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

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

49 points | by hackerm0nkey 1900 days ago

12 comments

  • growlist 1900 days 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 1900 days 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.

      • growlist 1899 days ago
        Well yes, but perk seemed like a better shorthand than 'condition of working', 'working arrangement' etc.
      • hackerm0nkey 1900 days ago
        I think of it more like a productivity tool rather being a `perk`, but gotta explain that to who's in charge.
    • hackerm0nkey 1900 days 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.
      • muzani 1899 days 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.
        • hackerm0nkey 1899 days ago
          Fair point. But if someone is likely to slack off when WFH, they pretty much can do the same at the office. It's a matter of discipline and productivity. I think one should be more concerned of managing the work (i.e. output) rather than the time or location.
      • growlist 1899 days ago
        Exactly - I get so much more done, and have more flexibility to put in extra time when I need to.
  • alljames 1900 days 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/

  • alexgotoi 1899 days ago
    EU friendly remote companies by remoteur.com: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s0nqmTW7zfZNqHXuwjsB...
  • remotework 1900 days 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/ [2] https://europeremotely.com/ [3] https://nodesk.co/remote-jobs/

    • zabana 1899 days ago
      thanks for the links !
  • a-saleh 1898 days 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".

  • courtewing 1900 days 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/

    • inertiatic 1899 days 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.
  • faical 1899 days 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

  • kstenerud 1899 days ago
    Canonical has 100% remote positions for EU & Americas: https://www.canonical.com/careers/all-vacancies
  • kidshenlong 1900 days ago
    I've heard Monzo are remote friendly.

    https://monzo.com/careers/

  • bouk 1900 days ago
    DigitalOcean is able to hire in the Netherlands and Germany.
  • ElFitz 1900 days ago
    Buffer

    Bearer (twitter.com/bearersh)

  • thiago_fm 1899 days ago
    Gitlab