JLS Trading Co.: Product Developer / Engineer @ Fun Ecom Co
Source: weworkremotely
Headquarters: Charlotte, NC URL: http://JLSTradingCo.com/careers
About the Role
Do you see crappy products everywhere and think "I could make that so much better"?
Does your brain refuse to stop solving problems, even when you're supposed to be relaxing?
If so, then we are the place for you, except you might hate how nice of a company we have - filled with happy, generally competent people that don’t put up with jerks. Frankly, it makes me sick how nice everyone is.
We are remote full time, have very flexible hours, people are judged by their output, not by how much they suck up to the boss, and turnover is super low because the company believes that happy employees = happy customers = happy bank account. Simply disgusting, if you ask me.
What We Do
We do a lot of different things these days including selling awesome consumer products (these are just a small sampling):
- Bad Parking Cards (https://amz.run/5Eya)
- Beverage Barricades (https://amz.run/6kip)
- Child Chucker (https://amz.run/9EUz)
Running this Amazon Pay-Per-Click agency: PPCFarm.com (we’re really, really good at PPC)
And we will soon be launching a SaaS product for inventory management.
What is your company like?
- You Can Be Yourself. You don’t have to put on a fake, professional face. You can just be yourself. You can talk smack to the CEO (highly encouraged), and no one will think anything of it. You don't have to dress up, or use formal language, or pretend to be something you're not - you can just be you.
- Major Opportunities for Career Growth. We are not trying to just be a small business. We plan to be doing $100 million annually in the next few years. We promote quickly once we identify talent. It doesn’t matter what your credentials are – it matters what you get done.
- Full Time Remote/Flexible Hours. You will be working from home in your pajamas, on your schedule. And we don’t care if you work 10 hour days 4 days a week or 6 hours a day and catch up over the weekend. So long as you get a lot of work done, we’re happy campers.
- Complete Work/Life Balance. If you’re routinely working more than 45ish hours, you’re gonna get a friendly talking-to. We want you to be operating at 100% capacity, which means that you need to rest.
- Strongly Anti-BS. Anybody in the company can (and is expected to) tell the CEO when he is wrong. There are no bureaucratic or BS rules getting in the way of getting work done.
- No Micro-Management. Once you’re trained and have demonstrated you know your stuff, we are pretty hands-off. In fact, if you need external management to stay on-task and motivated, we probably aren’t the place for you.
- No Toxic/Incompetent People Allowed. We try very hard to screen out mean or stupid people before they get in, but in case they slip through, we fire them quickly. You will never have to interact with someone who is an obvious idiot or straight up malicious. No toxic or incompetent people at work - could it really be? [Yes]
- Supportive Environment. We don’t operate via intense stress or unreasonable top-down deadlines. Everyone wants you to be successful – internal politics are at a minimum here.
- Lots of Raises. We do our absolute best to get ahead of things and give raises preemptively, so you don't have to ask for one. It's not unusual at all for someone to receive 2+ raises per year.
- We’ll Invest in Your Training. We want you and everyone to get better constantly. You’ll be learning new things all the time, and are strongly encouraged to invest time every day to learn new things, improve your system/work process, and just generally try to make your life easier.
- 4-6+ Weeks Vacation. We 100% want you to recharge, so having plenty of time off is absolutely worth it.
- Paid Maternity/Paternity Leave. We’ve even started letting people skip meetings during labor!
- Self-Funded So We Can Do What’s Right for Us. We don’t have to answer to anyone but ourselves, so we can make the right decision for the long-term health of the company vs trying to get big too fast or cut corners to appease some selfish investor.
Company Values
See here: http://www.jlstradingco.com/careers/
About the Job
Inventing remarkable consumer products - taking concepts from "this should exist" to "holy shit, why didn't this exist before" - in the kitchen and household space.
Responsibilities
- Take product concepts and figure out how to make them work elegantly
- Design products in CAD (we use SolidWorks, but we're flexible on software)
- Prototype heavily in-house (3D printing, testing, breaking, improving, repeat)
- Iterate relentlessly until the product hits our "remarkable" quality threshold
- Collaborate with our supply chain team on Design for Manufacturing and sourcing decisions
- Deliver production-ready CAD files and specifications for manufacturing
- Solve hard problems that don't have obvious solutions (this is like 80% of the job)
Requirements
- Demonstrated ability to design and prototype physical products.
- Strong CAD skills.
- Proficiency in SolidWorks, Fusion 360, AutoCAD, or similar.
Additional Information
- Geographic Restrictions: As long as you are in a country that doesn’t have active sanctions from the US government, we are interested.
- Engineering Degree: Nope.
- CAD Software: We currently use SolidWorks, but we're not religious about it.
- Products at Once: Typically 1-2 at a time.
- Consumer Products Experience: That's fine, as long as you have demonstrated ability to design and prototype physical products.
- Dealing with Manufacturers: You'll collaborate with our supply chain team on Design for Manufacturing and be involved in sourcing decisions, but you won't own the vendor relationships.
- Typical Day: Variable as hell. Some days you're deep in CAD. Some days you're running prototype tests. Some days you're researching materials or competitor products. Very few meetings. Basically no bureaucracy. What's consistent is working independently, solving hard problems, and pushing toward "remarkable."
- Product Timeline: 6-36 months per product.
- Product Types: Primarily kitchen and household products.