<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Hi LRUGers!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">I'm the founder of <a href="http://www.getlavanda.com/" target="_blank">Lavanda</a>, a UK tech business that’s reimagining the way we go about our laundry.  </span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;line-height:14.3520002365112px;white-space:pre-wrap">I'm currently looking to expand our core engineering team and would love to chat with anyone keen to find out more.  High level details below.  </span><span style="font-family:Arial;line-height:12.4800004959106px;white-space:pre-wrap">If you're interested in more information, just drop me an email and I'd love to discuss in more detail.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;background-color:transparent"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;background-color:transparent"><b><u>About Lavanda:</u></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:normal;background-color:transparent">Lavanda launched in December 2014 to solve the familiar pain point of washing and ironing by offering a branded on-demand laundry experience.  In a single tap your laundry is collected in a matter of minutes (average collection <30mins) and conveniently returned the next day - crisp, clean and professionally finished.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;background-color:transparent"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;background-color:transparent">The last major innovation to hit the laundry industry was the invention of the washing machine.  Now, after decades of stagnation, it's a sector ripe for disruption - and our socially progressive business model champions a new and exciting future...</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><u>Opportunity:</u></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I'm looking for <b>2 x full-stack developers</b> to join our engineering team to help build and scale our on-demand service platform. This is a unique opportunity to be an early hire in a fast-paced, high potential startup - laying the foundations for the technology stack that sits at the heart of Lavanda operations.  You'll work on our web and hybrid apps as well as back-­end systems, including creating and extending our APIs. </span><span style="line-height:14.3520002365112px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:14.3520002365112px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="line-height:14.3520002365112px">Basically, if</span><span style="line-height:1.53"> you've got a burning desire to build a product that can change the world <i>- we want to hear from you!</i></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.53;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Experience:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.53;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><ul style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:16pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3+ years experience in a similar role, delivering product and services using an Agile methodology</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Significant professional full-stack experience with a focus on API integration, test-driven development and mobile-first thinking</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Our preferred languages are JavaScript and Ruby, so you should have 3+ years experience of these</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Familiarity with one or more major front-end frameworks like React.js, Angular, or Ember paired with an appreciation of the strengths and weakness for a given solution</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Familiarity with one or more major back-end frameworks like Ruby on Rails, Sinatra or Express paired with an appreciation of the strengths and weakness for a given solution</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A history of delivering robust, maintainable multi-channel applications</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Experience of strong collaboration with other engineering disciplines is essential</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A laser focus on building compelling user experiences and interaction design</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Whilst our future platform stack may vary, the MVP stack uses Meteor, MongoDB, NodeJS, so familiarity with these is prized</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.53;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Skills:</span></p><ul style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:16pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Driven to research and employ best practice approaches to your work. You should be able to demonstrate how you use continuous deployment, continuous integration, TDD/ BDD in your work practices</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You value communication with the wider team and are able to tailor your language and approach to articulate your thoughts clearly and with confidence</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">"Can do” attitude - when faced with a business or technical obstacle you will not run and hide. You should be able to describe some issues you have encountered, your approach to solving them and your final solution</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Inquisitive - you should live and breath tech. You tinker in new tech on your side projects and are able to identify tools and techniques that could benefit your commercial project</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You're comfortable switching between tactical and strategic solutions, based on the short and long term needs of the business and the product.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.53;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Solution focus - architectural design is important, but you are able to balance this with the need to deliver quality solutions and experiences for our user groups.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Salary</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">£Competitive + equity</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Benefits</span></p><ul style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">£2,000 equipment budget on joining (to spend on anything you like/need).</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Happy to accommodate remote working.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Unlimited opportunity for career progression across the business.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Highly motivated, friendly team who all believe passionately in the company’s vision and mission!</span></p></li></ul><div><font face="Arial"><span style="line-height:12.4800004959106px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="Arial"><span style="line-height:12.4800004959106px;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks!</span></font></div></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><b style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Guy Westlake</font></b></div><div><b style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><div><div><a href="http://getlavanda.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/lavanda-brand-assets/Email+signature.png" width="96" height="53" style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"></a><span style="font-family:arial,helvet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