Developer Advocate at a Calm, Formidable DevTools Startup

Flightcontrol is a 4 particular person devtool startup cofounded by the creator of Blitz.js. We’re not the macho, overworked crew that “startup” may recall to mind. We’re deliberately constructing probably the most life-giving and fulfilling firm potential, and we wish you to affix us! 🙂

Images from our final retreat in Italy — opposite to appearances, we additionally did actual work 🙂

Flightcontrol is remodeling the app deployment panorama

Flightcontrol gives the deployment expertise of a Platform-as-a-Service however with out the restrictions.

Historically, customers had to decide on between a PaaS like Heroku, which is straightforward to make use of however is a closed-box with limitations and restrictions, or AWS which provides you full energy and management however is a royal ache to arrange. However with Flightcontrol they get one of the best of each worlds: nice developer expertise and full management and scalability

Our product is so compelling that the majority of our customers are migrating present functions from Heroku, Render, Railway, Vercel and from customized AWS setups.

• Since launching in January, over 350 customers have deployed 30,000+ instances

• Customers of all sizes love the product, from solo indie hackers to enterprises

• We went by Y Combinator in W22 and have raised $3.5M.

• We’re default alive — on monitor to change into worthwhile this yr

Deployments Per Month

Meet Our Group of 4

1. Brandon Bayer, Cofounder and CEO. Dayton, Ohio. You may know me because the creator of Blitz.js. Though extremely technical, my strengths are product design and advertising and marketing. My superpower is simplicity. My high values that outline every thing I do are excellence, equality, inclusion, and freedom. Exterior of labor I really like touring, flying airplanes and helicopters, and mountain climbing. My intention is to construct one of the best firm to work for on the planet. I’m right here to help you and assist make your goals come true.

2. Mina Abadir, Cofounder and CTO. Toronto, Canada. Mina is the technical genius that brings our core product options to life. He’s deeply genuine and caring, likes to snort, and significantly enjoys a great online game. His superpower is empathy.

3. Blake Bayer, Junior Software program Engineer. Dayton, Ohio. Previously a nurse, Blake joined on the finish of April. That is his first job in tech, and he frequently impresses everybody on the crew together with his capability to be taught and implement advanced issues rapidly. He loves mountain climbing and studying new issues.

4. Camila Rondinini, Senior Backend Software program Engineer. Spain. Since becoming a member of this previous June, she is already a particularly foundational a part of our crew, having designed and shipped a few of our most essential options. She’s an unimaginable engineer and has made an enormous impression on our engineering tradition.

5. You? ????

We’d like you to assist us develop by consciousness & schooling

As our first devrel rent, that is your likelihood to actually shine and assist propel Flightcontrol into some of the cherished developer corporations of this decade. It is a essential function in shaping Flightcontrol

Your excessive degree aim is to develop “high of funnel” site visitors by consciousness and schooling, with written content material as the muse.

We’re constructing a product-led progress flywheel. Your main function is feeding the flywheel through new high of funnel customers. Your secondary function is bettering the flywheel by schooling and documentation.

Up to now Brandon has been doing all of the devrel associated duties. You’ll work intently with him to determine the place and make investments your efforts. We don’t but have the right content material technique. So we’ll be experimenting to see what works and what doesn’t.

In time, we need to be referred to as the cloud schooling firm. The place the place all devs flip to change into maestros of the cloud. We consider that the majority engineers would love working with native cloud suppliers like AWS if solely it was extra approachable and extra simply understood. Our imaginative and prescient is to empower a completely new era of engineers by our product and thru our academic content material.

Important Tasks

1. Deeply perceive our product, its strengths and weaknesses

2. Create and distribute compelling technical content material, together with documentation, documentation, guides, demos, and movies
1. We care about high quality over amount

3. Establish and work on collaborations and integrations with different corporations and initiatives
1. Instance: use Flightcontrol preview environments to run remoted Cypress e2e assessments

Secondary Tasks

1. Assist with buyer success. As a small crew, all of us share this duty. Serving to with this is without doubt one of the finest methods to know nitty-gritty particulars of our product, product enchancment concepts, and documentation concepts.
1. A buyer just lately stated that we “have superb help and developer success” and that it gives an amazing quantity of worth to them

2. Probably, however not required: symbolize Flightcontrol at occasions
1. Figuring out related occasions for Flightcontrol and organizing our participation (meetups, conferences, hackathons, workshops, and so on.),
2. Ideally collaborating in 4-8 of those occasions per yr, as a speaker or sponsor

Necessities

• 1 yr full-time devrel expertise

• 2 years full-time software program engineering expertise and are snug with fullstack

• Some working information of some primary AWS companies like EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda

• Instructor — can clarify advanced issues in as easy a way as potential

• Author — nice at writing technical content material, ideally for 1+ years

• Grit — can ship content material constantly over time by thick and skinny

• Empathy — can be taught and perceive what’s essential to builders and engineering organizations

• Credible — produces content material that acknowledges the trade-offs and complexities of the actual world

• Can overlap with 10a-noon US Japanese time (EST) . You’ll be able to work from anyplace on the planet, however we’ve our firm huge conferences within the 10a-12p EST time vary.

