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Ask HN: What are the UK/EU based remote-only companies or remote friendly?

49 points by hackerm0nkey 8y ago

essentially for backend software engineer (Java, GoLang, Microservices, *nix)

courtewing 8y ago
Elastic is technically a European company and is distributed around the world. EU headquarters is in Amsterdam, US headquarters in Mountain View, AP headquarters in Singapore. https://www.elastic.co/ https://www.elastic.co/
- inertiatic 8y ago
  Somewhat disappointed with applying there. Spent some time writing a detailed cover letter as my experience lined up very well with the requirements for a role, never got a response months later.
remotework 8y ago
Hotjar [1] is based in the EU. You can also have a look at Europe Remotely [2] only remote jobs in Europe, and nodesk [3] is one of the few remote job boards where you can filter by remote location. Because remote doesn't always mean remote ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ [1] https://hotjar.com/ https://hotjar.com/ [2] https://europeremotely.com/ https://europeremotely.com/ [3] https://nodesk.co/remote-jobs/ https://nodesk.co/remote-jobs/
- zabana 8y ago
  thanks for the links !
kidshenlong 8y ago
I've heard Monzo are remote friendly. https://monzo.com/careers/ https://monzo.com/careers/
growlist 8y ago
Funny isn't it, we're always told that employers struggle to recruit in IT but they also apparently stubbornly refuse to offer a perk which could drastically increase interest in the positions they are offering. As remotework said ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- chrisseaton 8y ago
  > stubbornly refuse to offer a perk I think describing remote working as a 'perk' is not a good idea. Really it's more efficient for both parties, and is a sensible way to work. Calling it a 'perk' makes it sound like a silly benefit just for the employee, on the same level as ping pong tables.
  - hackerm0nkey 8y ago
    I think of it more like a productivity tool rather being a `perk`, but gotta explain that to who's in charge.
  - growlist 8y ago
    Well yes, but perk seemed like a better shorthand than 'condition of working', 'working arrangement' etc.
- hackerm0nkey 8y ago
  I think there's a high degree of ignorance in this area nowadays. Companies (well old-fashioned managers) think of remote work as a way of slacking off work, hence not encouraging it or even offering it in the first place. It's only the people who do work remotely and know how to do so understand the productivity impact and the freedom it brings from being tied to an office all day every day in this day and age.
  - growlist 8y ago
    Exactly - I get so much more done, and have more flexibility to put in extra time when I need to.
  - muzani 8y ago
    Some people do slack off work. It's sort of like welfare. We're more concerned with who would abuse it, rather than who it would help, even when the benefits exceed the potential fraud.
    - 8y ago
alljames 8y ago
Jetstack (Kubernetes development, consulting, support, training) is remote friendly across the UK and Europe and hiring across a variety of roles, including ones that match your specialisations pretty closely: - Solutions Engineer - Software Engineer - Customer Reliability Engineer - Engineering Manager https://www.jetstack.io/careers/ https://www.jetstack.io/careers/
bouk 8y ago
DigitalOcean is able to hire in the Netherlands and Germany.
ElFitz 8y ago
Buffer Bearer (twitter.com/bearersh)
faical 8y ago
Heetch [1] is based in Paris, France and is super remote friendly (~95% of the engineering team is remote) :) [1] https://www.heetch.com/fr/jobs https://www.heetch.com/fr/jobs
kstenerud 8y ago
Canonical has 100% remote positions for EU & Americas: https://www.canonical.com/careers/all-vacancies https://www.canonical.com/careers/all-vacancies
thiago_fm 8y ago
Gitlab
alexgotoi 8y ago
EU friendly remote companies by remoteur.com: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s0nqmTW7zfZNqHXuwjsBPtrk2ZmYk0_DLQNgOqh946A/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s0nqmTW7zfZNqHXuwjsB...
a-saleh 8y ago
RedHat might be a decen't option. I worked there for several years, and most of my colleagues in Germany were remotees. And even if you were hired to work on-site, it was usually just a one conversation with manager along the lines of "I don't really want to commute every morning for an hour, can I work from home?" with the usual reply "Ok, but show up every two weeks for a $MEETING".

