absurd:joy is a collection of curious humans focused on bringing joy to remote communication. We're developing Tangle! A collaboration tool that fosters the hearts and minds of creatives and teams! 

absurd:joy is prototyping remote culture as well as cool new tech so it’s worth talking about how we operate and what kind of studio we are. We are currently a small team of games industry and app development veterans. We’ve spent a lot of time in \*weird new tech\* so our brains are often geared around natural human interaction with technology. How people want to use technology and making sure we meet them there, and not making people contort themselves to the tech. (And hopefully delighting them in the process!)

And humans must include everyone. Accessibility and inclusion is intrinsic to our designs in order to provide an experience that is easy and joyful. 

So though our team is small, we include a wide range of humans, including various genders, sexualities, upbringings, and beliefs/creeds. We are, however, predominately ethnically homogeneous. This is part of a systemic problem within the technology industry, but also something that we are complicit in. Many of us have personally benefited from the system, though it quite tangibly makes our company and our products weaker. We fundamentally believe that easy joyful experiences that are truly built for everyone cannot be made without a team of diverse humans bringing their own unique experiences, backgrounds, lives, and energy to what we're making.

Internally, we take steps to work with external specialists to address our own biases. Externally, we share resources, information, and learnings freely and publicly to try and provide assistance to those who have less access to them due to the systemic and institutional discrimination that occurs in this industry. absurd:joy considers this work to be fundamental to the company, and provides resources to employees who take this on.  

It is important for us to communicate this to anyone who is considering working with us, because this philosophy of diversity and inclusion is something that is very important to our company, but is also an area in which we need to do work and make improvements.

What’s it like working at Tangle?

• Working closely from a distance is our specialty. We work from anywhere, united by our passion for natural human interaction with technology.

• We love to create tech, but it’s more than that. We find joy in creating moments and memories together. Gut-busting laughs, candid conversations, creative breakthroughs – all of it. Together, we’ve created a team environment where great work and absolute silliness can coexist along with our obsession with cats.

• We encourage open, honest communication. We are an emotionally communicative team and are deeply mindful and considerate of each other. We strive to create a workplace environment where everyone feels safe to dive deep into creativity and problem-solving, without fear of judgment or failure.

• On this team, we value:
  • Celebrating others’ contributions
  • Progress over productivity
  • Speaking openly about mental health and boundaries
  • Open dialogue and learning from each other
  • Work-life balance, with an emphasis on life

• Diversity and inclusion are non-negotiables. We fundamentally believe in creating easy, joyful experiences that are truly built for everyone. To do this, we prioritize building a team of diverse humans with unique experiences, backgrounds, interests, and energy.

• In our new, remote-first world, we are reimagining a more people-centric way to work. 
  • 32-hour work week. Because life is short, and so are weekends.
  • Fully remote work. Live the life you want, where you want.
  • Health benefits. 100% coverage for you, day one.
  • 401k, with 6% match. You can bank on our support.
  • Unlimited PTO. Flexible leave and a team-wide focus on mental health.
  • Home office stipend. Is that kitchen chair giving you back pain? Let us help.

Important Bits

If you meet most of the criteria for the job listing, we still want to hear from you! We believe in fostering talent and growing/training our team as we believe great human beings come first and building skillsets can happen over time with great humans. Also, if your industry calls the stated role something else, that’s ok too!