GoGoGrandparent is a digital caregiving platform that helps older and disabled adults remain independent, safe and supported at home. We adapt on-demand APIs (Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart, etc.) into a concierge-style experience tailored for people with cognitive, mobility or vision challenges.
Were profitable, growing rapidlyYC-backed startup (S16) with a deep mission-driven team. Everything we create has a direct impact on the real families who rely on GoGo every day.
Our engineering team is fully remote, agile, and fast-moving. You’ll work closely with the founders, ship meaningful features weekly, and have real ownership over the architecture, reliability, and product direction.
Fully Remote | Able to work 4+ hour overlap with mainland US | $100k – $160k (depending on location, experience and seniority)
tech stack
Back-end heavy: Node.js, TypeScript, MySQL, REST + GraphQL
Front-end: Vue.js (Nice to find this)
Deploy: AWS, Docker/Kubernetes (Nice to find this)
requirements
6+ years of professional experience (primarily in Node.js and Vue.js)
Able to work 4+ hour overlap with US timezone or mainland US
If you are passionate about improving the lives of older people and people with disabilities, we would love for you to apply!
After racking our brains over it for months, we realized what the problem was.
Managing transportation on Lyft, Uber, cab companies, etc. is not easy. This is a ‘self-service’ experience. The person requesting the ride needs to be aware of things like the driver canceling, getting lost, the driver not showing up, the driver not getting completely lost as soon as a couple goes home across the street.
Then add the complexities of smartphones: The user has to stay on top of updating their own credit cards – making sure the pickup PIN is in the right place – typing in where they are and where they’re going. In total, requesters have to take about a dozen online and offline “micro steps” to get a ride. And God help anyone who needs to remember their Apple iCloud password to update an app.
We didn’t know this when we started, but it turns out that as you get older, ordering and managing a ride becomes more difficult, much like it becomes more difficult to drive a car as you get older.
Now what excites us (and what we’re hiring for) is that technically this ‘self-management problem’ isn’t just limited to rides. There are many things that become harder to do as we age. People have known this for a long time and it has inspired many of the solutions that older adults currently have.
Based on our experiences so far, we believe that by becoming a ‘management layer’ for the things that older adults struggle with as they age, we have a better chance of providing independence to older citizens without asking them to leave their homes.
Within the next ten years the number of people over the age of 65 will exceed the number of people under the age of 18 for the first time in history. 11,000,000 people over the age of 75 will stop driving due to age-related cognitive or physical decline. When they can no longer drive, they will be forced to rely on friends and family, live in the community, or rely on caregivers. GoGo is working to ensure that losing your youth doesn’t have to mean losing your freedom.
Joining us at this time is a really exciting opportunity for people looking to make a meaningful impact on people’s lives. We are a small team that has built a profitable and fast growing business over the last three years. Now we’re looking for partners to join us as we make Gogo a household name.
Anyone joining GoGo at this stage of the company will have a huge and life-changing impact on its sizeable and growing user base. We want people to have rich and meaningful lives at any age. We are bringing life, freedom and hope to people one day at a time.
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