OfferZen
offerzen.com · Company blog · on HN since 2017
OfferZen is a South African developer job marketplace whose blog covers developer salaries and surveys, plus technical pieces on Emacs Org-mode and infrastructure.
What HN saysHN commenters mention OfferZen as a major dev-hiring platform in South Africa, citing upfront salaries and respectful treatment of candidates, and link its salary and Org-mode articles.
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staindk · 2022-03-05
I'm very late to this thread but want to mention OfferZen[1]. They are massive in the dev job seeking space in South Africa, and I think as of recently a country or two in Europe. The company was conceived in SiValley but the founders opted to come back home to RSA to try it out[2].
The gist of how it works as a dev is that you do an automated entrance test (if you're a junior - and it was quite easy IME), and once you are in you set up your profile and wait for companies to contact you about positions they want to fill. You then decide (with input from your assigned 'career coach' if you wish) whether you want to go forward with an interview etc. For myself and everyone I've spoken to who has used the service, it was a great experience. Infinitely better than trawling through Indeed and such.
More reading here[3]
[1] https://www.offerzen.com/
[2] https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/328018
[3] http://docs.offerzen.com/en/articles/5977855-what-makes-job-searching-…
davydm · 2025-09-11
There is already at least one company successfully doing this: https://www.offerzen.com/
I'm not saying "don't compete" - this is a good thing for devs.
BJanecke · 2017-07-03
https://www.offerzen.com/
* Upfront Salaries
* Talent treated with dignity
* Companies/Talent held accountable for showing up to interviews
suitophobia · 2021-07-22
This article on salaries in EU tech hubs is potentially relevant. Also takes into account cost of living.
https://www.offerzen.com/blog/developer-salaries-across-tech-hubs-in-s…
yugene · 2021-04-20
An article on literate programming with Org-mode for beginners: https://www.offerzen.com/blog/literate-programming-empower-your-writin…
benjamaan · 2022-09-16
Meanwhile https://offerzen.com/community/investec
ollierattue · 2021-04-09
GetMyBoat | Full Stack Developer (Python / React) | Full-time | Remote (Latin America, Canada, USA)
GetMyBoat launched in 2013 in San Francisco and has grown to be the world’s largest boat and watercraft experiences marketplace. With more than 130,000 listings in 184 countries and over 9,300 locations, there's something for everyone, worldwide. The user-friendly platform is available online and on mobile apps for both iOS & Android. GetMyBoat had explosive growth in 2020 and was awarded Apple's App of the day and featured in the Wall Street Journal. Just last month SimilarWeb announced we’re officially one of the world’s 100 fastest-growing digital brands.
We are hiring a Full Stack Developer working with experience of Python / Django and React JS. Candidate must be in a US timezone (Latin America, Canada, USA). Position is fully remote, working with a small, high performance global engineering team. In collaboration with our Head of Software Development and Head of Product, success in this role is defined as building a world class e-commerce marketplace experience.
See our hiring profile for more information on our company, hiring and engineering processes https://www.offerzen.com/companies/getmyboat
Further details of the position and information on how to apply can be found at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wb9PqQ4xZ9jmNLcCU3fwNywHV4n1WsBB99…