Here are some aspects that describe our way of working - we are not perfect but trying our best every day. Iteration is key.
For us, ‘people first’ isn’t just a philosophy — it’s why we do what we do. We value our team members who create value for our customers and our company. Creating an environment that allows everyone to work at their full potential is as crucial as fostering a great culture.
Work is where work gets done. With team members from across the globe, we're fully remote and fully committed to outcomes over offices. Work from wherever suits you best and with everyone being remote, you’re always in the loop of what is happening.
Creative work needs freedom and openness. And as with any solution, there is not only the ONE way to get to it, but you do whatever works best for you and our company. Due to the organization of our company you can choose your own focus and niche within the team.
We have a strong culture of failure which is part of our mindset. We don’t do things straight from a guidebook. At Giant Swarm, you have to try things out and learning is mandatory and fun at the same time. If you want to expand your knowledge in a specific area, we support you.
Our goal is to have as much transparency as possible. We just have limits when it comes to protecting people or legal requirements. Examples: We have transparent salaries, almost all communication channels are open, you can attend any meeting you want. We believe that people need to decide which information they need to, to make the right decisions.
Besides supporting with the obvious, like health insurance, choosing the hardware you like, making attendance of international conferences comfortable, we offer unlimited vacation days and strong work time flexibility. We pay a certain amount on top of your salary to cover additional perks like coworking, gym, lunch etc. you like.
We'd love to give you a better glimpse of what we spend our days on at Giant Swarm, how we do things, and why we do them. So take a look at some of our blog articles and stories.
OLIVER PONDER
Front-End Engineer
My main advice here is that a brief introduction explaining why you are applying is really helpful in interpreting your C.V. For some candidates I might not see your work experience is totally relevant, but if you explain you are looking to try out a new thing, then that is totally fine and I don’t have to spend any time guessing why you applied for the position...
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LARISSA LANZ
People Operations
So you have successfully managed to go through our hiring process, you’ve spoken to our People Ops team, successfully convinced us in the tech skill interview, wowed us with your hiring presentation, and we’ve convinced you to start with us :) But what now? How do you become and feel part of a company that only meets twice a year in real life? And...
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CHIARA COKIENG
Product Owner
To focus on Operator Week, the company basically allowed us to clear our schedules of “real work.” For one whole week, 42 of us worked exclusively on this. While we instinctively know that the knowledge gained helps us do our jobs better in a big way, the benefits cannot be directly tied to any short-term results. They won’t make the company any money tomorrow...
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TIMO DERSTAPPEN
Co-Founder
Giant Swarm is a small company with big ideals. It starts with our mission statement in which we state that “We give companies freedom to build the software that runs our world”. Hey running the world is no small feat. The thing is that we feel that there are more ways in which we can impact the world we live in. Take the environment...
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ANNA LOEW
People Operations
Three founders with seven kids all together, nuff said? The number of companies that consider themselves ‘family-friendly’ is rising with a global trend that values work-life integration. Giant Swarm is proud to be a family-friendly startup. But what does this really mean? Head of People Operations at Giant Swarm, Anna Löw, makes sure we build...
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LARISSA LANZ
People Operations
With COVID-19, we’re currently experiencing a situation that pretty much forces many companies to adapt to a working style that we at Giant Swarm have considered the norm from day one. In essence, working remotely from wherever you feel the most productive, and at a time and in a manner that suits you best. Of course, it’s not completely like this...
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As well as providing managed Kubernetes to our customers, our platform is built with Kubernetes. We automate tasks as much as possible. Mainly we do this by developing Kubernetes operators but we also have some microservices and our front-end components like gsctl. Like upstream Kubernetes, our company is organized using SIGs (Special Interest Groups). Allowing you to go deeper into topics that interest you. If you want to learn more and get a glimpse at what we are working on, check out our GitHub.
With microservices and containers - the de facto infrastructure of choice for the majority of large enterprises - it is more important than ever that their cloud-native tech-stack functions optimally. We work with modern enterprise customers to remove the operational overhead that results from running Kubernetes themselves, enabling them to focus on their core business.
Giant Swarm’s managed microservices infrastructure enables enterprises to run agile, resilient, distributed systems at scale, while removing the tasks related to managing the complex underlying infrastructure.
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