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Jean-Baptiste Escoyez
Jean-Baptiste Escoyez

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Ambitious founder looking for a talented Ruby on Rails developer

šŸ‘‰ This is not the traditional young-start-up-no-budget job offer. šŸ‘ˆ

As a developer for the last 12 years, I have been pissed by the poor quality of the job offers I have received from many recruiters.

Today, it is my turn to recruit a talented developer. I decided to change the paradigm by writing a recruitment cover letter instead of a traditional job offer.

Let me know if you like the approach šŸ‘

If you are reading this letter, a word in the title probably caught your attention. If you are considering the position, you might like to know whom you will work with.

I amĀ Jean-Baptiste. I have beenĀ passionate about building web businessesĀ for the last 12 years. During this journey, I have learned a lot from Continuous Integration to web marketing, from CSS to business plans, from Database optimization to HR, etc. In other words, I am a jack-of-all-trades (...senior šŸ™„). I have never decoupled building web applications and growing businesses.

After having been an associate in several ventures, I have started a new business 3 months ago.Ā FlexioĀ is a tool thatĀ automates entrepreneurs' paperwork. The platform collects all their accounting documents (sales and purchase invoices), asks them when one of them is missing, and prepare the complete file for their accountant.

FlexioĀ is important to entrepreneursĀ because accounting is one of the most annoying tasks they have to do. Automating it would allow them to spend more time on things that matter to them (their business, their family, their passions).

The ambition of Flexio is to automate more and more paperwork-related tasks (accounting, payments, insurance) not only for entrepreneurs butĀ for every small and medium business in Europe.

As a solo founder, I am clearly the Chief Everything Officer of Flexio. So far, I haveĀ given life to the vision, raised some money (175 000ā‚¬), and built a first version of the app (with a nice UI šŸ¤©). Today, a few weeks before launch, I am looking for the first collaborator to join the company: aĀ Ruby on Rails full-stack developerĀ who wants to live an exciting entrepreneurial experience.

In this position, you willĀ code the platform with meĀ during the first months. Then, as the product takes off, you willĀ lead the developmentĀ as I will focus on business development. After we reach a decent cash flow, you will start toĀ grow the technical teamĀ (with a leadership role or an expert role depending on your affinities).

The job is perfect for you if you are an experienced developer who knows how to balanceĀ feature shippingĀ andĀ code maintainability, who knows the difference between performance pitfalls and premature optimization, who likes toĀ get things done, and who has anĀ optimisticĀ andĀ pragmaticĀ mindset.

You will love your journey at Flexio if you like to take up challenges andĀ solve difficult technical problemsĀ in an elegant way; if you addicted toĀ learning new things; if you are excited about the idea ofĀ re-inventing your job every six monthsĀ while building aĀ valuable productĀ and growing aĀ strong team.

Speaking about the team, the core values at Flexio areĀ independence,Ā transparency, andĀ passion. That is why the job is full-remote and open to any EU citizen. To that extent, it requires you to be(come)Ā freelancer. The daily rate isĀ between 350ā‚¬ and 500ā‚¬ depending on your experience.

I hope that this offer will get you excited. If you are interested or just want to know more, I'll be happy to chat with you. Just drop me an email atĀ hello@flexio.appĀ orĀ reach out to me on LinkedIn.

Looking forward to meeting you šŸš€,

JB

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Martin Vandersteen

Good luck JB! I hope Flexio is going well and wish you the best for the launch ;)