Full Stack Engineer
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FitXR is a fitness technology company working at the cutting edge of VR and MR, building a movement for movement.
We started life in 2016 in a garden shed in the UK. Today, we’re building FitXR, one of the top-downloaded apps on the Meta Quest store. We’ve raised close to $30m from top investors such as Maveron, Hiro, and BoostVC.
We've built a growing range of fitness studios, from box workouts with world-class trainers like Olympian Nicola Adams to immersive Zumba dance classes. While nothing compares to trying it yourself, you can watch a trailer here.
Our team is distributed across Europe and the US. We’re guided by our Principles of Play: four core beliefs about how we treat each other and our community. We make space for every voice, believe in the importance of a learner’s mindset, and prioritize team success over individual glory.
FitXR is available on Meta Quest 2 & 3 and has been downloaded by over a million people worldwide and featured in Forbes, Empire, T3, Washington Post, Men's Health, GQ and more. In 2022, FitXR ranked 6th in The Information’s 50 Most Promising Startups.
TLDR
We are looking for a Full Stack Engineer who wants to join a business that’s constantly exploring emerging technology and is keen to level up an already incredible team. You will have the opportunity to establish backend and frontend architecture and best practice in the gaming and VR sector.
This is an exciting chance to work in an agile engineering environment determined to deliver greatness to our players and create a movement for movement.
What you'll find here:
A highly collaborative team of specialists, who manage a huge range of high-impact initiatives - your thoughts, challenges and ideas are actively encouraged!
A culture built on delivering greatness, sharing feedback and trying new things
A highly invested senior leadership team who believe our people are what will take our business to the next level - they are your teammates, cheerleaders, coaches, support team - working beside you as we build the #1 immersive fitness app in the world
Strong foundations, but an openness to work your way - we have a high quality bar when it comes to delivery, but teams have the freedom to self-organise how they achieve this
An excellent benefits package, including fully remote working - see below
Where you’ll spend your time:
Translating high-fidelity designs into React components for a scalable web-based UI
Specifying and implementing backend and gameplay microservices for a dynamic VR experience
Collaborating in an agile environment as a cross-functional team member to deliver high-quality features
Sharing and collecting knowledge cross-functionally to upskill and future-proof our team and product
Contributing towards the overall maintenance and improvement of our engineering standards
You should apply if you have:
Proficiency in creating and maintaining React-based component libraries and web frontends
Professional experience using TypeScript for frontend development
Experience designing, developing, and maintaining microservices in C#/.NET
Expertise in HTML and CSS
Experience working with Unity for integration purposes
Comfortable working in a cross-functional startup environment
Confidence working with CI/CD pipelines for automated deployment
Familiarity with AWS cloud services
Passion for gaming and deep knowledge of gamification and game services development
[nice to have ] Familiarity with cross-platform web browsers such as 3D Webview
Our mission is to make fitness fun and accessible for everyone. To build inclusive products, we need to build an inclusive team. Please know that this list is indicative and that we would still love to hear from you even if you feel you only are a 75% match. Skills can be learnt, diversity cannot. We promote a diverse and inclusive culture at FitXR.
Logistics 🛠
Our interview process takes place on Google Hangouts and tends to consist of the following stages:
Initial interview with our talent team
Technical interview with the hiring manager
Cross-functional values interview
Final interview
Please let us know if you require any accommodations for the interview process, and we’ll do our best to provide assistance.
Benefits 🌱
As well as being fully remote, our benefits include:
🏝 Unlimited annual leave
📈 Stock options - everyone is an owner
🌱 £800 per annum learning budget and £400 home office setup budget
🧘 £900 per annum wellbeing budget (Private Health Insurance available)
🤗 Annual company retreat & regular get-togethers
💻 Brand new VR headset
🚴♂️ Cycle scheme
👶 12 weeks full paid family leave
- Department
- Engineering
- Role
- Full Stack Developer
- Locations
- UK, Spain
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
About FitXR
FitXR is a fitness technology company working at the cutting edge of VR and MR, building a movement for movement.
We started life in 2016 in a garden shed in the UK. Today, we’re building FitXR, one of the top-downloaded apps on the Meta Quest store. We’ve raised close to $30m from top investors such as Maveron, Hiro, and BoostVC.
We've built a growing range of fitness studios, from box workouts with world-class trainers like Olympian Nicola Adams to immersive Zumba dance classes. While nothing compares to trying it yourself, you can watch a trailer here.
Our team is distributed across Europe and the US. We’re guided by our Principles of Play: four core beliefs about how we treat each other and our community. We make space for every voice, believe in the importance of a learner’s mindset, and prioritize team success over individual glory.
FitXR is available on Meta Quest 2 & 3 and has been downloaded by over a million people worldwide and featured in Forbes, Empire, T3, Washington Post, Men's Health, GQ and more.
FitXR have been rated one of the top 10 Most Promising Startups, #2 in Flexa's most flexible VR startups and #28 in Tempo's top 100 super startups to work for 🎉
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