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Happity | REMOTE (UK-BASED) | FLEXIBLE | £35-50k | Full-Stack Lead Developer | https://www.happity.co.uk https://www.happity.co.uk Happity is a family friendly

Happity | REMOTE (UK-BASED) | FLEXIBLE | £35-50k | Full-Stack Lead Developer | https://www.happity.co.uk https://www.happity.co.uk Happity is a family friendly startup with a big mission. We’re looking for a talented full-stack developer to join us on our journey, helping new parents escape loneliness on the days spent as sole carer for a young child. 60% of mums go a whole day without adult interaction and a staggering 90% of new mums admit to feeling lonely. Yet there is a plethora of baby and toddler friendly activities on their doorstep waiting to be discovered. Singing, comedy, dancing - did you know there’s even a bring-your-baby coding class? Happity helps parents to find and book these activities. Fast. As our first technical hire, you will play a key role in shaping Happity and have ownership over the tech function of the business. We are looking for an experienced developer to help us build a cutting-edge platform managing real-time bookings with social features. We are a startup that fully embraces both the benefits and challenges of remote, flexible working and is passionate about promoting gender equality and parenting rights for dads. We’re open to considering a job-share or part-time work if appropriate, and share options as part of the compensation package. We have already raised angel investment and the backing of Ignite Accelerator. Our beta site launched in a pocket of South East London and rapidly grew to over 5,000 monthly users. If you'd like to learn more, feel free to drop me a line sara [at] happity.co.uk I look forward to hearing from you! Current Stack: Rails, Postgres, AWS, Heroku Jobs page: https://happity.breezy.hr/p/deed7afde7f201-full-stack-lead-developer-parenttech--flexible-remote--uk-based https://happity.breezy.hr/p/deed7afde7f201-full-stack-lead-d...

mooreds 9y ago
Great business idea.
- saratateno 9y ago
  Ah thank you. :) It's been driven from personal experience and I like to think we're helping make a painful part of life less painful for everyone. Transforming a whole industry at the same time is a nice side effect!
nl 9y ago
This is a good idea. I took time off when my son was born, working part time so my wife could go back to work part time too. It’s a very isolating experience. I’d also point out it can be doubly so for men doing it as if you go to a “parents group” all the mothers look at you as though you should be working. So there’s another market for you.
- imdsm 9y ago
  I agree with this. In time for when my son was born, I changed jobs to be fully remote, to avoid my partner feeling isolate as well as to be able to spend time with my son and help raise him more than just financially, but as you say, the "parents groups" are almost entirely mums & children, and the one or two that I've been to, I feel completely out of place.
  - saratateno 9y ago
    Yes - my husband took shared parental leave to look after our son whilst I trained as a web developer so I'm very conscious of this as well. We're increasingly seeing traffic on the site from dads and the functionality we're building will help them equally too.
troxwalt 9y ago
As others have said, it's a great idea. My wife and I don't work from home, but it would be great to have a one-stop-shop to find out about classes/programs. Good luck. (And of course, I'll keep an eye out when/if you higher mid-level developers.)

mooreds 9y ago

Great business idea.

saratateno 9y ago
Ah thank you. :) It's been driven from personal experience and I like to think we're helping make a painful part of life less painful for everyone. Transforming a whole industry at the same time is a nice side effect!

nl 9y ago

This is a good idea. I took time off when my son was born, working part time so my wife could go back to work part time too. It’s a very isolating experience. I’d also point out it can be doubly so for men doing it as if you go to a “parents group” all the mothers look at you as though you should be working. So there’s another market for you.

imdsm 9y ago
I agree with this. In time for when my son was born, I changed jobs to be fully remote, to avoid my partner feeling isolate as well as to be able to spend time with my son and help raise him more than just financially, but as you say, the "parents groups" are almost entirely mums & children, and the one or two that I've been to, I feel completely out of place.
- saratateno 9y ago
  Yes - my husband took shared parental leave to look after our son whilst I trained as a web developer so I'm very conscious of this as well. We're increasingly seeing traffic on the site from dads and the functionality we're building will help them equally too.

troxwalt 9y ago

As others have said, it's a great idea. My wife and I don't work from home, but it would be great to have a one-stop-shop to find out about classes/programs. Good luck. (And of course, I'll keep an eye out when/if you higher mid-level developers.)