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UX Designer

We are a small startup in Silicon Valley working to revolutionize the fastest-growing sport in the USA with technology solutions.
We are looking for a user-experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) designer able to understand our business requirements and technical limitations, as well as be responsible for conceiving and conducting user research, interviews, and surveys and translating them into sitemaps, user flows, customer journey maps, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes.
UX/UI designer will closely work with the product engineering team (engineers and product managers). You are expected to work full-time and have the flexibility to have meetings at PST & Turkish-friendly times, usually between 5 pm to 10 pm Turkish standard time.

Skills and Capabilities:

• Three or more years of UX/UI design experience. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience designing complex solutions for complete digital environments.
• Expertise in standard UX/UI software with Figma. Transferrable experience with Sketch, OmniGraffle, Axure, InVision, Balsamiq, and Framer is acceptable.
• Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions and a deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design.
• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions to teams and clients.

Bonus Skills and Capabilities:

• HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript skills.
• A solid grasp of user-centered design (UCD), planning and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, usability, and accessibility concerns.
• A clear understanding of the importance of user-centered design and design thinking.
• Be excited about collaborating and communicating closely with teams and other stakeholders via a distributed model to regularly deliver design solutions for approval.
• Be passionate about resolving user pain points through great design.
• Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism.
• Be passionate about all things UX and other areas of design and innovation. Research and showcase knowledge of the industry’s latest trends and technologies.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Design, or a related field of study.
• 3+ years of experience in design.
• Spoken and written English at the intermediate level is a must.

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PHP Developer

Core Responsibilities:

• Develop front-end website architecture, including translating designer mock-ups and wireframes into front-end code
• Develop functional databases, applications, and servers to support websites on the back end
• Ensure cross-platform optimization for desktop and mobile devices
• Ensure responsiveness of applications
• Proper use of WordPress AJAX calls and WordPress form “nonce” field usage
• Advanced Custom Fields
• Develop and design RESTful services and APIs
• Ensure all web pages and applications are accessible to WCAG 2.1 standards
• Ensure that non-functional requirements such as security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability are being considered when architecting solutions

Skills and Qualifications:

• A degree in computer science preferred
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Fluent in JavaScript (ES2015), HTML and CSS, with an understanding of CSS preprocessors including Sass and LESS
• Proficiency in WordPress, PHP, AJAX, Composer and Guzzle HTTP
• Familiarity with database technology such as MySQL and MariaDB
• Ability to accurately estimate project development (working with a project manager)
• Clear verbal and written communication in English

Nice to have:

• Strategize organizational direction on emerging technology platforms and communicate the effectiveness to executive stakeholders
• Experience working with server technologies including Ubuntu, Apache, PHP-FPM, and Let’s Encrypt
• Light experience managing Google Cloud: Virtual Machines, Cloud SQL, Disk images and snapshots

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Front-end Developer

We are looking for someone who can help us with developing our front-end web-mobile applications.

The Top Three Must-have Skills:

• React JS
• HTML/CSS
• JavaScript
• Different screen size development

The Expertise We’re Looking For:

• BS/BA Degree or equivalent experience preferred
• Ability to take any Figma design and associated user stories to develop a UX/UI with mobile-first approach
• Critical thinking skills coupled with a desire for growth, to learn, and to engage with peers in technical and design discussions
• Demonstrated experience in communicating technical needs and capabilities to technical team members, product owners
• 2+ years of experience, with a focus on the consumer-based solution

The Expertise and Skills You Bring:

• Experience or willingness to learn to collaborate in a team environment to develop, deploy, and support key applications and features
• Adequate Knowledge of internet, mobile, and application architecture
• Proficiency in Client-side language, library, and framework proficiency: JavaScript/TypeScript, Node, HTML/CSS
• Understanding of how to work with REST API and other backend services to develop the front-end portion
• Sense of ownership of delivery timeline and product quality
• Continuously working with the QA team to improve processes and product quality

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Social Media Manager

This is a full-time remote role for a Social Media Manager. The Social Media Manager will be responsible for creating and executing social media strategies, managing social media channels, optimizing social media profiles, writing and curating content, and communicating with stakeholders. The Social Media Manager will also be responsible for analyzing social media insights and metrics.

Qualifications:

• Social Media Marketing and Social Media Optimization (SMO) skills
• Excellent communication and writing skills in English
• Experience in developing content strategies
• Ability to analyze social media insights and metrics
• Experience with social media management tools and platforms
• Knowledge of current social media trends and best practices
• Experience in the sports industry is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications, or related field

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Most Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company’s product? 

We are developing a technology-enabled platform for a sport called Pickleball which is the fastest-growing sport in the US with over 9 million players and will grow to 25 to 30 million by 2030. 

Tell us about the company and the team. 

