Description
Life at Elvie – Meaningful work. Exceptional people
We develop extraordinary and smart technologies designed to improve the lives of women. It’s a fascinating and challenging area that requires us to solve the problems that no one else has ever tackled before.
Our first product, Elvie Trainer, is an award-winning app-connected trainer that helps women strengthen their pelvic floor muscle via fun, five-minute workouts. It took the wellness industry by storm and is now available via the NHS Supply Chain. Our street cred is backed up by more than 12 awards for innovation and design, including the prestigious Red Dot Award and an IDA Design Award.
Our second innovation: Elvie Pump, the world’s first silent hands-free, wearable breast pump, has received international praise, including being listed as one of the Times 100 best inventions in 2019 and ‘wearable design of the year’ at the Dezeen Awards.
Elvie has received more than 30 awards, including being named one of 15 startups “To Watch” by The Sunday Times and ranked as the 6th fastest growing business in the UK by SyndicateRoom in 2019. Tania Boler has recently been rated as the 8th most influential person shaping british technology in 2019 by Business Insider and both products have been featured in the Oscar Nominee Gift Bags. In April 2019, Elvie announced a $42 million Series B, the largest ever fundraise in Femtech.
How do we like to work?
You will be surrounded by people who want to improve everything and everyone around them. People who are passionate about our mission. People who are driven to solve tough problems and constantly consider the best ways to improve the health and wellbeing of women.
We’re deeply proud of our values, which are intrinsic to the way we behave every day. We take them seriously because we want our culture to thrive:
- We’re fearless – We tackle taboos and break boundaries, requiring sensitivity and courage.
- We’re innovators – We are passionate, curious and data-driven. We are constantly learning how to work smarter, faster and better. Always embracing change and innovation.
- We’re in it together – Together, we are constantly learning, embracing change and seeking innovation, whilst having fun along the way. We stay authentic and embrace our differences.
Who you are
- You are a software developer with at least 7 years of programming experience (ie. mastered at least one programming language) and at least 3 years of commercial experience developing cross platform
- You are looking to develop your skills further as part of an experienced in-house development team
- You have a genuine enthusiasm for software engineering, you enjoy your craft and you get a kick out of seeing other developers enjoy it too
- You want to do your best work and keep on honing your skills
- The idea of working within a successful, high growth startup in a fast-paced role excites you
What you will do
Develop cross-platform applications
- You’ll be developing applications in web-based technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) using modern frameworks to support our systems
- Bring your expertise to bear on front-end functionality for our transactional web systems as well as making our back-end and administrative functions performant and slick
Connected product development
- Development of apps used for research in the development of our connected products
- You will have the chance to work on a variety of innovative projects, using advanced process, tools and techniques
- You will be working in an environment where developing first-class solutions in an enjoyable atmosphere is the goal
Build the environment you need
- You will be given the scope and freedom to craft your environment, setting the standards for other developers on the team
- Help level-up our existing processes to get them just right
Requirements
- At least 7 years of programming experience (ie. mastered at least one programming language) and at least 3 years of commercial experience developing cross platform
- Clear understanding of OO programming concepts and patterns
- Solid knowledge of JavaScript/ECMAScript and strong experience of reactive JavaScript frameworks and platforms (preferably Node and Vue.js)
- Experience with MVC web frameworks – using PHP/Laravel is a bonus
- Great understanding of web fundamentals: HTML and CSS
- Experience with CSS frameworks (such as Tailwind CSS) and extension languages (such as Sass)
- Familiarity with package management and using NPM
- Familiarity with version control systems and workflows (preferably Git)
- Experience of test driven development, primarily unit testing
- Communication skills and critical thinking ability – you can make a strong case and defend it well while being open to other ideas
- Strong desire to learn and the ability to transform that into teaching, leading and mentoring
Other skills and experience you might have
- Experience in designing and maintaining relational databases (preferably MySQL)
- Experience building RESTful API clients
- Experience building and/or designing RESTful APIs
- Comfortable on the command line of Unix/Linux boxes
- Experience of NoSQL and time series databases
- Understanding of agile methodologies (particularly SCRUM)
- Experience of working in cross-functional teams
Note: you must have the right to work in the UK to apply for this role
Benefits
We are passionate about creating disruptive products that address the challenges that matter most to women and dismantling the taboos around women’s bodies. Here, you can be part of a business and brand that has a positive and meaningful impact on the world, while learning a great deal and having fun.
What are some of the perks of working at Elvie?
We are looking after you. As well as the chance to develop products with real work impact and working with dedicated and passionate colleagues, our benefits have flexibility and wellbeing in mind with
- Great work environment – regular company socials, free daily snacks
- Flexible work environment built on trust and autonomy
- Enjoy employee / friends & family discounts on Elvie products
- Annual personal development allowance & unlimited access to our learning & development platform
- A tax-efficient group pension scheme with SmartPension
- A tax-efficient charity donation scheme
- Life Insurance with Yulife
- Medical, Dental & Optical cash-plan with WPA
- Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
- Generous employee referral program
- Cycle Scheme & Tech Scheme
- YuLife Well-being app & access to SmartHealth app with unlimited GP appointments for you and your family, plus various well-being initiatives throughout the year
At Elvie, we believe in having diverse teams in which everyone can be their authentic self is key to our success. We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply, and are a family-friendly employer with a culture based on trust, autonomy and flexibility. We are working on making our offices wheelchair friendly and breastfeeding friendly. We do our best to accommodate part-time requests and flexible requests as much as possible. We are also a member of UK Tech Talent Charter and proudly working in partnership with myGwork and Women’s tech hub.