Come and work with us

Stratajet provides a technology solution to increase the efficiency of private jet booking, offering a revolutionary consumer experience for private jet customers, and allowing charter companies to make efficiency gains with their aircraft fleet.

Stratajet raised seed funding in April 2011, and having successfully completed the prototype stage have secured funding to go to market.

The company is about to experience significant growth as technology, sales and customer support scale to meet the challenges of launching a revolutionary new product.

Please note, we will not accept applications or representation via any recruitment agencies. Yes recruiters, we know you're really good, and we know you're different from all the others out there, but we are quite firm on this policy.

We have the current roles available:

Ruby/Ruby on Rails developers

We are looking to hire developers with a range of experience in data structure and algorithm design and preferably experience in Ruby and Ruby on Rails. You should love working collaboratively in small agile teams, and solving tough technology challenges. Our product has a high level of complexity at a data structure and algorithm level, and this is about as far from building another eCommerce site or social networking layer as you can get.

You will be the 2nd or 3rd developer hire and so this is a great opportunity to forge the technology decisions very early on. As well as your core technology role, all team members at Stratajet have a great deal of input into the business decisions and prioritising the product feature backlog.

Preferred candidate:

  • Ruby on Rails experience
  • XML, JSON, RESTful API design and JavaScript experience
  • Data structure and algorithm research and design skills
  • Experience in building apps in one or more of VBA, iOS, Android SDK, Adobe Air or Runtime Revolution a plus
  • Able to show initiative to take on all of the challenges faced in a start-up
  • Enjoy working in small collaborative teams.
  • Interest or experience in aviation and the aviation industry a major plus

Location: West End London. This is an on-site position.

Compensation: Based on experience

Start date: We are looking to recruit developers to start beginning of February 2012.

Application: Send a covering e-mail, CV and salary expectations to [email protected] quoting reference "Ruby developer"

Front end, UX & UI developers

We are looking to hire front-end developers with a great aesthetic sense and with a range of experience in interface design. Building tools that make use of our RESTful APIs we are looking for individuals who are keen to own customer-facing interfaces and develop elegant and usable products. The interfaces we need are specialist and challenging and there are no obvious design patterns to fall back on, so you should be somebody keen to think through customer needs at every level.

You should love working collaboratively in small agile teams, and solving tough usability challenges. You will be one of the first hires with responsibility for design and UX and so this is a great opportunity to put your stamp on our products' design, UX and UI very early on. As well as your core role, all team members at Stratajet have a great deal of input into the business decisions and prioritising the product feature backlog.

Preferred candidate:

  • (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript and/or CoffeeScript across all browsers IE7 and up. HTML5 and CSS3 a significant plus
  • Experience of UX and UI design, testing and analytics
  • Design portfolio showing a tendency towards sophisticated and elegant interfaces a plus
  • Either experience with iOS, Android and desktop applications (Adobe Air, etc.), or a desire to obtain these skills is a plus
  • Able to show initiative to take on all of the challenges faced in a start-up
  • Enjoy working in small collaborative teams.
  • Interest or experience in aviation and the aviation industry a major plus

Location: West End London. This is an on-site position.

Compensation: Negotiable, based on experience

Start date: We are looking to recruit developers to start beginning of February 2012.

Application: Send a covering e-mail, CV and salary expectations to [email protected] quoting reference "Front-end developer"

Researchers

We are looking to hire a team of researchers, each applicant will ultimately take responsibility for one of the global regions we are targeting (US, Europe, Middle-East, Asia). The team will be liaising with airports, charter companies and agents in their target regions, researching and gathering crucial country-specific information, and will then have the responsibility for maintaining all this information in our in-house database. Given the international nature of the industry, speaking foreign languages will be a great asset to the role, though is not mandatory. Private aviation can be as much glamorous and exciting as it is niche and technical, so applicants should be prepared to learn quickly and to rise to the challenges that will inevitably evolve. Given the fast-growing nature of the company, there may also be opportunities for successful applicants to progress into different areas of the business (PR, marketing, business development, operations, customer support, etc).

We are looking for candidates with excellent interpersonal skills, who thrive in a challenging, fast-paced start-up environment. The candidates should have an excellent level of English; foreign languages are a strong asset (particularly Russian, Arabic, Asian languages). Individuals must have the ability to work quickly and accurately, both independently and as part of a team. Good numeracy and computer skills – proficient in internet research and working with databases. An interest in technology and knowledge of the aviation industry would be a great asset.

Location: West End London. This is an on-site position.

Compensation: competitive

Start date: We are looking to recruit researchers to start beginning of Feb 2012

Application: Send a CV and covering letter to [email protected] quoting reference "Researcher position"