Careers @ BeeDee

Project Manager

Based in Belgium

Company Description

Kink in the Cable is an innovative and rapidly expanding start-up at the forefront of modern technology and connection. It is the company behind the dating platform BeeDee, a groundbreaking dating platform redefining how people meet and build relationships.

Role Description

This is a full-time role for a project manager at Kink in the Cable BV. In this role, you will have the opportunity to shape our app. You will be jointly responsible for setting the priorities together with the CEO, you will follow up tasks with the engineering team, review and test their work and maintain the work log in Jira or similar tools. You will collaborate closely with our 2 frontend developers and 1 backend developer, and you will report directly into the CEO.

Qualifications

• A strong understanding of software projects
• Strong communication skills in at least English
• You can work with deadlines and are someone who creates order in chaos
• The ability to work 2 days per week from an office in Ghent, Belgium, or willingness to do so in the long term

Bonus points (no strict requirement)

• You've worked with Jira before
• Strong communication skills in Dutch
• Experience with software testing

Being part of the target demographic of BeeDee is no requirement to apply for this position.

Our offer

• A base pay that reflects your talent, experience and growth potential.
• Work with highly qualified people. At Kink in the Cable, we have people with experience at Google, Meta, hedge funds, banks, universities and PhDs in computer science, as well as consultants who've ran marketing campaigns in over 100 countries
• Work in an ambitious environment. Our ambition is to make our dating platform one of the biggest, if not the biggest, sex-positive and kink friendly online dating platforms, which gives us a lot of room for growth and sets our early employees up for important roles as we grow.
• Have impact. No boring desk job to design buttons hardly anyone uses. Your work will have major impact on our app, our users and the future of our company
• Have your voice be heard. We're still a small team, so you can have a big impact on the choices we make
• Up to 4/5 WFH. We have an office in Ghent, Belgium, and only require you to be onsite for 1 day per week.
• Timing flexibility. We don't use rigid time keeping software and care more about the value you contribute than at what time of day you make said contributions. We care about your work-life balance.
• An environment that focusses on quality over quantity. We'd rather launch 2 features bug-free than 5 with bugs. We prefer you take the time to deliver work you're proud of than being stressed out by unrealistic deadlines
• Additional benefits: meal vouchers, company car/mobility budget, eco vouchers, 13th month, holiday pay, 25 days of PTO, free BeeDee premium membership...

Senior Backend Developer

Based in Ghent, Belgium

Company Description

Kink in the Cable is an innovative and rapidly expanding start-up at the forefront of modern technology and connection. It is the company behind the dating platform BeeDee, a groundbreaking dating platform redefining how people meet and build relationships.

Role Description

This is a full-time role for a Medior or Senior Backend Developer at Kink in the Cable BV, the company behind the dating app BeeDee. The Backend Developer will be contributing in implementing and maintaining our API and server-side features, in a Java/CDK/AWS techsteck. Focus on the code being bug-free, performant and scalable is important. The Backend Developer will be guided by a experienced Senior Backend Developer and in the case of being Medior, have a clear growth path to becoming Senior over time.

Qualifications

• 4 years or more of experience in Java
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Strong talent for writing maintainable, scalable, performant code
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
• Experience with Git
• The ability to work 2 days per week from an office in Ghent, Belgium, or willingness to do so in the long term
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Experience with tools like Jira, Confluence and markdown

Bonus points (no strict requirement)

• Master's degree in Computer Science
• Experience with the AWS, Azure or GCP stack

Being part of the target demographic of BeeDee is no requirement to apply for this position.

Our offer

• A base pay that reflects your talent, experience and growth potential.
• Work with highly qualified people. At Kink in the Cable, we have people with experience at Google, Meta, hedge funds, banks, universities and PhDs in computer science, as well as consultants who've ran marketing campaigns in over 100 countries
• Work in an ambitious environment. Our ambition is to make our dating platform one of the biggest, if not the biggest, sex-positive and kink friendly online dating platforms, which gives us a lot of room for growth and sets our early employees up for important roles as we grow.
• Have impact. No boring desk job to design buttons hardly anyone uses. Your work will have major impact on our app, our users and the future of our company
• Have a job where focus on the performance of your code is imporant, with a focus on quality over quantity
• Have your voice be heard. We're still a small team, so you can have a big impact on the choices we make
• Up to 4/5 WFH. We have an office in Ghent, Belgium, and only require you to be onsite for 1 day per week.
• Timing flexibility. We don't use rigid time keeping software and care more about the value you contribute than at what time of day you make said contributions. We care about your work-life balance.
• Additional benefits: meal vouchers, company car/mobility budget, eco vouchers, 13th month, holiday pay, 25 days of PTO, free BeeDee premium membership...

We prefer to hire an employee for this role, but applications from suitable freelancers or consultants will also be considered.