The Couchers.org team
We are all couch surfers. Hosts, surfers, community members and community leaders who are putting in our time and skills to bring this project to life! Our team is made of dozens of designers, software engineers, data scientists, digital marketers, and other skilled professionals; with the team's couch surfing experience going back to the early 2000s.
The team spans every continent (except Antarctica, sorry penguins), and although many of us have only met in the last few months, what brings us together is that we've all gotten a lot of joy out of couch surfing and would like to spend our time making that experience better. We want to build an improved, safer and more inclusive platform that can support and sustainably grow the couch surfing community and bring its values to the world. If you feel the same way and you'd like to contribute, then we'd love to talk to you.
We are actively looking for people to join the team. We need a broad range of experiences, expertise, and cultural backgrounds. Please consider joining us, whether you have skills, ideas, complaints, or just want to see this done right.
Positions available
At the moment, we are specifically looking for:
- Senior UI/UX manager
- Digital marketers
- Branding and graphic designers
- Frontend engineers (especially with skills in React and TypeScript)
- Backend engineers (we work in Python)
If you think you could help in other ways, we'd still love to hear from you!
Who we are
We have dozens of people on the team, here are a few friendly faces
Emily Damgali
Community Engagement
Kaitaia, New Zealand
Keni Teh
Graphic Designer
Singapore
Lucas Levin
Head of Frontend
London, United Kingdom
Darren Vong
Frontend Developer
London, United Kingdom
Jakub Szwedo
UX Designer
Poznań, Poland
Miuriel Feliks Kochva
Head of Graphic Design & UX designer
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dominic Nayan
Head of UX
Louisville, USA
Paulo Carlos
UX Designer
Vancouver, Canada
Nolo
Community Forum
Las Palmas, Spain
Inés
Frontend Developer
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jesse Allhands
UX Designer
Madison, USA
Omer Baddour
Backend Developer
New York City, USA
Thomas Dekiere
Frontend Developer
Ghent, Belgium
Julia Evteeva
UX Designer
Vancouver, Canada
Max Vuorinen
Graphic Designer
Helsinki, Finland
Martina Ferrari
Community Structure Designer
Dublin, Ireland
Sam Treiger
Backend Developer
Seattle, USA
Sherri Cui
Frontend Developer
Ancona, Italy
Mindy Curtis
Graphic Designer
Los Angeles, USA
Colin Ashby
Digital Marketer
Houston, USA
Henri Vuorinen
Backend Developer
Helsinki, Finland
Marco de Wit
Frontend Developer
London, United Kingdom
Have skills you want to contribute?
Couchers.org is a community project, built by folks like you for the benefit of the global couch surfing community. If you would like to be a part of this great new project, or leave your feedback on our ideas, click the button below and fill out the short form.