Good to have

• Expertise within the AWS or cloud house

• Convention talking expertise

• Nice information of the applying internet hosting/deployment ecosystem

• Capable of work with primary demos in a number of programming languages

• Expertise with our stack: Typescript, React, Subsequent.js

You Are Somebody Who

• Is Form. We’re a crew that seeks to work very well collectively by constructing deep relationships. We now have one another’s backs. We care about and test in on one another, and we get pleasure from being collectively. We now have firm retreats 2-3 instances per yr for per week at a time.

• Is Collaborative. All of us work intently collectively to design and develop one of the best product potential. We wish somebody who’s humble however will convey your individual concepts on be extra glorious.

• Takes Possession. We provide important fairness as a result of we wish you to assume at the next degree than simply your every day duties. We wish you to assist us form the enterprise. We’d like somebody who likes to dig in and do what it takes to determine issues out. And we wish somebody who is sweet at turning obscure concepts into magnificence.

• Has a Progress Mindset. It issues extra the place you’re going than the place you might be immediately. We’re in search of somebody who likes to develop, enhance, and be taught new issues.

Your Typical Week at Flightcontrol

On Monday, relying in your timezone, you’ll begin your morning or afternoon with a espresso chat the place everyone seems to be collectively for causal dialog. After that, you’ll be a part of our Flightcontrol planning session with the whole Flightcontrol product crew.

Tuesday is often assembly free, so that you’ll be targeted in your work.

On Wednesday you’ll have your weekly 1 on 1 with Brandon, the CEO. That is your time to ask for what you need, convey up points, ask arduous questions, and provides and obtain suggestions. Brandon takes suggestions very significantly and is fast to make wanted adjustments.

Thursday and Friday are your time for deep work.

Apart from being obtainable 9a-12p EST, your work hours are versatile and as much as you. A few of us work a normal 9-5 sort of deal whereas others have various schedules.

You’ll collaborate with Brandon as a lot as is required.

Since we’re a startup, the journey from thought to constructing to delivery to rising is actually a little bit of a curler coaster. However we’re all on the curler coaster collectively, studying and iterating as rapidly as we are able to. So long as we persist with our values and present up for one another with curiosity, compassion, and collaboration, we are able to seemingly overcome absolutely anything collectively.

Each month we’ve a tech-debt cleanup day. Each different month we’ve an organization hackathon.

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You Can Develop With Us

We wish you to develop with us as a lot as you want. As we scale, you’ll be capable to develop into nearly any function you may think about. Need to change into a crew lead? We’ll assist practice you. Need to change into a supervisor? We’ll make it occur. Need to be an govt? Let’s determine that out. We wish you to be with us so long as you might be extraordinarily glad. If we get to position had been you aren’t glad, we’ll do every thing we are able to that can assist you discover a place the place you might be.

Our Code of Excellence

• Go above and past. We’re not right here to half-way do something. If we’re going to do one thing, we’re going to do a stellar job.

• Inform the reality even when it hurts. We don’t inform white lies, and we don’t deceive. Even when it prices.

• Deal with you and yours first, work second. Nothing issues greater than household and shut relationships. We by no means sacrifice them for work.

• Deal with folks higher than they deserve. Kindness and generosity guides how we deal with everybody, together with teammates and clients.

• Give and obtain suggestions. Suggestions is crucial for progress. We extremely worth giving and receiving casual, constructive suggestions between all members of the crew, after which taking immediate motion on that suggestions.

• Have a life exterior work. It may be something, hobbies, aspect initiatives, studying, and so on. So long as you will have one thing and work isn’t all you reside for.

• Eradicate stress. Stress is a killer, and we work to remove it by any means, together with methods, train, and meditation.

• Nothing is unimaginable. We consider we are able to create any future we think about, and we lean into fixing the issues that appear unimaginable.

• Construct a legacy. We’re right here to do our best work. Work that can encourage generations for years to return.

Wage & Advantages

• 32 Hour Work Week – Increasingly corporations are discovering that individuals accomplish the identical quantity of labor in 32 hours as in 40 hours.

• Wage: $110k — $145k USD (identical as our engineering roles)

• 0.75% — 1% Fairness Inventory Choices. You’ll be a $20+ millionaire if our progress continues like it’s

• Minimal 4 Weeks PTO – It is important to have good work life stability, so you have to take not less than 4 weeks PTO every year.

• Well being Insurance coverage Absolutely Paid For

• 401k – We’re nonetheless understanding the main points on this, however will get it nailed down asap if it’s essential to you

• Menstrual Go away – There isn’t any use making an attempt to be productive if you end up struggling. Take the day(s) off as PTO, no clarification wanted.

• Limitless Sick Go away – In case you are feeling crappy, you are not going to be doing all your finest work. So relaxation, get higher, then come again energized.

• 2+ In-Particular person Firm Retreats Per 12 months

• Open Supply – We’re enthusiastic about open-source and encourage you to contribute on firm time to something that can profit the corporate.

• Gear – We’ll be sure you have all of the tools it is advisable have an ergonomic, productive atmosphere, together with a standing desk and exterior displays.

• Conferences – We’re a giant fan of in-person convention experiences, and encourage you to talk at and attend them. We’ll totally pay so that you can attend 2 conferences per yr.

• Schooling – Price range for books or programs which can be not less than tangentially associated to your work.