Mi casa es tu casa: Circular welcomes Mercadona Tech to Madrid!
Mercadona Tech was founded in 2016, as a good small project with big ambitions. For those of you who don’t know Mercadona Tech yet, it is a spin-off of Mercadona and is in charge of the new online solution revolutionising the grocery shopping experience.
We first started working from the small apartment as a legit startup, later on we moved to the most beautiful offices in the city, overseeing the old Turia River Park in Valencia.
Comparing 2020 vs 2021, we grew our team by 30%, and went from 7 nationalities to 14. Also we improved in acquiring female talent for a tech team — great advancement of 43%.
Therefore, with these ambitious plans of growth of our team, we are in the search of the best tech talent. We want to provide value and enrich ourselves with the technological ecosystem of Madrid, share and absorb knowledge and experience and gradually make this first team a key office for the fulfilment of the objectives and mission of Mercadona Online.
Great (tech minds) think alike
Circular is a startup revolutionising the recruitment industry. Since its launch in 2018, the Circular community has grown to over +5000 Recruiters. Circular is based on collaboration, the key to achieving their mission: making recruitment collaborative. Through the Circular community, companies can hire candidates pre-vetted by other companies and share the best candidates they interviewed during their recruitment process, but weren’t hired for that specific job opening. Thanks to the collaboration within the community, +1000 active candidates are shared every month, allowing companies to hire better, faster, cheaper while caring for and improving the candidate experience.
Sharing is caring: a message from Circular
When we heard that the team at Mercadona Tech were looking for an office space here in Madrid, we immediately invited them to join us to work in the Circular House whilst they look for their new hub in Madrid.
The sense of community has been strong since the start of Circular. Having started the company when Teo and Pedro (Founders of Circular) were at Campus Madrid, they say “being surrounded by other startups and being part of a community helped us quite a lot and we aim to replicate that through our company today”.Although we are a remote company, having our HQ in the heart of Madrid means the team can visit whenever they like.
Mercadona Tech has been a member of the Circular Community since 2019 and it’s been amazing to see their tech team grow these past years. With their ambitious hiring plans in Madrid this year, we are super excited to have the opportunity to support Mercadona Tech by inviting them to work from our HQ in Madrid.
Mi casa es tu casa
Circular’s HQ is located in C/ Argensola in Madrid, in the upbeat area of Alonso Martinez. With its central location, bursting with restaurants, cafe’s, gyms you really feel like you are in the heart of the capital. If you want to stretch your legs during your lunch break, El Retiro Park is just a short walk from the office or if you want a drink after work, Malasaña is just around the corner. Thanks to it’s great public transport links, it’s quick and easy to get to where you want to be.
Sharing the Circular HQ is a great opportunity to collaborate with Circular for building a top notch tech community in Spain together. The tech team that will be based in Circular’s HQ will be working to develop our last mile solution for the whole country. Which will transform the Spanish e-commerce market to be more efficient and at the same time, customer friendly.
We are currently looking for new teammates in the following roles:
Senior Backend Developer & Tech Lead
We can’t wait for the Circular team to show us around!
