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AREO_Marius··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2026)
AREO | Remote (EU) / on-site in Bremen, Germany | Full-Time | Equity | Roles: [Engineering Manager (Ruby on Rails), Lead Product Engineer (Ruby on Rails), Robotics Lead] My name is Marius and I am the CTO at AREO (https://goareo.com/).

AREO, founded in January 2023 by a team with 20+ years of combined experience in retail and startups, is a young startup specializing in developing innovative solutions for supermarkets and grocery retail stores.

Our cutting-edge B2B SaaS platform optimizes workflows for employees by providing real-time access to inventory, product information, and customer inquiries. We serve large supermarket chains in Germany and across the EU.

We already hired two backend developers through "HN - Who is hiring" and are now seeking a Lead Product Engineer (Ruby on Rails) / Engineering Manager (Ruby on Rails) with a minimum of 8 years of experience (preferably in startups), as we recently closed another large contract with a major retail chain and are growing quickly.

For both the Lead Product Engineer and Engineering Manager roles, professional knowledge of German is required, and you need to be based in the EU.

If you're passionate about building innovative retail products from scratch, these roles are for you.

Backend Stack: Ruby / Rails (8.x), StimulusJS / Hotwire / Turbo, AlpineJS, Postgres, Docker, DigitalOcean, OpenAPI, LLMs

We are also seeking a Robotics Lead to help us set up and run our new robotics lab in Bremen, Germany. We are building a retail robot, initially focusing on teleoperation and later on autonomous model development. You should have at least 3 years of experience with humanoid robots, VLAs, teleoperation, and other relevant robotics systems. Professional knowledge of German is required, and you must live in or be ready to move to Bremen.

Perks: Fully remote roles in Europe for the Engineering Manager and Lead Product Engineer, work where you are most productive, sizeable equity in a rapidly growing company, flat hierarchies, no-ego work environment, work in a lean but highly experienced team.

Apply here: marius[at]goareo.com and mention "HN - Who is hiring?" and the role you are applying for in the subject.

AREO_Marius··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2026)
AREO | Remote (EU) / on-site in Bremen, Germany | Full-Time | Equity | Roles: [Engineering Manager (Ruby on Rails), Lead Product Engineer (Ruby on Rails), Robotics Lead]

My name is Marius and I am the CTO at AREO (https://goareo.com/).

AREO, founded in January 2023 by a team with 20+ years of combined experience in retail and startups, is a young startup specializing in developing innovative solutions for supermarkets and grocery retail stores.

Our cutting-edge B2B SaaS platform optimizes workflows for employees by providing real-time access to inventory, product information, and customer inquiries. We serve large supermarket chains in Germany and across the EU.

We already hired two backend developers through "HN - Who is hiring" and are now seeking a Lead Product Engineer (Ruby on Rails) / Engineering Manager (Ruby on Rails) with a minimum of 8 years of experience (preferably in startups), as we recently closed another large contract with a major retail chain and are growing quickly.

For both the Lead Product Engineer and Engineering Manager roles, professional knowledge of German is required, and you need to be based in the EU.

If you're passionate about building innovative retail products from scratch, these roles are for you.

Backend Stack: Ruby / Rails (8.x), StimulusJS / Hotwire / Turbo, AlpineJS, Postgres, Docker, DigitalOcean, OpenAPI, LLMs

We are also seeking a Robotics Lead to help us set up and run our new robotics lab in Bremen, Germany. We are building a retail robot, initially focusing on teleoperation and later on autonomous model development. You should have at least 3 years of experience with humanoid robots, VLAs, teleoperation, and other relevant robotics systems. Professional knowledge of German is required, and you must live in or be ready to move to Bremen.

Perks: Fully remote roles in Europe for the Engineering Manager and Lead Product Engineer, work where you are most productive, sizeable equity in a rapidly growing company, flat hierarchies, no-ego work environment, work in a lean but highly experienced team.

