Hello

If you're reading this you're probably wondering what it's like to work with us.🙌

Find out in these lines how is the day-to-day at Kaleidos, what are our benefits and all the details of the selection process. If you don't find an open position at the moment that fits your profile, but you would like us to check your CV or get to know you a little better, don't hesitate to send us a message through the button at the bottom of the page!

About Kaleidos & Penpot

We defend and believe in open-source and proof of this is that our main project, Penpot, reflects that. We’re convinced that technology isn’t neutral. That’s why we like to shake things up and go against the status quo.

Penpot is the free open-source design tool that allows true collaboration between designers and developers. Hand-off drama disappears, thanks to features like CSS Grid, Flex Layout and the Code Inspect tab. 

Kaleidos is the company, boosting Penpot. If you’re interested in getting a deeper sense of our culture and values, have a look at our website to gain insight into who we are and what we believe in.

We work regularly in English, because Penpot has reach outside Spain, we participate in international events and more and more of our employees use English as their first language: although our communication is mainly in Spanish, it is important that you feel comfortable working in English.

🫂 Who will you be working with?

At Kaleidos we have several teams: the Community team, the QA team, the Infrastructure team, and the Product team. We’re all rowing in the same direction to drive Penpot forward, the jobs we will open can be either for any of the teams that build Penpot or for those that give structure to Kaleidos. Would you like to take a peek at who we are?

🙌 What do we offer?

• 💰 Salary: You will find details of salary conditions or salary ranges for each position in all our job descriptions.
• 📜 Permanent contract. We’re looking for someone to stay with us for the long run!
• ⏰ Flexible hours. Even better! We all work from 10am-2pm CET. You can work the rest of your hours whenever you want. Whether you’re an early bird or a night owl, you’ll be in good company!
• 🌍 100% remote position. We maintain an office in Madrid (Spain), however, attendance at this location is discretionary. You are welcome to work remotely from any location with a reliable internet connection, provided that we share a time zone CET +/- 1 or you may choose to come to the office as often as you want.
• 🏝 23 days of paid leave, plus December 24th and 31st, and the possibility to ask for 10 extra non-paid leave days. We’re super flexible with your dates, you just need to make sure it’s fine with your team.
• 📅 Choose the holiday calendar of where you live or from the headquarters (Madrid).
• 📚 Continuous learning with internal and external training, conferences, and events (as a general rule we usually cover 100% of the cost). You’re encouraged to experiment with new best practices!
• 🇺🇸 🇪🇸 Language classes on the house (eng & span): classes paid for by the company as part of your work schedule.
• 🤩 2 PIWEEKs per year! A PIWEEK is a freeform week-long hackathon where you pause your day-to-day work and focus, either alone or in a team, on a cool project! Penpot was one of the projects born in past PIWEEKs!
• 🖥️ Elevate your workspace. We provide a budget every 3 years to renew the equipment and after 3 years you can keep the “old” computer equipment!
• 🔝 An environment where your opinion matters. We have a culture of a consensus-driven decision-making process. You’ll quickly find yourself being involved in all Kaleidos’ things.
• 🐧An open-source company. Our products are open-source and we support the open source environment as much as we can. We’re fully committed.
• 🤝 Self-organized teams: we believe that providing autonomy and independence is key for personal and collective accountability. Teams at Kaleidos operate internally with very little hierarchy and enjoy the freedom to better organize themselves.
• ❤️ Health insurance through flexible compensation (coverage only in Spain).
• 🏹 Monthly activities for those who want to, of course, do something fun as a group: ice skating, bowling, archery, kayaking…

➡️ What is the process like?

Haven't found an open position that fits your professional profile? No problem, you can apply in this general offer, so we can get to know you better. Send an email to hiring@kaleidos.net with the subject line “I want to work at Kaleidos”, tell us a little about yourself and the type of position you are interested in, and don’t forget to attach your CV. 

At Kaleidos we take very seriously our selection process and we don't want you to waste your time. We will only contact you to get to know you better if we really think there are opportunities for you with us.

The usual structure of our selection processes is as follows:

1. If we are thinking of opening a new position that fits your skills... congratulations! You will be one of the first people we value for the role. We will invite you to have a 15-20 mins chat to understand your profile and your desires better. At that point, if we’re aligned, we would love you to write a cover letter about your experience and why you’re interested in joining Kaleidos.
2. 1.5-hour culture interview, to get a sense of how you see our culture, clear up any questions, get to know you more deeply, and for you to also get to know us.
3. 1.5 hour technical interview. We’ll take this time together to review your projects. The aim is to explore how you approach things, your reasoning, and how you tackle the challenges.
4. 1-hour interview with Pablo, our CEO. Consider this step an interview to dive deeper into Kaleidos and ask whatever you’d like!
5. Optional: meet with two people from Kaleidos for a private conversation to ask any questions you may have about the company and the position.