Tell us what you've got and what you’d like to do and learn!
Helsinki, Finland / Prague, Czech / Anywhere you want
Are you the one to join us on our journey to the next level? Want to join a nice and friendly bunch of people?
We are developing an ambitious B2B product called Pace which is a modular system supporting digitalising of challenging and demanding business processes of companies from various fields, including finance and public sector. As the product is internally build as a platform, but developed as a product, it gives a lot of possibilities for pushing the envelope, both skills and business wise.
We are looking for people who enjoy being in command of their own work, who are eager to learn new things and who want to raise the bar not just for themselves, but for the company as well. We are also a great place if person wants to see their contribution to make a direct impact and difference: there is freedom and also time to do what one sees serves the whole.
We believe in personal freedom, responsibility, flat structure and continuous improvement. People are free to come and go as they see best, and they are master of their own time allocation - as long as they are mindful of the needs of colleagues and customers. Most of the decisions are made based on discussions and debate and everybody has a chance to influence what and how we actually do things.
If this sounds about right to you, come and join us in Helsinki, Finland or in Prague, Czech - or from anywhere. We work as one team regardless of the location, and have been working in this mode for years.
We are interested in everyone who has a combination of talent, professional pride, motivation to learn, but who also understand that we all make mistakes, no one is perfect and when things go south, we just need to pick ourselves up, learn from the occasion, and keep on aiming high.
You find our values sound
You are a giver - in a good way - not a taker
You are self-driven and have a good work ethic
You want to learn and have a curious mind
You like to make things (happen)
Bad and/or sarcastic and/or humor is a plus
If you mid-level/senior backend and/or devops oriented developer with skills modern php, symfony, and/or cloud-based devops and/or would like to learn more, let us know! However, also more junior level candidates are seriously considered if there is a burning motivation and some experience, for example, from hobby or free time work.
In general, motivation and drive to learn and to do quality code are the most important things.
NOTE!!
Even if this would not apply to you, but our values and ways of working feels right up your alley, and you could see us as a possible employer, then drop us a line in any case! We are interested to hear from you :) We are expecting further needs, for example, in devops/cloud-native and backend/integration areas.
If you are for example mid-level/senior front-end developer with skills in ReScript or an interest to learn (it’s not too hard to pick up, really), let us hear from you. We’ll be then in contact when opportunities raise!
Challenges. Our tech ambitions don't lay in easy-level implementations or modifications.
Responsibility and room to grow. You get all the responsibility you want to and are ready to handle.
A possibility and time to hone your skills to the max and beyond. We breath learning.
A possibility to extend your knowhow to new domains. Everyone can take time to learn and to play with new (or old) things.
A work role tailored to you. People do things, roles don't. At the end of the day your work role will be the one you are most interested in and the one that with you can bring most value to colleagues and to the company. And it can change during the ride, if it should be so. As it probably will.
Flexibility. As much as you need and as much you can handle without letting the others down.
Influence. Regular 1-on-1 talks with the CEO discussing how things could be done better and what you would like too see.
Psychological safety. We are stable from the financial point of view, but we think we are that from the mental side as well. Our aim is to disagree as strongly with these statements as possible.
Very flat organization. Basically you’ll have a lot of time to focus on getting the actual work done and to improve your skills on your interest areas, and as much of say on things as you want.
Support to help you get started and up to full speed
Life outside work (or a possibility for it). We believe a normal amount of working hours should be enough to make a difference.
Freedom & remote work. You can work from the office or from home or full-remote, early in the morning or later in the evening, four days a week or full week or however.
Concrete support for learning: want to dedicate a day or two to look into something? Go for it. Want a book? No problem, we order it. Interesting web course? Lets enroll. Something else? Why not.
Some perks: depends a bit on the office (or would you be full-remote), but in general we offer an office with a central location and some other perks to make life easier (for example in Helsinki home internet, mobile subscription, extra insurances covering spare-time incidents and illness, good occupational healthcare).
A competitive salary every month, but even more interestingly:
Employee succeed together program. If the company succeeds, everybody making it will: if reasonable profitability levels are met, big chunk of the profit is shared to everyone making it. For people shown their claws it’s also possibility to get an ownership share of the company (round to be done yearly)
Our roots are from consumer facing web services, but we have since pivoted to pure business-to-business domain. Because of our background we are most interested on that our product fits the end user needs, not just needs of the managers. The software we do must create value to the everyday life of the actual users.
