We are worker owned creative collective, innovating on everything from brands and IRL communities to IoT devices and cross platform apps. We share profit, open source everything, spin out new businesses, and invest in exciting ideas through financial and/or in-kind contributions.
Our client roster includes Google, Stripe, Figma, Hinge, Black Socialists in America, ACLU, Pratt, Parsons, Mozilla, The Nobel Prize, MIT, Gnosis, Etsy & Gagosian. We’re the software team behind innovative products like The Light Phone & Mill, and we a global, decentralized community space collective called Index Space.
We think of our garden3d as collective for creative people, prioritizing a happy, talented, and diverse studio culture. We work on projects that bring value to our world, and we balance deep care for the work we do with a genuine curiosity about life outside of our jobs.
Check out some of our writing →
https://garden3d.substack.com/p/expansive-brands
https://garden3d.substack.com/p/how-we-gave-away-63k-since-2021
https://garden3d.substack.com/p/managing-is-a-makers-skill
https://garden3d.substack.com/p/a-space-that-holds
https://garden3d.substack.com/p/were-not-a-traditional-agency
The 2024 garden3d retreat to Yosemite!
Right now, we’re looking for a senior generalist software engineer with expertise in web, backend and/or native app development, and interest in systems architecture and IoT.
In this role, you’ll work on a variety of client projects to find cost-effective, high-quality, pragmatic solutions to complex problems. You would work on full-stack apps across many industries, from e-commerce to connected hardware products. Responsibilities will include:
The person we’re looking for is happy, relaxed and easy to get along with. They’re flexible on anything except conceits that will lower their usually outstanding work quality. They work “smart”, by carefully managing their workflow and staggering features that have dependencies intelligently — they prefer deep work but are OK coming up to the surface now and then for top level / strategic conversations.
We believe people with backgrounds or interests in design, art, music, food or fashion tend to have a well rounded sense of design & quality — so a variety of hobbies or side projects is a big nice to have!
🔑 Must Have Competencies:
đź’Ş Nice to Have Competencies:
We’re always pitching for new and exciting technology niches. Some of the areas below are relevant to us!
Our pay scale ranges from $85 p/hr to $150 p/hr pending seniority, and our projects are rarely less than 8 full time weeks at 40 hours per week. Additionally, we pay discretionary bonuses for going over and above — like training & coaching others, winning new business, speaking at conferences, etc.
We prefer long standing relationships with highly accountable and communicative team members, so we encourage candidates to expect longer term engagements. A senior engineer working 40 weeks per year may take home $150k — $200k USD.