Custom Ink

E-commerce

Prague

Antonin Teichmann, Software Engineer - Custom Ink

Antonin Teichmann, Software Engineer

Tonda is a Full Stack Engineer at CustomInk with a passion for designing robust architectures. A strong advocate for collaboration, Tonda contributes to our open-minded and inclusive environment, where diversity thrives. A thoughtful problem solver, he enjoys working on complex projects, ensuring reasons come before habits.

Outside of work, Tonda is dedicated to personal growth and well-being, balancing a love for heavy lifting, yoga, and meditation with a keen interest in psychology and a healthy diet. This holistic approach to life fuels creativity and focus, both in and out of the office.

Helena Ouahdjinova, Satisfaction Associate Manager - Custom Ink

Helena Ouahdjinova, Satisfaction Associate Manager

Helena joined the company in 2017 and helped start the Satisfaction Assurance team in the Prague branch of Custom Ink, the team that focuses on the pre-production tasks.

She enjoys the diversity and the open-minded environment that creates opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds.

For Helena, the people around her are the reason she likes her work. Mistakes happen but there’s always someone willing to help, hear you out, throw you a candy bar, or all of the above.

Jirka Šimeček, Engineering manager - Custom Ink

Jirka Šimeček, Engineering manager

Jirka is the Engineering Manager to one of Prague's teams. He joined Custom Ink in 2019 after 5 years as Head Of R&D in a different company. His team’s domain is Customer Accounts - user profiles, accounts, or organizations and their data. They also maintain the Custom Ink Identity service used by all customers online.

Jirka is married with two kids, and dedicates most of his free time to his family and to renovating his cottage in Vysočina. But he also loves to grab a beer and hang out.

Martin Ščavnický, Director of engineering - Custom Ink

Martin Ščavnický, Director of engineering

Martin has been building the Custom Ink team and products since 2018. Before that, he spent engineering financial software in London and scaling a startup called Represent in Prague (subsequently acquired by Custom Ink).

Martin focuses on building talented engineering teams in Prague and getting our engineering practices, architecture, and product to a place where it scales to our billion-dollar goal. He’s taking care of multiple domain teams, which are building a customer accounts portal, supply chain automation, graphic design tools, and R&D.

Margaréta Fehérová, Expert Production Art Manager - Custom Ink

Margaréta Fehérová, Expert Production Art Manager

Margareta joined Custom Ink as an Expert Production Artist back in 2019 in a brand new pre-production team responsible for adjusting and optimizing customer art for print based on Custom Ink guidelines. As an Associate Manager, she tracks team performance, communicates company goals to her team, and makes sure her team members are set up for success with information and tools so they can give their best at work.

Margareta appreciates the open-minded environment, candid communication with her colleagues and space for growth and development.

Presentation

At Custom Ink they create customized merchandise for clients ranging from small businesses to the biggest companies in the world, and in the Prague office you can become a part of a rapidly developing branch of the company with various opportunities for growth.

They cracked over 500 million dollars in revenue in 2023 alone, and they didn’t become the American leader in customized merch by accident! From creating official merchandise for tech giants like Amazon to making personalized gear for small family businesses and people all throughout the United States, there is never a shortage of stimulating challenges that make working with us fulfilling and exciting. Through managing their very own in-house logistics and supply chain software systems, they have become a leader in a developed industry with an incredible base and even more incredible potential.

What they are looking for

They are hiring in 4 different teams within Custom Ink.

Tech team

At Custom Ink Tech, they build software that processes tens of thousands of orders per month in real-time, and their Prague tech team plays a vital role in this process. They are looking for developers who are great at making independent decisions and judgment calls as well as writing code.

They have a variety of different roles available - from front-end developers working on the customer-facing aspects of their ecommerce website to backend developers building complex distributed systems for automating their logistics and production pipelines. They also need data scientists who work on various fuzzy real-world problems in our industry.

Technologies what they use: Ruby on Rails, AWS, Kubernetes, NodeJS, React, and/or Python among others.

So, what will you do specifically? You’ll design application architecture, make technology decisions, and develop new features. In Custom Ink they will let you do your thing, and they believe that a small, efficient, and empowered team is best for solving problems quickly. To accomplish this, they generally operate with Shape Up or Scrum frameworks according to need.

Customer Support

If you’re excited about supporting a diverse range of customers from community organizers to corporate clients, this role will help you realize your potential. You’ll stand at a key point in the order production process and be responsible for print settings, style setup, print schedules, and more.

Expert Production Art

Are you looking to apply your graphic design skills to custom apparel worn by millions? If you’re proficient in Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and have a practical drive to create, your experience as a Production Artist will include redrawing, vectorizing, and preparing assets for various styles of print.

Good to know

They know that growth comes from innovation, a forward-thinking culture, and employees who have the autonomy to create new and exciting projects. They’re also happy to sponsor your AWS certification and they want to see your ideas grow - 10% of your time goes to innovation and developing your skills. Likewise, you’ll be able to practice your English daily through working alongside our east-coast offices in America. And they hope you like hackathons, because twice a year you’ll have the opportunity to tackle any problem that you’re interested in. As much as they’re focused on their customers having a great experience, they’re just as focused on making sure their employees are getting the most out of their life and career. They are happy to provide complementary English classes, online leadership courses, a multi-sport card, mental health counseling, lots of fresh coffee, and breakfast every Tuesday at their beautiful office in Karlin (along with great company to enjoy it with) and much more.

And if the office isn’t your thing, no problem at all. You can work at home 5 days a week too, but they would love for you to come in once in a while to enjoy their excellent office space and chill vibe.

If you’re looking for an open-minded, motivated, and most of all innovative and forward-thinking company and people to work with, send them your resume!

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