Freemius is a startup that helps plugin, theme, and SaaS developers around the globe run their business and accept payments, manage subscriptions & software licensing, get user-data, offer trials and (much) more.
Hi, my name is Vova Feldman, and I’m the founder of Freemius. I started the company with the vision of enabling coders around the globe to make their livelihood from building, sustaining, and growing subscription-first software product businesses of their passion.
As a technical founder with more than 23 years of experience in software design, architecture, and development, I was and still responsible for leading the tech 6 years after (couldn’t have been possible without the help of my awesome team, of course!).
Immediate Projects
Here are several concrete projects that we want to execute asap:
Long-term Projects
We also have two larger projects that are not as urgent but definitely essential for the long run:
Ongoing Work
In the “background,” you’ll need to wear a SysAdmin hat to ensure our cloud-based infrastructure runs smoothly and scales. That involves things like:
Excellent verbal and written English
Easy to communicate with – you’re good at expressing your thoughts in writing
Organized and methodological
Comfortable working remotely during European timezone hours (9-6 GMT+2)
A quick learner
2 years of AWS experience (EC2, Load Balancing, S3, Security Groups)
5 years of MySQL, PostgreSQL experience in administration, scaling, understanding DB performance & indexing (speed vs. storage)
5 years of Linux administration experience with strong knowledge of CentOS/Debian
3 years of Nginx web server & php-fpm configuration experience
Experience configuring php.ini
Experience with Linux scripting such as Bash
Experience with iptables and firewalld
Experience in working with GIT, CI/CD, pipelines
Experience with Cloudflare
Knowledge of DNS servers principles
Experience in PHP development
Computer Science (or equivalent) university degree
Experience with Docker
Cloud
We manage our servers on AWS mostly utilizing EC2 for computing, Elastic Load Balancing, and S3 for storage.
Web Stack
We use LEMP stack, so experience configuring Linux (CentOS/Debian), Nginx, PHP, and MySQL is required.
Frontend
Our projects are built in multiple frontend frameworks, including ReactJS, Angular, AngularJS, and Vue.js.
Backend / API
All the projects are API-driven, so they use the same API built on an in-house Laravel-like framework with robust & performant components and abstraction layers such as DAL, ORM, REST, Rule Engine, Queues, Email Scheduling, and more.
Version Control
All our code is version controlled using Git. We use GitHub and BitBucket to host our repos and follow GitFlow as our branching model.
IDE
We use JetBrains’ PhpStorm as our primary IDE with Xdebug configured. We also use Visual Studio Code, mostly for React and Angular development.
Documentation
We manage our project’s coding conventions on a private Wiki and maintain our technical documentation on a shared Google Drive.
Work from anywhere, as long as you have your computer, a strong internet connection and can be productive
Work in a flat organization where your voice is always heard
Opportunities for paid travel toattend WordCamps and other industry conferences
Job horizon – we are looking for a long term engagement and would love to see you grow with and within the company
Freemius is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