Apply here: marius[at]goareo.com and mention "HN - Who is hiring?" and the role you are applying for in the subject.

AREO_Marius··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2026)
AREO | Remote (EU) | Full-Time | Equity | Roles: [Engineering Manager (Ruby on Rails), Lead Product Engineer (Ruby on Rails)]

My name is Marius and I am the CTO at AREO (https://goareo.com/).

AREO, founded in January 2023 by a team with 20+ years of combined experience in retail and startups, is a young startup specializing in developing innovative solutions for supermarkets and grocery retail stores.

Our cutting-edge B2B SaaS platform optimizes workflows for employees by providing real-time access to inventory, product information, and customer inquiries. We serve large supermarket chains in Germany and across the EU.

We already hired two backend developers through "HN - Who is hiring" and are now seeking a Lead Product Engineer / Engineering Manager with a minimum of 8 years of experience (preferably in startups), as we just closed another large contract with a major retail chain and are growing quickly.

For both the Product Engineer and the Engineering Manager role professional knowledge of German is required.

If you're passionate about building innovative retail products from scratch, these roles are for you.

Backend Stack: Ruby / Rails (8.x), StimulusJS / Hotwire / Turbo, AlpineJS, Postgres, Docker, DigitalOcean, OpenAPI, LLMs

Perks: Fully remote roles (Europe), work where you are most productive, sizeable equity in a rapidly growing company, flat hierarchies, no-ego work environment, work in a lean but highly experienced team

Apply here: marius[at]goareo.com and mention “HN - Who is hiring?” and the role you are applying for in the subject.

AREO_Marius··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2026)
AREO | Remote (EU) | Full-Time | Equity | Roles: [Engineering Manager (Ruby on Rails), Lead Product Engineer (Ruby on Rails)]

My name is Marius and I am the CTO at AREO (https://goareo.com/).

AREO, founded in January 2023 by a team with 20+ years of combined experience in retail and startups, is a young startup specializing in developing innovative solutions for supermarkets and grocery retail stores.

Our cutting-edge B2B SaaS platform optimizes workflows for employees by providing real-time access to inventory, product information, and customer inquiries. We serve large supermarket chains in Germany and across the EU.

About a year ago we brought a backend developer on board through "HN - Who is hiring" and are now seeking a Lead Product Engineer / Engineering Manager with a minimum of 8 years of experience (preferably in startups) as we just closed another large contract with a major retail chain and are growing quickly.

For both the Product Engineer and the Engineering Manager role professional knowledge of German is highly preferred.

If you're passionate about building innovative retail products from scratch, these roles are for you.

Backend Stack: Ruby / Rails (8.x), StimulusJS / Hotwire / Turbo, AlpineJS, Postgres, Docker, DigitalOcean, OpenAPI, LLMs

Perks: Fully remote roles (Europe), work where you are most productive, sizeable equity in a rapidly growing company, flat hierarchies, no-ego work environment, work in a lean but highly experienced team

Apply here: marius[at]goareo.com and mention “HN - Who is hiring?” and the role you are applying for in the subject.

AREO_Marius··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2026)
AREO | Remote (EU) | Full-Time | Equity | Roles: [Engineering Manager (Ruby on Rails), Lead Product Engineer (Ruby on Rails), Senior Android Developer]

My name is Marius and I am the CTO at AREO (https://goareo.com/).

AREO, founded in January 2023 by a team with 20+ years of combined experience in retail and startups, is a young startup specializing in developing innovative solutions for supermarkets and grocery retail stores. Our cutting-edge B2B SaaS platform optimizes workflows for employees by providing real-time access to inventory, product information, and customer inquiries. We serve large supermarket chains in Germany and across the EU.

About a year ago we brought a backend developer on board through "HN - Who is hiring" and are now seeking a Lead Product Engineer / Engineering Manager and a Senior Android Developer with a minimum of 8 years of experience (preferably in startups) as we just closed another 1M+ ARR contract with a major retail chain and are growing quickly.

