Technology is a major factor of success for Colonies. Our ambition is to create a spotless end-to-end experience, miles away from what renting an apartment currently feels like, and technology is at the center of this endeavour. Our tech products interact with the tenants’ daily life and with their physical and social environment. We make their lives easier without seeking to monopolize their attention. More than anywhere else, technology has a direct impact on the user’s quality of life. To that aim we also have to make operating a coliving a breeze for our team of Experience Managers, automating as much of their work as we can, so that they can focus on building actual relationships with the tenants.
The booking and day-to-day management web app is live, along with the back-office and the marketing websites. Lots of processes have already been automated: lease signature, payments, accounting, reporting etc.
We are currently working on:
Some of our next steps are:
interfacing with connected devices, such as smart locks and thermostats, in order to:
And so much more with your help!
Our current stack:
We do our best to implement efficient design patterns on top of the MVC architecture (decorators, services, value objects, Trailblazer-style operations etc.) to make our codebase scalable. We know the importance of Good Code™ when it comes to scaling ; we also know it needs to be balanced with productivity at times. We write tests, we review code, and we constantly take a step back on our workflow. We want to do this the Right Way™.
Our web app is just the beginning, and we’ll always strive to use the right technologies along the way: SPAs, PWAs, native apps, you name it. We’re not driven by hype, but we know there’s a ton of cool and helpful tech out there, and we’ll use it.
We are currently trying to implement Basecamp’s Shape Up method, and will start organizing our work in squads soon.
Your mission, together with the rest of the team and possibly with external service providers, will consist in:
You’ll be assisted by Simon (CTO, 🇫🇷), Robert (lead Rails developer, 🇮🇪), Alexandra and Lionel (Rails developers, 🇫🇷), and soon by others (developers and product owner).
Assembling various trades into a single team is a characteristic of Colonies. You will get to work with all teams: real estate development, architecture and design, project management and experience management. This wealth of profiles is a chance, and each one of us is encouraged to participate to discussions about the Colonies product.
The atmosphere is casual and relaxed. Work schedules and personal organization are flexible: we bet on autonomy and trust. Our office is located at 174 quai de Jemmapes, 10th arrondissement: 6th floor, overlooking the canal, with the Sacré-Coeur in plain sight, a huge balcony and quality furniture and decoration carefully chosen by our very own architecture and design team.
We want to hire people who enrich the team as a whole, not just skill sets. This list is merely an indication, don’t hesitate to apply even if you don’t tick all the boxes.
No specific level of education is required. Speaking French isn’t necessary, but speaking fluent English is.
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