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Glad people are at least engaging! There were bands that were multi-instrumentalists but we've taken as many off people as we can. I can't play the drums for shit.
In terms of salary disclosure, there is a section during the initial interview process that ask for your current salary and expected salary. I'd advocate an individual using these!
If this is wildly over the banding or unrealistic then we will let the candidate know that. It's fair and means nobody is wasting too much time. Always fun to see what the American candidates in New York are asking for... despite roles stating London!
Tristan
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@lazysuperhero, @C4r1s - both fair points and I certainly get it, but I am going to have to disappoint. I do understand that compensation is important, and the whole smoke and mirrors around it is frustrating. We are not alone in this approach.
As a small team we are casting a wide net and looking for an individual different experience across the board. I can tell you that we are unable to match compensation found contracting or at a larger technology company.
It's also sadly unrealistic with us at such small scale to do any meaningful banding where everyone has varied levels of experience and specialisms. Especially at the moment - it would be a very large undertaking.
I may be wrong in this assumption, but I feel most people have a CV nearly up to date and if interested I would love people happy when on a bike to apply.
Tristan
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Remote Work:
We've been struggling with this if we're honest, but the proof and feel is that getting together to ride and being in person is advantageous to us as a business and a delivery outcome. The jury is still out with remote work for sure. We're not unique in this space.
We do have a team in Asturias, Spain, and therefore it is not a unique problem for us as an org.
I thought Rapha was a VC backed firm now?
Not that straight forward. We're backed by wealthy shareholders but not strictly a VC. We are working to be a performant business rather than relying on handouts. We still sell physical product or experiences to achieve this. These shareholders have a key and genuine interest in cycling as a way to enrich lives and have put their money where their mouth is on this front in their hometown.
https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/essays/bentonville-arkansas-mountain-biking/
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We try. I'm happy we're able to offer technology roles in London and be surrounded by creative and curious people that are likeminded - I personally appreciate that!
A key outcome for our allowance is not bribery of landlords or trading for Yu-Gi-Oh! cards but to give people that cycle the opportunity to wear test clothing for us and circularly bring that round to product enhancements.
Time should be made up, but people do that anyway. Beats going out at 6am in the dark or soon to be 6pm in the dark.
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Really fair and considered questions.
If you are a clothing brand why are your creating your own web/tech stacks?
My response would be that we are not a volume based retailer and want to focus on aspiration and experiences for our customers and aim for loyalty. With it's on the ground focus with the RCC and partner cafes, the community plays a huge part in our offering. Very few brands offer this. The gluing (middleware) together of best in class services offers us the ability to make a different customer proposition in our view.
To be honest with you anyone who can do these couple of jobs can end up 'owning' Rapha. It isn't impossible. Is that what you want? How much is cyclist offering for pay?
Not entirely sure that I understand your last question. It is possible to own/purchase garments from Rapha, but there also seems to be a clear Venn diagram with overlaps with technology workers and cyclists. Working here offers you the ability as a customer and someone passionate to make a difference to a brand using technology. That is not possible at a volumetric centred business.
In terms of compensation, we try to remain market competitive, but are unable to offer technology competitive salaries (fintech, fang, services, vc). I would also say a cyclist would be able to get the benefit of working at Rapha versus an individual that does not cycle. There are not that many technology focused jobs in e-commerce within the cycling market. I know this first hand as someone that pushed hard for a job here..! We get time to ride each week, clothing allowance and a subsidised top-notch mechanic in the office (hi Bart if you read this!). All of these are tangible to me.
Any more questions ? I am happy to answer as honestly as I can!
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Howdy folks,
At Rapha we're going through a re-platform and embarking on a transformation to build out our next stack. We're hiring a few roles to bolster the team. This is quite an exciting time for Rapha as we're able to use newer technology to focus on e-commerce offerings (headless checkout, new webapp, commerce in mobile app).
Technology:
Platform Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/rapha/jobs/4341805
Senior Infrastructure Engineer (DevOps if you prefer): https://grnh.se/57bf00da1us
iOS Developer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/rapha/jobs/4633636Data:
Power BI Developer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/rapha/jobs/4414496Rapha is a great place to work and has some great perks - particularly if you like to ride bikes. We benefit from good relationships with the rest of the industry and of course - free coffee.
If you would like to know more please reach out.
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Canyon Ultimate 9.0 AL SLX is a size 54 and is back on the market - Looking for about 350GBP ideally collected!
Hi folks. My intention here was share and reach out to the local cycling community in London to offer a role at a business that offers technology roles in a cycling industry.
These roles are not is not common, and I’d rather folks that work at Rapha to be excited by bicycles than not.
I feel a bit put out and portrayed as a corporate overlord. I've come to post this in a personal capacity as much as I am able. Based on my previous experience with this forum as a member, I had nothing but positivity and meme giggles. This time it’s been a little different. I am not the hiring manager for all of these roles, but do work in the department. I have tried to be as transparent about the role as possible and answer all question as clearly as possible about my experience at Rapha. I hope that this transparency is valued.
It seems to have spiralled into a salary ethics discussion around the sharing of banding. This practice is extremely common in industry, and some of these are worth addressing. We are not unique in the approach of not sharing salaries or even a range [1][2][3][4][5].
I am not personally saying this is right or wrong, but the situation is that we are hiring on experience and cultural alignment to our roadmap goals, and will always try to pay as close to the market rate based on your current experience and potential growth. As an individual working in technology, I am not immune to salary expectations. I have and always will fight for the highest salary range for individuals based on their merit. This should be a given for any hiring manager.
Hi user150368. The US is known for being significantly higher in salary expectations even when compared to London. We are looking for individuals in London. Perhaps fun is the wrong word, and insightful more suitable? As mentioned, I've tried to be as transparent and personable as possible rather than a corporate robot. I do not think this is unprofessional and make a remark like this. I can explicitly state on the record we are not able to match US technology salaries from cities like New York and San Fransisco. We do not have any roles in technology in the US and unable to offer VISAs for candidates.
I actually think @iC has asked some great questions here on our choice of technology stack and intentions to try and deliver a more refined experience for customers.
Ultimately, I would love people to spend the 10 minutes if they are interested applying if they feel that they can make a difference at Rapha and two tie two passions together. The salary expectation and current are completely optional, as is most of the form around inclusion if that makes people feel uncomfortable. If anyone has any further questions around the culture, the ways of working, or technology at Rapha then I would be happy to answer.
Best,
Tristan
[1] https://career.signa-sportsunited.com/offer/senior-backend-developers-isg-f-m-d/620326
[2] https://www.apidura.com/senior-full-stack-developer/
[3] https://boards.greenhouse.io/hammerhead/jobs/5231006003
[4] https://boards.greenhouse.io/strava/jobs/3467304
[5] https://brompton.recruitee.com/o/firmware-engineer