For the Product Engineer / Engineering Manager (but not the Android Developer) role professional knowledge of German is highly preferred.

If you're passionate about building innovative retail products from scratch, these roles are for you.

Backend Stack: Ruby / Rails (8.x), StimulusJS / Hotwire / Turbo, AlpineJS, Postgres, Docker, DigitalOcean, OpenAPI, LLMs

Mobile Stack: Kotlin, Room, Jetpack Compose, Hilt Perks: Fully remote roles (Europe), work where you are most productive, sizeable equity in a rapidly growing company, flat hierarchies, no-ego work environment, work in a lean but highly experienced team

Apply here: marius[at]goareo.com and mention “HN - Who is hiring?” and the role you are applying for in the subject.

AREO_Marius··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2026)
AREO | Remote (EU) | Full-Time | Equity | Roles: [Engineering Manager (Ruby on Rails), Lead Product Engineer (Ruby on Rails), Senior Android Developer]

My name is Marius and I am the CTO at AREO (https://goareo.com/).

AREO, founded in January 2023 by a team with 20+ years of combined experience in retail and startups, is a young startup specializing in developing innovative solutions for supermarkets and grocery retail stores. Our cutting-edge B2B SaaS platform optimizes workflows for employees by providing real-time access to inventory, product information, and customer inquiries. We serve large supermarket chains in Germany and across the EU.

About a year ago we brought a backend developer on board through "HN - Who is hiring" and are now seeking a Lead Product Engineer / Engineering Manager and a Senior Android Developer with a minimum of 8 years of experience (preferably in startups) as we just closed another 1M+ ARR contract with a major retail chain and are growing quickly.

For the Product Engineer / Engineering Manager (but not the Android Developer) role professional knowledge of German is highly preferred.

If you're passionate about building innovative retail products from scratch, these roles are for you.

Backend Stack: Ruby / Rails (8.x), StimulusJS / Hotwire / Turbo, AlpineJS, Postgres, Docker, DigitalOcean, OpenAPI, LLMs

Mobile Stack: Kotlin, Room, Jetpack Compose, Hilt

Perks: Fully remote roles (Europe), work where you are most productive, sizeable equity in a rapidly growing company, flat hierarchies, no-ego work environment, work in a lean but highly experienced team

Apply here: marius[at]goareo.com and mention “HN - Who is hiring?” and the role you are applying for in the subject.

AREO_Marius··on Tell HN: I'm having the worst career winter of my life
Perfect, I just sent you an email. Looking forward!
AREO_Marius··on Tell HN: I'm having the worst career winter of my life
@Mario - I looked for contact details in your profile but did not find any. We are currently hiring senior Rails engineers, fully remote in Europe (see an older job ad here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42923191 EDIT and a current one here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46466732).

Please feel free to reach out, and then we can see if there is a good match.

AREO_Marius··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2025)
AREO | Remote (EU) | Full-Time | Equity | Role: Senior Android Developer

My name is Marius and I am the CTO at AREO (https://goareo.com/).

AREO, founded in January 2023 by a team with 20+ years of combined experience in retail and startups, is a young software startup specializing in developing innovative solutions for supermarkets and grocery retail stores. Our cutting-edge B2B SaaS platform optimizes workflows for employees by providing real-time access to inventory, product information, and customer inquiries. We serve large supermarket chains in Germany and across the EU.

We recently brought a backend developer on board through "HN - Who is hiring" and are now seeking a Senior Android Developer with a minimum of 8 years of experience.

If you're passionate about building innovative retail products from scratch, this role is for you.

Mobile Stack: Kotlin, Room, Jetpack Compose, Hilt

Perks: Fully remote roles (Europe), work when and where you are most productive, sizeable equity in a rapidly growing company, flat hierarchies, no-ego work environment, work in a lean but highly experienced team

Apply here: marius[at]goareo.com and mention “HN - Who is hiring?” in the subject.