We are a small startup mission-based company based out of Silicon Valley. We are developing a technology-enabled platform for a sport called Pickleball which is fastest fastest-growing sport in the US with over 9 million players.  

Our team is geographically dispersed over multiple countries but mainly Turkey. We work very collaboratively, hands-on, and Agile-based.  

Our mission is to create and nurture gender equality across culturally, traditionally, and economically challenged countries across the world, especially the Middle East. 

Why do you need my official documents? 

We need a complete copy set of credentials such as a national ID card, driver’s license, background check, etc. to ensure we are dealing with real people and all our hires have complete records for tax and employment purposes. 

What is your salary (monthly) expectation in Turkish Lira?  

If the candidate responds “In order to determine my salary, I need to know the workload and how many hours I will be working on it.” 

Our response is: This is a full-time position with a focus on delivering and productivity. We work with flex hours so you find the best hours to work and produce results. There are exceptions like having your meetings with the HQ or other team members that may be geographically dispersed in different parts of the world. In most cases, meetings with the HQ (west coast of USA) will be done between 5 to 9 p.m. Turkish Standard Time. 

Flex hour means the environment 

Also known as flextime or a flexible work schedule, flexible hours mean you have different start and end times for your workday than the standard 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Essentially, having flexible work hours means employees can begin their work earlier in the day or later than the originally set time. 

I want to gain knowledge about the projects you have carried out in the past and your customer base. 

We are a startup company. We are working on a disruptive set of solutions for the fastest-growing sports in the USA. 

I am curious about the technologies used in addition to PHP and WordPress. 

We chose WordPress for its fast ramp-up time and huge support from thousands of plug-ins. We Our entire software development lifecycle is supported by Azure DevOps. Recently, we moved to Laravel and React.JS. Our future plans include  use Flutter or React Native to implement on mobile. We have roadmap items that would need us to implement image processing with AI and NoSQL backend. 

I want to know about your working culture and human resources policy. I am curious about your priorities, such as quality or performance. 

Our culture comes from more than two decades of work experience in Silicon Valley and cutting-edge technology development. 

The work is fast and high velocity. Collaboration is at the center of everything. We encourage everybody to share ideas and convince us against our beliefs. Productivity and quality delivery on time are everything as we are against some of the best and most well-funded companies in the world.  

I do not really know what the background clearance is. Is it something like reliability checking or a criminal record? 

The background check in Turkey 

 Old fashioned ‘Temiz Kağıdı’, is called ‘Sabıka Kaydı’ now, and I also said they can obtain it from Adliye  

Do you need official registration for employment? (Freelance employment is ok for me.) 

we are expecting you to be a full-time contract employee while we are setting up our company in Turkey. This means no other full-time, contract, or project-based job work is expected to be taken on by you. 

Will there be a personnel contract? 
Initially, you would have a contract with the USA-based company and as we established our company in Turkey it will be transferred to the Turkish company. 

Do you have a training budget for developers?  

We do not have the training budget for the first 6 months. After this period a set of relevant training may be available with approval of your supervisor. 

Will inflation hikes be applied? 

We will follow Turkish standards in dealing with inflation. 

Is it a full-time position? 

it is a full-time job with a 3-month probationary clause. After 3 months, you would be entitled to full benefits as they will be rolled out. 

How will I receive my payments? 

You are asked to open a dollar account in Garanti Bankasi and on the 15th of the next month of work, you will receive your salary directly deposited into your account. 
 
Will we have a chance to improve our team and ourselves? 

The co-founder of the company has over 30 years of experience in developing high-end technology for major companies in Silicon Valley. We are continuously improving our processes and maturity level. 
 
How much time do you give us to complete ourselves on works that we have not developed before? 

Our company is trying to implement Agile and relative estimations. You would have complete support in figuring things out and coming up with realistic estimations. Having said that, we are a fast-moving and small startup with the need to deliver as fast as possible with high quality. 

 
What are your company’s goals? 
To be the #1 technology provider in the world for Pickleball 

 
Will there be bonuses for successful work? 

There will be a great deal of consideration for employees who truly contribute to the success of the company 

 
Why should I choose you over other companies and possibly better paying ones?

• Joining a Silicon Valley-based startup
• Working on the most exciting phenomenon in the US since the iPhone
• Working on technically advanced platform building and world-class experiences and flows
• Working in an advanced technology development environment (the result of 20+ years of experience working in companies like Meta, PayPal, and EA) 
• Working with a well-balanced team of UX designers, product managers, QA engineers, back and front end developers + many world class advisers)
• Getting paid in US$ instead of local currency after probation makes your salary inflation-proof
• Having added fringe benefits when they become available
• Once you proven your productivity and impact on business, you will be reviewed and subject to salary increases or bonuses every 6 months