Overview
Vegvisits, the ‘Airbnb’ for vegans and vegetarians, is looking for a technical co-founder to help scale our startup. We are building a home-sharing platform from our BETA site (www.vegvisits.com), which currently hosts 1K listings located in 80+ countries worldwide.
Vegvisits is looking for a full stack developer to finish building a new web platform that is nearing completion, with the goal to develop for mobile in the future.
The perfect candidate is willing to get his/her hands dirty as we fine tune the platform, is resourceful and reliable, and can work independently to get the job done, without the continuous support of a team.
On a personal level, we are looking for a trustworthy person. A passion for the vegan lifestyle is a plus!
Please note, salary will be largely equity-based in the short-term. However this is a great opportunity to join an early-stage startup in an emerging market (both the plant-based and sharing economy space) with high growth opportunities.
Start-time: ASAP
Location: Remote
Contact Email: team@vegvisits.com
Responsibilities:
- Finish building version 2.0 from BETA
- Oversee the version 2.0
- Finding + fixing bugs
- QA and testing
- Optimizing Conversion rates
- DevOps
- Product management
- Application architecture
- Optimizing technical SEO
- Hiring IT professionals / Tech team growth management
- Creating detailed roadmaps based on long-term goals of the company
- Build version 2.0 mobile App for iOS and Android
The tech stack we are using to build the new platform is:
- React, Redux, GraphQL, React-Apollo, Express Nodejs
- Database / Server: DigitalOcean
- Code management: GIT
*Please send your resume along with a cover letter stating why you want to jump on board this project. We look forward to hearing from you!
About Vegvisits
Vegvisits is the ‘Airbnb’ for vegans and vegetarians. It is an online home-sharing platform that connects travelers to vegan and vegetarian locals with accommodations located worldwide. The BETA platform, launched in 2016, currently hosts 1K listings in over 80 countries.
The Vegvisits platform accommodates all types of listings – from retreats, hotels, B&B’s and entire vacation homes to private and shared rooms in host’s primary residences. Renting an accommodation with a Vegvisits hosts eliminates many of the eating problems vegans and vegetarians face while traveling. Guests are provided with useful inside knowledge on the best food in the area, have access to a meat-free kitchen to make their own meals, and can search for accommodations based on their favorite appliances.
As hosts, in addition to meeting a diverse set of people from around the world and earning extra income, the platform sets their mind at ease - they list their space as either vegan or vegetarian, and are assured that their kitchen and home remains just as they like it.
Although hosts must be either vegan or vegetarian to list their accommodation, guests do not have to be as long as they respect the rules and ethos of the community as they travel. The founders created the platform with the goal in mind to be an invaluable resource for flexitarians and the veg-curious to learn more about the vegan lifestyle while staying with locals.
Home-sharing is a beautiful concept that empowers people around the globe, and makes traveling an enjoyable, exciting and affordable way to see the world, brimming with the life that both guests and hosts bring to the experience. But as Airbnb has grown, it’s lost its touch, and often the risks outweigh the potential for an amazing stay.
We’ve taken everything we love about Airbnb and made it our own – a site specifically designed for the niche community of vegans and vegetarians, where members are able to benefit from the increased trust and reliability that comes from having shared lifestyles and values. With Vegvisits, it’s less like you are staying with a stranger and more like a good friend that you have just met.
As one traveler describes her experience, “It was as if we met a friend whom we didn’t see for years, despite having never met each other at all, and whom we’d love to stay in touch with – from now on and forever.”