AREO_Marius··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2025)
The job ad lists two jobs:

- Lead Product Engineer

- Senior Android Developer

We are actively interviewing and hiring for both roles, so I am not sure what exactly your issue is.

AREO_Marius··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2025)
> I noticed that this particular job ad has been posted here third time in a row.

Initially, we were looking to hire - 1x Lead Product Engineer - 1x Technical Product Manager - 1x Senior Full-Stack Developer

We found a Senior Full-Stack Developer through HN - Who is hiring?, so this role has been filled. We paused hiring for the TPM role, so this one is no longer listed. However, we are still hiring for the Lead Product Engineer role and are now looking to expand the mobile team, which is why I posted a slightly different version of the job ad again.

I don't see why it would be an issue to post again if we are still hiring for another role.

AREO_Marius··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2025)
AREO | Remote (EU) | Full-Time | Equity | Roles: [Lead Product Engineer (Ruby on Rails), Senior Android Developer]

My name is Marius and I am the CTO at AREO (https://goareo.com/).

AREO, founded in January 2023 by a team with 20+ years of combined experience in retail and startups, is a young software startup specializing in developing innovative solutions for supermarkets and grocery retail stores. Our cutting-edge B2B SaaS platform optimizes workflows for employees by providing real-time access to inventory, product information, and customer inquiries. We serve large supermarket chains in Germany and across the EU.

We recently brought a backend developer on board through "HN - Who is hiring" and are now seeking a Lead Product Engineer and a Senior Android Developer with a minimum of 8 years of experience.

For the Product Engineer (but not the Android Developer) role professional knowledge of German is required.

If you're passionate about building innovative retail products from scratch, these roles are for you.

Backend Stack: Ruby / Rails (8.x), StimulusJS / Hotwire / Turbo, AlpineJS, Postgres, Docker, DigitalOcean, OpenAPI, LLMs

Mobile Stack: Kotlin, Room, Jetpack Compose, Hilt

Perks: Fully remote roles (Europe), work when and where you are most productive, sizeable equity in a rapidly growing company, flat hierarchies, no-ego work environment, work in a lean but highly experienced team

Apply here: marius[at]goareo.com and mention “HN - Who is hiring?” and the role you are applying for in the subject. We’ll respond to every complete application.

AREO_Marius··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2025)
I don't think that this would work as we are generally looking for people with 30-40 hours of availability per week.
AREO_Marius··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2025)
That is correct - we are currently hiring for AREO and Archie. I am the CTO of both companies.
AREO_Marius··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2025)
AREO | Remote (EU) | Full-Time | Equity | Roles: [Lead Product Engineer (Ruby on Rails), Senior Full-Stack Developer (Ruby on Rails), Technical Product Manager] My name is Marius and I am the CTO at AREO (https://goareo.com/).

AREO, founded in January 2023 by a team with 20+ years of combined experience in retail and startups, is a young software startup specializing in developing innovative solutions for supermarkets and grocery retail stores. Our cutting-edge B2B SaaS platform optimizes workflows for employees by providing real-time access to inventory, product information, and customer inquiries. We serve large supermarket chains in Germany and across the EU.

We recently brought a developer on board through "HN - Who is hiring" and are now seeking Lead Product Engineers, Senior Full-Stack Developers, and Technical Product Managers with a minimum of 8 years of experience.

For the Technical Product Manager and Lead Product Engineer roles, professional knowledge of German is required. If you're passionate about building innovative retail products from scratch, these roles are for you.

Backend Stack: Ruby / Rails (8.x), StimulusJS / Hotwire / Turbo, AlpineJS, Postgres, Docker, DigitalOcean, OpenAPI, LLMs

Perks: Fully remote roles (Europe), work when and where you are most productive, sizeable equity in a rapidly growing company, flat hierarchies, no-ego work environment, work in a lean but highly experienced team

Apply here: marius[at]goareo.com and mention “HN - Who is hiring?” and the role you are applying for in the subject. We’ll respond to every complete application.

