The company blog of Tint, a San Francisco social media aggregation startup, covering SEO, sales commissions, and hiring.
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TINT | Front End Engineer | https://www.tintup.com | San Francisco | REMOTE (US/Canada) | $90K - $164K
APPLY HERE: https://www.tintup.com/jobs?lever-source=hackernews
We’re looking for a Front End Engineer to join our small 30-person team. We offer a competitive compensation package, and have a flexible remote work policy.
Over 5,000 brands use TINT to power their content marketing. We are proudly profitable, not dependent on investor funding. Every Friday we work on hack projects that we think will push the business forward. Our current stack is Backbone, Rails, MySQL, and AWS.
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DETAILS
* on the positions: https://www.tintup.com/jobs?lever-source=hackernews
* on TINT company culture: https://www.tintup.com/about
* on a few of our customers: https://www.tintup.com/clients
* on what it's like to work here: https://instagram.com/tint/
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BENEFITS (besides the competitive salary and equity...)
* TEAM TRANSPARENCY - We calculate compensation based on a formula that we all agree on. Cap table is made available to all employees. Business financials are known by all teammates. Even cofounder meeting minutes are sent to the team.
* FLEXIBLE REMOTE WORK - We have a flexible remote work policy that allows employees based in San Francisco to work remotely for extended periods, and for engineers to join us remotely full-time.
* PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - A monthly stipend and program designed for self-improvement. Every month, we…
TINT | Senior Full Stack / Frontend / Backend Engineers | UX/UI Designer | https://www.tintup.com | San Francisco | REMOTE (US/Canada/India) | $90K - $170K
APPLY HERE: https://www.tintup.com/jobs?lever-source=hackernews
We’re looking for senior engineers and a UX/UI designer to join our small 24-person team. We offer a competitive compensation package and have a flexible remote work policy.
Over 5,000 brands use TINT to power their content marketing. We are proudly profitable, not dependent on investor funding. Every Friday we work on hack projects that we think will push the business forward. Our current stack is Backbone, Rails, MySQL, and AWS.
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DETAILS
• on the positions: https://www.tintup.com/jobs?lever-source=hackernews
• on TINT company culture: https://www.tintup.com/about
• on a few of our customers: https://www.tintup.com/clients
• on what it's like to work here: https://instagram.com/tint/ and https://vimeo.com/album/4636336
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BENEFITS (besides the competitive salary and equity...)
• TEAM TRANSPARENCY - We calculate compensation based on a formula that we all agree on. Cap table is made available to all employees. Business financials are known by all teammates. Even cofounder meeting minutes are sent to the team.
• FLEXIBLE REMOTE WORK - We have a flexible remote work policy that allows employees based in San Francisco to work remotely for extended periods, and for engineers to join us remotely full-time.
•…
Senior Front End Engineer | TINT | http://www.tintup.com | San Francisco | ONSITE | $126K - $175K
TINT: A GREAT PLACE TO WORK
We’re looking for Senior Front End Engineers to join our small 30-person team. We offer competitive equity packages, full medical/dental, and free lunch everyday, among other benefits.
Over 5,000 brands use TINT to power their content marketing and help us generate $410k MRR. We are proudly PROFITABLE, not dependent on investor funding, and have been consistently growing our top line. We aspire to be a company like Basecamp or Fog Creek Software. We pair everyday, and every Friday we work on hack projects that we think will push the business forward. Our current stack is Backbone, Rails, MySQL, and AWS.
We have a uniquely transparent culture, as featured in the Wall Street Journal: http://www.wsj.com/articles/emote-control-silicon-valley-slump-has-millennial-ceos-sharing-feelings-1469035848
To learn more: https://jobs.lever.co/tint/1cb89a39-91a3-47bd-8486-e1dff62c1a3c?lever-source=HN
I am the author of the post. If you want to hear more of our war stories, read here: http://www.tintup.com/blog/how-our-tech-startup-created-a-profitable-business-in-3-months/
In summary, we tried raising money, failed miserably, started asking customers what they found valuable, maximize on that, and charge based on value we provided.
Some people believe that:
http://www.tintup.com/blog/why-our-startup-got-rid-of-sales-commissions-with-monthly-team-bonuses/
http://www.samihonkonen.com/a-sales-team-without-bonuses/
http://www.yesware.com/blog/moving-salespeople-off-a-bonus-heavy-comp-plan/
It has been my pleasure!
Also a thank you to tintup.com for sponsoring this great event feed -> http://www.tintup.com/thomasdavis-1382673881