Backend Engineer, Ace & Tate

Ruby

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AWS
TypeScript
GCP
JavaScript
Redis
Postgres
Ruby
Rails
Ruby on Rails
Senior and Expert level
Amsterdam

We can offer visa sponsorship

Office located in Singel, Amsterdam

Ace & Tate

Quality eyewear brand

Be an early applicant

Ace & Tate

Quality eyewear brand

201-500 employees

B2CRetailLifestylePersonal healthFashioneCommerce

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided
AWS
TypeScript
GCP
JavaScript
Redis
Postgres
Ruby
Rails
Ruby on Rails
Senior and Expert level
Amsterdam

We can offer visa sponsorship

Office located in Singel, Amsterdam

201-500 employees

B2CRetailLifestylePersonal healthFashioneCommerce

Company mission

Through responsible and conscious actions, the brand is on a mission to become an engine for positive change in the eyewear industry.

Company mission

Through responsible and conscious actions, the brand is on a mission to become an engine for positive change in the eyewear industry.

B Corporation

-3% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Prescription eyewear can be expensive, unfashionable and overly complicated to purchase. Ace & Tate solves this problem by manufacturing and selling high-quality designer eyewear directly to customers.

Unlike more traditional optometrists and eyewear outlets, such as Specsavers, Ace & Tate's stores are modelled as bright, spacious boutiques. This appeals directly to fashion conscious customers, and has proven lucrative for the company so far. On top of this, the brand offers free eye tests, and as it cuts out unnecessary middlemen. Its glasses start at under £100, significantly less than other boutique eyewear brands.

The brand now operates in seven countries, and is looking to grow its operations considerably. The company will have to scale without endangering the sustainability of its product if it is to hold onto its already impressive following.

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Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Benefits

  • Personal development and lots of variety in your work
  • Frequent updates to your eyewear collection
  • A broad scope of responsibilities
  • The chance to be part of a young and ambitious international team
  • The opportunity to push the boundaries for our international (digital) footprint

Funding (1 round)

Jul 2020

$15.7m

EARLY VC

Total funding: $15.7m

Leadership

Mark de Lange

(CEO & Founder)

Graduated with an MSc in Marketing from VU Amsterdam, and then founded Ace & Tate in 2012.

Previously worked in Benelux Global Marketing Solutions at Facebook, and is currently also head of e-commerce at Heinken.

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