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Ecosia | Frontend Engineer | ONSITE (Berlin) and REMOTE | Full-time/Part-time

Ecosia, the search engine that plants trees, is one of the world's largest social businesses and the first B Corporation in Germany. As part of our mission to cultivate a more environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable world, we are planting and protecting forests by enabling people to channel their everyday actions into environmental good.

We're looking for a FE-focused engineer for our Core Search team. We love accessibility, performance and clean design. We primarily use Vue and have a solid design system. A search engine is a funky and interesting thing to work on, I've been really enjoying the challenge!

Do get in touch, questions are more than welcome

EDIT: oops, link: https://jobs.lever.co/ecosia/76cd0d2a-f79b-4560-9222-388e20b...

>>fiala_+(OP)
Hey, I find Ecosia interesting and was thinking of applying but I’ll really be honest here: a 5 step interview for a below market pay (for what you’re asking of the ideal candidate) is really off putting. I’d personally be up for max one option between points 2, 3 or 4, less inclined to the take home assignment, which I assume is, of course, unpaid.

>>fiala_+(OP)
Honest question:

> Software Engineer (all genders)

What is the significance of specifying genders? Why would male or female make a difference?

>>eatbit+iL2
We can start with the fact that German nouns (e.g. job titles) have a grammatical gender. Due to that offers included "m/f" in the past. Since this[0] ruling companies prefer to be safe.

So in short: legal safety and following the German law [1].

That's why German based companies include "all genders" or "m/f/d" in their job listings.

[0]. https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Pressemit...

[1].https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allgemeines_Gleichbehandlungsg...

>>kiolea+2u
Hey there! I understand it can be frustrating to go through so many interview stages. For us it's important there’s enough time dedicated for both sides to get to know each other. Indeed, the process might be lengthy, but there's always the possibility to combine some of the steps. We're also keen to find folks who would stay long-term, so it matters to us that all the questions and perspectives are covered from both sides.

If you do end up applying, please do let us know you'd prefer to combine some interview steps and we'll see what we can do :)