About PlusNarrative

Address

Fully Remote

Company Size

15-50
Highlights

PlusNarrative is on a mission to build a world-class tech team through OfferZen.

PlusNarrative is committed to drive growth and innovation in the tech community.

Developer Manifesto

We unite under a common vision of a future where autonomy, mastery, and acceleration are the guiding principles that drive our work. We believe that by embracing these values, we can create an environment where innovation thrives, excellence is the standard, and progress is unstoppable.

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PlusNarrative is an end-to-end tech innovation company in South Africa. Our team specialises in UX strategy, interface design and custom application development. The world is full of meaningless tech that puts people last in the process... we imagine a future of human-first technology that creates value for people.

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Our Work

We have built distinct experiences with some of the world’s most loved brands, shaping visionary ideas into reality.

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Summary

Who we are

WE ARE AN INTERFACE DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING AGENCY THAT CRAFTS MEANING INTO TECH.

In a world full of business-first businesses, creating products without considering how they truly impact people, we strive to rather create people-first products that add value to business because they attract and retain customers. We see the impact of diversity in creative ideas, problem solving and even in code. In 10 short years we have developed the expertise to facilitate wide-ranging capabilities and functions in order to create better tech products that get results.

Over the last 6 months we have invested in, experimented with and developed AI tools in ways that are aligned to our ethos.

We believe that this new renaissance of creative technology usage will augment, not replace, human creativity, in the way the tech enables rapid iteration by compressing the feedback loop from product ideas to usability testing data for prototypes.

Our core values

As PlusNarrative developers, we unite under a common vision of a future where autonomy, mastery, and acceleration are the guiding principles that drive our work. We believe that by embracing these values, we can create an environment where innovation thrives, excellence is the standard, and progress is unstoppable. This manifesto is our commitment to shaping that future.

Our commitment

We commit to a workplace where every team member can flourish, where excellence is celebrated, and we achieve more together.

How we measure success

Excellence in software development is the biggest competitive advantage a business can have. Engineering teams must ensure high quality and deliver efficiently. Our robust engineering metrics program is the first step in meeting this dual mandate. Our processes (not our people) are constantly reviewed and refined against DORA metrics.

Our personal requirements (KPIs if you like)

  1. Complete two courses which offer a certificate of completion.
  2. Attend a conference and share your learning with the team
  3. Deliver an internal automation tools the improves efficiency and productivity
  4. Embrace AI
  5. Be more than just a developer, embraced DevOps.

Our hiring process

Once you have been invited to an interview you can expect to meet 3-4 team members representing PlusNarrative. In the first interview, we aim to get to know you and your character and levels of creative thinking. If you are selected for a second interview, you will send through a copy of your latest payslip and a letter of reference from a colleague or leader. You will also be assessed on your capabilities - mainly problem solving under pressure and the ability to ask meaningful questions to understand the route of a challenge. Next, if you complete the assessment successfully you will be sent an offer to review and consider.

Perks
Monthly team breakfast
Multiple cities
Endless coffee
Weekly coding session (not work related)
Investment into lifelong learning
Always playing with new tech
Weekly hackathons & team challenges
Positive, uplifting culture
Remote first culture
Monthly rewards for living +N values
Tech Stack

Application and Data

Sass
Laravel
PostgreSQL
Javascript
Node.js
Python
MySQL
PHP
React
RabbitMQ
MongoDB
HTML5
Microsoft Azure
TypeScript
Flutter
React Native
AI Platform
Next.js
Svelte

DevOps

GitHub
Git
Docker
npm
Xcode
Bitbucket
Kubernetes
IntelliJ IDEA
Prometheus
Bash
Sentry
Cloudflare
Azure DevOps
Visual Studio
VS Code

Utilities

Google Analytics

Business Tools

Google Apps
Slack
MailChimp
Confluence
Miro