AREO_Marius··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2024)
AREO | Remote (EU) | Full-Time | Equity | Roles: [Lead Product Engineer (Ruby on Rails), Senior Full-Stack Developer (Ruby on Rails), Technical Product Manager]

My name is Marius and I am the CTO at AREO (https://goareo.com/).

AREO, founded in January 2023 by a team with 20+ years of combined experience in retail and startups, is a young software startup specializing in developing innovative solutions for supermarkets and grocery retail stores. Our cutting-edge B2B SaaS platform optimizes workflows for employees by providing real-time access to inventory, product information, and customer inquiries. We serve large supermarket chains in Germany and across the EU.

We are now looking to hire Lead Product Engineers, Senior Full-Stack Developers, and Technical Product Managers with at least 8 years of experience. For the Technical Product Manager and Lead Product Engineer roles, professional knowledge of German is required. If you're looking to build great new products for retail from scratch, these roles are for you.

Backend Stack: Ruby / Rails (8.x), StimulusJS / Hotwire / Turbo, AlpineJS, Postgres, Docker, DigitalOcean, OpenAPI, LLMs

Perks: Fully remote roles (Europe), work when and where you are most productive, sizeable equity in a rapidly growing company, flat hierarchies, no-ego work environment, work in a lean but highly experienced team

Apply here: marius[at]goareo.com and mention “HN - Who is hiring?” and the role you are applying for in the subject. We’ll respond to every complete application.

AREO_Marius··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2023)
AREO | Remote (EU) | Full-Time | Equity | No Visa Sponsorship Roles: [Senior Backend (Ruby on Rails) Developer, Senior Android Developer]

Hi, my name is Marius and I am the CTO at AREO (https://www.goareo.com - placeholder because we are still in stealth).

We are a young but quickly growing software startup based in Germany that specialises in the development of Augmented Reality (AR) solutions for supermarkets and grocery retail stores.

Our B2B SaaS AR platform helps store employees by providing real-time access to inventory, product information, and POIs. The founders (me and Eike) have more than 10 years of experience with grocery retail and startups.

We are currently looking for seasoned Android and Rails developers with at least 6 years of experience, a knack for crafting clear, well-documented code, a passion for comprehensive testing and an appreciation for beautifully designed products.

For the mobile devs familiarity with AR apps, AR frameworks (AR Foundation, ARCore, ARKit) and AR glasses is a big plus. For both roles being able to understand at least a bit of German would come in handy but is not a must-have :) However, you have to be located in the EU.

Backend Stack: Ruby / Rails (7.x), StimulusJS / Hotwire / Turbo, AlpineJS, Redis, Postgres, Docker, Sentry, DigitalOcean, OpenAPI

Mobile Stack: Kotlin, Room, Jetpack Compose, ARCore, Hilt

Perks: Work when and where you are most productive, potential for leadership role, sizeable equity in a rapidly growing company, work with cutting-edge AR tech.

Apply here: marius[here comes the at sign]goareo.com and mention “HN” in the subject.

We’ll respond to every application.

!!! We are not interested in working with agencies or recruiters !!!

AREO_Marius··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)
AREO | Remote (EU) | Full-Time | Equity | No Visa Sponsorship

Roles: [Senior Backend (Ruby on Rails) Developer, Senior Android Developer]

Hi, my name is Marius and I am the CTO at AREO (https://www.goareo.com - placeholder because we are still in stealth).

We are a young but quickly growing software startup based in Germany that specialises in the development of Augmented Reality (AR) solutions for supermarkets and grocery retail stores.

Our B2B SaaS AR platform helps store employees by providing real-time access to inventory, product information, and POIs. The founders (me and Eike) have more than 10 years of experience with grocery retail and startups.

We are currently looking for seasoned Android and Rails developers with at least 6 years of experience, a knack for crafting clear, well-documented code, a passion for comprehensive testing and an appreciation for beautifully designed products.

