We started Geneva to help people stay connected to the groups they love and help them make new friends through the groups they have yet to find. We know that being a part of groups is vital to our happiness and well-being, but the tools and platforms most of us use today aren’t designed to help us build and participate in the groups that matter to us. That's why we’re building Geneva — a new communication app that gives groups, clubs, and communities everything they need to come together online, all in one place.
We’re an incredibly motivated team with a track record of building successful businesses, backed by leading investors. We're based in New York City, with team members across the globe.
Why Join Us
- We’re a tight-knit group of tested entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds and complementary skill sets obsessed with building the best product possible.
- We're working on an enormous opportunity: to change how people interact and socialize online. If we achieve our mission, our work will be meaningful and our lives will be purposeful.
- We're a nimble and solution-focused team. We spend less time worrying about process and hierarchy by operating in a largely flat organizational structure with a laser focus on autonomy, individual responsibilities, and transparent communication.
- We're committed to keeping our team as small as possible for as long as possible. We believe almost everything good about an organization is preserved when the team is small and so much bad occurs when the team is large and so we are committed to keeping our team size small.
- We’re supported by industry-leading investors and advisors (including institutional + angel investors) dedicated to helping us achieve our mission.
Product Challenges
We want to empower groups from around the world ranging from a 5-person group chat to a 10,000-person climate change community to communicate in a robust, private, safe, secure, and efficient manner. This is no easy task.
On the infrastructure side, we're building a modern communication platform to facilitate large scale real-time group conversations across the globe. Our real-time delivery platform is designed with a distributed fault-tolerant architecture. We strive for insanely fast communication at scale with the lowest infrastructure costs imaginable.
On the UI side, we're building an intuitive and beautiful user experience for everyone. Period. Not just gamers, or tech startups, or people nostalgic for decades old interfaces. To achieve this goal, we need every product and engineering team member to be motivated first and foremost by profound love and empathy for our users.
Culture
Geneva team members get things done. We are a diverse group of self-starters obsessed with creating a delightful experience for our users. We are curious, passionate, meticulous, results-oriented, and enjoy wearing many hats. We fully embrace radical transparency — in a constructive way. Most of all, we're committed to keeping our team as small as possible for as long as possible.
We have an important mission in front of us: to create a new kind of communication app built for tight-knit groups & communities. The most exciting times at Geneva are yet to come, and we expect all team members to take ownership over our mission and constantly improve our product, our culture, and our company. We are looking for new team members who will bring their A-game day in and day out and find solutions to problems we would never have imagined by ourselves.
Benefits
Geneva offers a range of benefits to all full-time employees, including:
💙 Health and retirement benefits. We offer fully paid options for health, vision, and dental insurance for full-time US-based team members, along with access to 401k, FSAs, supplemental life insurance, and more. International team members have access to medical stipend options to assist with the costs of staying healthy. Unlimited sick time, including support for mental health days, is available to everyone on the team.
🌴 Paid time off. We offer unlimited PTO, with a recommended minimum of 15 days off per year (in addition to holidays and separate from sick time).
🍼 Generous family leave. We encourage 12 weeks of parental leave for all new parents, and will be flexible with you if you want to take it all at once or staggered throughout your first year with your new addition.
🌎 Remote work. You can do your best work with Geneva, no matter where you live. We've been remote-first since inception, and have team members located across the globe. We're always on the lookout for things that set you up for success and help keep you connected to the team, no matter which time zone you're in.
☕ Coworking. We recognize everybody's productivity needs are different. NYC-based team members are more than welcome to work from our beautiful Soho office any time working from home isn't ideal. For team members located elsewhere, we'll cover the cost of a coworking space if you prefer working away from home.
💻 Equipment. We'll make sure you have everything you need to do your job, including the computer of your choice and furniture to optimize your home office.
📚 Learning and development. Staying up to speed and keeping your skills sharp is an ongoing pursuit. We offer an annual budget for books, courses, subscriptions, and other resources to support your growth.
🧘♂️ Wellness support. We contribute a monthly budget to help you maintain a well-rounded lifestyle, ranging from gym and fitness studio memberships, mental health or personal counseling/therapy, meditation apps or other wellness subscriptions, and more.
🌼 Team retreats. Working remotely makes our time spent together in person so much more meaningful. The whole team gathers together IRL twice a year, where we collaborate, align on strategy, and have fun together, all expenses paid.
At Geneva, we're committed to building a diverse and inclusive company that celebrates and develops people from all backgrounds. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage everyone to apply.
Research indicates that applicants who are people of color, female or non-binary are less likely to apply for roles they do not feel 100% qualified for. We view job listings as a starting point of an ongoing conversation, and we'd love to consider the contributions you'd bring to Geneva, even if they don't match our descriptions perfectly.
Please note: due to the small size of our company, we may not be able to follow up with everyone — but we'll try our best!