49 points by hackerm0nkey 8y ago

essentially for backend software engineer (Java, GoLang, Microservices, *nix)

Elastic is technically a European company and is distributed around the world. EU headquarters is in Amsterdam, US headquarters in Mountain View, AP headquarters in Singapore. https://www.elastic.co/ https://www.elastic.co/

inertiatic 8y ago
Somewhat disappointed with applying there. Spent some time writing a detailed cover letter as my experience lined up very well with the requirements for a role, never got a response months later.

remotework 8y ago

Hotjar [1] is based in the EU. You can also have a look at Europe Remotely [2] only remote jobs in Europe, and nodesk [3] is one of the few remote job boards where you can filter by remote location. Because remote doesn't always mean remote ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ [1] https://hotjar.com/ https://hotjar.com/ [2] https://europeremotely.com/ https://europeremotely.com/ [3] https://nodesk.co/remote-jobs/ https://nodesk.co/remote-jobs/

zabana 8y ago
thanks for the links !

kidshenlong 8y ago

I've heard Monzo are remote friendly. https://monzo.com/careers/ https://monzo.com/careers/

growlist 8y ago

Funny isn't it, we're always told that employers struggle to recruit in IT but they also apparently stubbornly refuse to offer a perk which could drastically increase interest in the positions they are offering. As remotework said ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

chrisseaton 8y ago
> stubbornly refuse to offer a perk I think describing remote working as a 'perk' is not a good idea. Really it's more efficient for both parties, and is a sensible way to work. Calling it a 'perk' makes it sound like a silly benefit just for the employee, on the same level as ping pong tables.
- hackerm0nkey 8y ago
  I think of it more like a productivity tool rather being a `perk`, but gotta explain that to who's in charge.
- growlist 8y ago
  Well yes, but perk seemed like a better shorthand than 'condition of working', 'working arrangement' etc.
hackerm0nkey 8y ago
I think there's a high degree of ignorance in this area nowadays. Companies (well old-fashioned managers) think of remote work as a way of slacking off work, hence not encouraging it or even offering it in the first place. It's only the people who do work remotely and know how to do so understand the productivity impact and the freedom it brings from being tied to an office all day every day in this day and age.
- growlist 8y ago
  Exactly - I get so much more done, and have more flexibility to put in extra time when I need to.
- muzani 8y ago
  Some people do slack off work. It's sort of like welfare. We're more concerned with who would abuse it, rather than who it would help, even when the benefits exceed the potential fraud.
  - 8y ago

alljames 8y ago

Jetstack (Kubernetes development, consulting, support, training) is remote friendly across the UK and Europe and hiring across a variety of roles, including ones that match your specialisations pretty closely: - Solutions Engineer - Software Engineer - Customer Reliability Engineer - Engineering Manager https://www.jetstack.io/careers/ https://www.jetstack.io/careers/

bouk 8y ago

DigitalOcean is able to hire in the Netherlands and Germany.

ElFitz 8y ago

Buffer Bearer (twitter.com/bearersh)

faical 8y ago

Heetch [1] is based in Paris, France and is super remote friendly (~95% of the engineering team is remote) :) [1] https://www.heetch.com/fr/jobs https://www.heetch.com/fr/jobs

kstenerud 8y ago

Canonical has 100% remote positions for EU & Americas: https://www.canonical.com/careers/all-vacancies https://www.canonical.com/careers/all-vacancies

thiago_fm 8y ago

Gitlab

alexgotoi 8y ago

EU friendly remote companies by remoteur.com: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s0nqmTW7zfZNqHXuwjsBPtrk2ZmYk0_DLQNgOqh946A/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s0nqmTW7zfZNqHXuwjsB...

a-saleh 8y ago

RedHat might be a decen't option. I worked there for several years, and most of my colleagues in Germany were remotees. And even if you were hired to work on-site, it was usually just a one conversation with manager along the lines of "I don't really want to commute every morning for an hour, can I work from home?" with the usual reply "Ok, but show up every two weeks for a $MEETING".