For the mobile devs familiarity with AR apps, AR frameworks (AR Foundation, ARCore, ARKit) and AR glasses is a big plus. For both roles being able to understand at least a bit of German would come in handy but is not a must-have :) However, you should be located in the EU.

Backend Stack: Ruby / Rails (7.x), StimulusJS / Hotwire / Turbo, AlpineJS, Redis, Postgres, Docker, Sentry, DigitalOcean, OpenAPI

Mobile Stack: Kotlin, Room, Jetpack Compose, ARCore, Hilt

Perks: Work when and where you are most productive, potential for leadership role, sizeable equity in a rapidly growing company, work with cutting-edge AR tech.

Apply here: marius[here comes the at sign]goareo.com and mention “HN” in the subject.

We’ll respond to every application.

!!! Please note: We are not interested in working with agencies or recruiters !!!

AREO_Marius··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2023)
AREO | Remote (EU) | Full-Time | Equity | No Visa Sponsorship

Roles: [Senior Android Developer, Senior Backend (Ruby on Rails) Developer]

Hi, my name is Marius and I am the CTO at AREO (https://www.goareo.com - placeholder because we are still in stealth).

We are a young but quickly growing software startup based in Germany that specialises in the development of Augmented Reality (AR) solutions for supermarkets and grocery retail stores.

Our B2B SaaS AR platform helps store employees by providing real-time access to inventory, product information, and POIs. The founders (me and Eike) have more than 10 years of experience with startups and grocery retail.

We are currently looking for seasoned Android and Rails developers with at least 6 years of experience, a knack for crafting clear, well-documented code, a passion for comprehensive testing and an appreciation for beautifully designed products.

For the mobile devs familiarity with AR apps, AR frameworks (AR Foundation, ARCore, ARKit) and AR glasses is a big plus. For both roles being able to understand at least a bit of German would come in handy but is not a must-have :)

Backend Stack: Ruby / Rails (7.x), StimulusJS / Hotwire, AlpineJS, Redis, Postgres, Docker, Sentry, DigitalOcean, OpenAPI

Mobile Stack: Kotlin, Room, Jetpack Compose, ARCore

Perks: Work when and where you are most productive, potential for leadership role, sizeable equity in a rapidly growing company, work with cutting-edge AR tech.

Apply here: marius[here comes the at sign]goareo.com and mention “HN” in the subject.

We’ll respond to every application.

!!! Please note: We are not interested in working with agencies or recruiters !!!

AREO_Marius··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2023)
AREO | Senior Backend (Ruby / Rails) / iOS / Android / Unity Developer | Remote (EU) | Full-Time | Equity | No Visa Sponsorship

Hi, my name is Marius and I am the CTO at AREO (goareo.com - placeholder because we are still in stealth).

We are a young but quickly growing software startup based in Germany that specialises in the development of Augmented Reality (AR) solutions for supermarkets and grocery retail stores. Our B2B SaaS AR platform helps store employees by providing real-time access to inventory, product information, and POI locations. The founders (me and Eike) have more than 10 years of experience with startups and grocery retail.

We are currently looking for seasoned backend (Rails) and iOS / Android / Unity developers with at least 6 years of experience, a knack for crafting clear, well-documented code, a passion for comprehensive testing and an appreciation for beautifully designed products.

For the iOS / Android / Unity roles familiarity with AR apps, AR frameworks (AR Foundation, ARCore, ARKit) and AR glasses is a big plus.

Stack: Ruby / Rails, Unity, C#, Kotlin, Swift, SwiftUI, Postgres, Docker, Sentry, DigitalOcean

Perks: Work when and where you are most productive, potential for leadership role, sizeable equity in a rapidly growing company, work with cutting-edge AR tech.

Apply here: marius[here comes the at sign]goareo.com and mention “HN” in the subject. We’ll respond to every application.