SmartDev Culture: How We Dogfood Our Own App
At SmartDev (the team behind GoJobee), we have one rule: Eat your own dogfood.
We use our ATS every single day. Not because we have to. But because if we didn't, our product would suck.
When something annoys us in our hiring process, it goes straight to the dev backlog. That's why GoJobee isn't "theoretically good." It is practically useful.
Our Three Pillars (No Corporate Speak)
1. Radical Transparency
Everyone knows everything.
Runway? Everyone sees the bank balance.
Salaries? Open bands.
Why did we kill that feature? We explain the strategy.
We treat people like adults. Adults don't need fairy tales; they need facts.
2. Autonomy (For Real)
We hire smart people so they can tell us what to do, not the other way around.
We don't care if you work at 8 AM or 10 PM. We don't care if you work from a beach (as long as the WiFi works).
We care about results.
If you ship, you can work from Mars for all we care.
3. The Right to Fail
If you aren't breaking anything, you aren't moving fast enough.
At SmartDev, we expect experiments. Sometimes experiments explode. That's fine. We clean up, learn, and move on.
What is it like to get hired here?
You Apply: You get a confirmation in 3 seconds (thanks, GoJobee).
Chat (30 mins): We check the "vibe". Do we fit you? Do you fit us?
Task (Paid!): We don't believe in free labor. We give you a real problem. We pay for your time.
Decision: No ghosting. Decision in 48h.
Why are we telling you this?
Because we believe culture isn't about ping-pong tables or free pizza. Culture is how you treat people when nobody is watching.
And that's what we built GoJobee for – to give you a tool that lets you treat candidates with the respect they deserve.
Want to join a team like this? Check our Careers page. Want to hire like this? Fire up GoJobee.