identify, design and build appropriate features, interfaces and user flows. The role could be perfect for someone with a variety of experience in designing and building web application interfaces that now wants to take ownership of their own product so they can look back when it's being used by millions of users worldwide and say "I designed that".
Responsibilities
You will be working within a small team to develop the GroupSpaces.com web application, with varied responsibilities including the following:
- Develop features for the GroupSpaces.com web application, turning high level descriptions into things users will love
- Collaborate on wireframes and design drafts and turn these into well-implemented, functional user interfaces
- Produce mockups and designs in Photoshop and implement these using HTML and CSS
- Work with the back-end development team to implement interactive and AJAX-based functionality
Requirements
- A demonstrated expert-level proficiency in user interface and user experience (UI/UX) design with a speciality in designing interfaces for web apps
- Proficient graphic design skills using Photoshop etc
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of HTML, CSS and cross-browser support
- Proficiency in object-oriented Javascript, including one or more frameworks (jQuery, Prototype, etc)
- Skilled in debugging and problem solving using relevant tools (Firebug, etc)
- Track record/portfolio of high-quality web application interfaces and design implementations
- Experienced in the use of appropriate development tools including source code management
- A good understanding of usability and accessibility considerations
- Excellent technical communication, both verbal and written
- Ridiculous attention to detail
- Focus on customers’ needs and desire to build technology solutions to address them.
About you
We are looking for the kind of people that thrive in a startup environment – those who love taking responsibility for their work, understanding and solving problems and can support their teammates as necessary.
- You are a highly motivated self-starter who can work independently with minimal supervision
- You have a good product sense - a feel for what to put in and what to leave out
- You have a 'can do' attitude and don't give up at challenging tasks
- You care about code quality and design and take pride ensuring your code is accessible, maintainable and cross-browser compliant
- You are eager to learn from others and to share skills with colleagues
- You want to have fun producing software for the consumer internet market where people you know will want to use the things you create
Extra Credit
- Active leader or committee member of one or more groups, clubs, societies or other organisations.
- Experience with PHP and/or server-side templating languages (Smarty, etc)
- Previous experience in a startup or similarly agile company
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