Frontend Software Engineer, air up
Digital Consumer
Scent-based taste drinking system
Job no longer available
Scent-based taste drinking system
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
air up's mission is to do something good for people’s health, and also for the environment.
Role
Who you are
- If you’re looking for autonomy and purpose, are passionate about good design and engineering practices and thrive in dynamic, highly collaborative environments, you will feel right at home with us
- You have excellent web development skills (esp. css/tailwind/animations) with at least 3+ years of professional experience
- You have a deep understanding of web technologies and modern web development
- You are used to monitoring Core Web Vitals and incorporating those into web development
- You care deeply about code quality and foster good engineering practices
- You are strongly aligned with agile values and principles
- You are humble, open-minded, communicative and play well with others
- You have a BSc in Computer Science or a related field (or an intriguing reason for not
- Having one)
Desirable
- Previous experience with Vercel
- Previous experience with React & next.js
What the job involves
- The Digital Consumer teams are mission-centric, cross-functional software delivery teams. They work remote-first and ideate, ship, and run air up’s customer facing systems. This includes evolving our ecommerce platform (https://shop.air-up.com) to keep up with our brand evolution, as well as creating new digital experiences from scratch
- As a Frontend Software Engineer, you are a key member of a delivery team and work closely with other Engineers, Product Managers and Product Designers towards shared goals
- You focus on bridging the gap between engineering and design and together with the team you build, test and ship new features. You are a great contributor and help the team as a whole perform at its best
- Be part of a cross-functional, mission-driven and self-organizing delivery team
- Develop and maintain user-facing features
- Pair up with other engineers & designers to work also on other parts of the stack if needed
- Together with designers & product managers come up with an amazing user experience that translates nicely into web concepts
- Focus on delivering solutions optimized for web performance & accessibility
- Implement animations using CSS whenever possible, favoring performant, native browser capabilities over JavaScript-based solutions
- Help advance the state of frontend engineering at air up
- Constantly learn and improve yourself and everything around you
Our take
Everyone knows how important it is to drink water, but with so many alternative drinks available and global consumption of sugar at an all-time high, water is not often our first choice of hydration. The alternatives invariably contain untold amounts of sugar, additives, and more. So consumers are forced to choose between taste or health.
air up has developed a refillable bottle that turns plain tap water into flavoured water. By transporting scent through air and using the biological effect of retronasal olfaction, the brand has created an impression of taste that is actually scent. The idea redefines drinking water in a way that enables consumers to drink flavoured drinks that are additive-free and sugar-free.
The business aims to be conscious of people’s health and the environment. Compared to the average bottled drink, air up uses far less plastic. And, the small, lightweight scent Pods mean that the logistics are carbon-efficient and kinder to the planet. It's growing fast: so far, the startup has raised a total $67.8 million over the course of 5 funding rounds.
Since its launch on the market in July 2019, the company has already reached in excess of €100M in revenue and has served more than 1 million customers across Europe. This has already led to a huge reduction in single-use plastic and a decline in sugar consumption.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2021
$47m
LATE VC
Oct 2020
$21.2m
SERIES A
Total funding: $77.1m
Company benefits
- 🏖 30 days of vacation
- 💻 remote-first approach
- 🏷 discount on our products
- 💰 employer-funded pension
- 👟 discount on Urban Sports Club
- 📈 personal development
- 🎉 regular team events
- ☕️ free coffee & fruit
- 🏁 start-up spirit
Company HQ
Berg am Laim, Munich, Germany
Leadership
Lena Jüngst
(Chief Evangelist & Co-Founder)Lena Jüngst achieved a Bachelor's Degree in Product Design & Industrial in 2016 before co-founding Air Up in 2018.
Tim Jäger
(CR&DO & Co-Founder)Became a Product Design Intern after leaving a career as a watchmaker. Created the first air up prototype with Lena Jüngst as part of a bachelor thesis alongside co-founder Lena Jüngst.
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