About the role

Why working at GAVEL 🙌

Being part of GAVEL is more than a job — it’s a journey. Working in a fast-growing startup that has a fundamental impact on e-commerce. Regular online stores don't cut it anymore. Being community- and data-driven is what defines our DNA 🧬

European play 🇪🇺

Europe has a unique and rich culture, tremendous diversity, and people are super open-minded. BUT shop owners here are not tech-savvy at all and sadly very old-fashioned sellers. GAVEL is here to change that. Long live live shopping 🔥

Our tech stack 🤓

Node.js, Express, Prisma.io
React Native, React, Typescript
Redux, Socket.io, Agora
SQL, REDIS, Datalake
AWS, Docker

What you will do 😎

Own a complete feature from endpoint to component
Build prototypes to test new ideas quickly with users
Optimize the API<>App interaction (modules, calls, cache)
Code review your teammates, merge PRs and deploy
Exchange knowledge and publish tech blog posts

Must-have qualifications 🧐

5+ years coding experience, 2+ years in Node.js or React (Native)
Expertise in Express, Socketio, React, Auth, Nginx, GIT
Great understanding of lifecycle-methods, wasted re-renders and how to make apps snappy
Expertise in handling data (REST, SQL, Socketio, REDIS)
Excellent debugging skills with CLI, Sentry, Postman

Bonus skills to wow us 🤩

Passion to work test-driven
Experiences with Docker and AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, Route53)
Knowledge in database monitoring and modeling (in Prisma.io)
Video and live-streaming expertise
Open-source contributions

Perks & benefits 🥳

Remote-first or office in Berlin Mitte
30 paid vacation days
Budget for home office
Budget for personal development
Free hairdresser once a month

Special perks 👩‍💻

For everyone: Regular invitations to retreats in Berlin or the EU
For women: A yearly membership to the female factor #empowerment
For non-EU workers: Health insurance for personal safety

Next steps 🚀

Check out https://letsgavel.com/culture
Email us or ping us on LinkedIn
Have a call with our Head of People and the founders
Pull and commit a code challenge
Get an unlimited remote contract

Why you should join GAVEL

Gavel is a live shopping marketplace for retailers in the EU, starting with comic stores. We allow shop owners to turn their offline store into a live and interactive online store within a couple of seconds. With our passion for technology, we build the best platform to connect, buy and sell with and from each other.

👉 Check out our app on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store

Being part of GAVEL is more than a job — it’s a journey. Working in a fast-growing startup that has a fundamental impact on e-commerce. Regular online stores don't cut it anymore. Gavel is here to change that. Long live live shopping 🔥

This is your chance to be part of something big right from the very beginning. So roll up your sleeves and get involved 💪

GAVEL

Fullstack Senior Dev