We might be the thing for you if you would like to work in a product company. An own product offers an infinite possibilities to get better and improve one’s skills as if something turns out to be a recurring work routine and/or too easy to be interesting, then we'll try to find a way to make that go away (with a good software solution and/or automation). Basically this means that everyone will be continuously learning and getting better at their craft.
Our tech stack is a modern, modular and API centric code base that we continuously improve to make it cleaner, simpler and better. We are not claiming to be all-knowing and that there would not be any suboptimal/legacy code due to our product’s long history. The important thing, however, is our willingness to continuously refactor and push the boundaries forward. If you see a way to do something better, we will listen and happily learn.
You don't have to be experienced on all of our tech stack. The tech always changes, so motivation, getting things done, curiosity and a hunger to learn are the most important capabilities. If you know some of our tech already, that’s perfect. If you're very motivated and a quick learner, that’s as good.
Our offices are located in Helsinki and in Prague; if interested, one can change between the offices for a shorter or longer time. One can naturally also work as full-remote, if that would be preferable.
Please send an informal email to Eero (eero.holmila@rohea.com) to learn more and to start a conversation.
From your end, please tell briefly, for example, how do you see your fit to our culture and values, what things you already have experience on, what you are interested in, what have you done before, a CV or a link to your LinkedIn profile, etc.
If you have a portfolio or a github account or similar to show what you have done before, please provide a link!
If this is not for you or the timing is just bad - perhaps this is for someone you know? Please give a nod to that person, so they can check if they'd feel there could be something for them here!
What our team members have said about working in Rohea.
I came to Finland to study and by chance stumbled across Rohea’s hiring page. I am no longer a student but I have never been learning so much as I am now.
At Rohea I found a place where if you have an idea and take the initiative, you are given the chance to make things happen. Combined with a lot of freedom, it is a great place to grow.
From the perspective of a foreigner, I truly appreciate the inclusive and friendly atmosphere at Rohea that make me feel at home.
Working at Rohea is great for personal growth and self-fulfillment. We're encouraged to find use for our many talents and interests, and to be diversely involved in all steps of the process. This builds a good sense of purpose and commitment to the end products.
In my experience Rohea has been a fair and flexible environment to create great things.
With Rohea the tasks have always been diverse and how you go about them is mostly in your hands. My main selling point is that you won't be stuck in what you do, you will always be improving yourself and can influence the tasks you will be undertaking.
It won't always be easy, but good things never are.
Rohea is a place that gives you a lot of freedom how to do your work. You have a say in your tools and in your approach to problem solving. Do you sometimes want to work remotely or even take a few months and set up office abroad? If you can do it responsibly and the flow with your teammates works, it's completely doable. Results matter, but if it works, how you do it is open for discussion.
At Rohea, I appreciate the trust I can put in my co-workers and the trust I receive myself to do the work in ways I find most fulfilling.
Rohea gave me inspirational environment and mindset. Company’s inborn drive to make friendlier software gives you great place to display your passion to build great products that you can be proud of.
I’ve dropped out from daily life at Rohea few years years ago in order to become medical doctor. Now when looking Rohea outside the box, I’m very happy to see a positive energy and team that aspires to create products that are both beautiful and friendly both end user and developer point of view.
We're growing a company where building high quality is the default state of mind. We iterate, improve and refactor, most of the time without client asking to. It means you won't get thanked for doing normal but cheered if you find a way to work your magic better.
I'm the guy who asks people to fix their naming schemes to follow a pattern I figured out and probably forgot to tell about. In a wider sense, I think every single part of a software needs to be thought through with loving and caring attitude. Solid argumentation is how things get decided most times.
We have our up and downs, but I do believe that people who are self-driven and hungry to learn will be happy with us. I do put a lot weight on work ethics and I'd get irritated if somebody would seem to be "just working", e.g. seem not to be interested in reaching their full potential (and then some). We put much emphasis on quality and continuous improvement. And to a freedom of being yourself.
Me myself: I try not to get into way of people doing stuff or micromanage. Sometimes I fail, but luckily when I do, I'll mostly get instant feedback to back off. That is good.
