Hey HN! We're a jewelry retailer (~100 mall locations) going through the classic digital transformation story. Our tech stack is built on two endlessly upgraded systems from the 80s (Universe and Magix) that have finally hit EOL. We're modernizing everything - mainly moving to a new ERP (it's a desktop app built in Delphi/Interbase by a third party), plus some in-house stuff. Want to build something? Talk to the users, then build it. Got a better tool in mind? Let's use it. We're running this hybrid on-prem/Azure/AWS setup and trying to get our IaC game going.
What we need:
Someone who's worked with weird tech stacks before and can figure out obscure systems. Experience with retail/accounting is awesome but not required. Must know your way around version control and have strong opinions about your preferred editor for reasons.
Comfortable talking to users and solving their actual problems. Bonus points if you've done multiunit retail before
Some real problems we're tackling:
- Our credit application system is this web app Frankenstein'd together by various devs - it works but the database updates are a mess. Help me fix our autopayments. - Distribution uses this configurable-but-unfriendly desktop app. Need someone to really get how it's used and make it better - maybe through RPA, maybe just better docs and UI labels.
- Work wherever you want. Occasional visits to Culver City helpful but not required - Flexible hours (we're PST, but just need some overlap for now - help me fix our async game?) International = hired through Upwork
If this sounds like your kind of chaos, email me at matt and then a underscore and then pendergraft followed by an at for the main website of the company this is for. Tell me why this interests you and maybe share a cool project you've worked on. Resume optional but helpful.