About Stora
Who is Stora?
Stora is the operating system for self-storage operators — software that lets owners run their facilities the way Shopify lets merchants run their stores. The platform bundles a Backoffice management dashboard, customer Storefront, an online sales engine, integrated Stripe Connect payments, and a customer portal where tenants manage bookings and accounts. Stora began in 2019 as an internal MVP powering the founders' own facility (StoreStuff), officially launched as a product in December 2020, and is now used by self-storage operators worldwide from the UK and Spain to Australia.
Where will I work?
Stora is remote-first across the UK, Ireland and the European Union. The company maintains an office at 18 Ormeau Avenue, Belfast (Northern Ireland) for those who live locally — the Senior Software Engineer JD is verbatim: 'Remote Work Option – Can be fully remote within the UK or EU only. Candidates must be based in either the United Kingdom or the European Union. Office Access – Use of office in Belfast for those who live locally.' Stora hosts an annual self-storage industry conference (the Stora Summit, last edition London on 18 June) and regular team meet-ups at the Belfast office or other UK locations. Live roles span Customer Success, Engineering, Marketing, Product and Sales — including a Frankfurt-based DACH Account Executive.
What is the Stora team like?
Stora's engineering team takes a deliberate 'majestic monolith' approach to product development — Rails 8 on PostgreSQL with Redis, Sidekiq and TimescaleDB on the backend, Turbo 8 with targeted React + ViewComponents + Sass/BEM on the frontend, Minitest + Capybara + Playwright for testing, Stripe Connect and Stripe Billing for payments, GitHub Actions and Heroku for deployment. The company has been nominated for industry innovation awards and prides itself on building trusting, autonomous environments — Growth Marketing Lead Izaak Crook describes the culture as one where 'I'm trusted to make decisions that move the company forward, without being micromanaged or buried in video meetings.'
Work-Life Balance
Stora's careers page lists 'remote-first' and 'flexible hours' as standard perks, and the Senior Software Engineer JD confirms 35 days paid annual leave for engineering roles plus a WFH budget. The company also publishes a transparent public product roadmap that gives candidates direct visibility into the projects they'd be working on. Stora is a registered Northern Ireland company that complies with NI equality legislation and explicitly welcomes reasonable adjustment requests during recruitment.
Perks and Benefits
- Remote-first culture — fully remote within the UK or EU
- Belfast office access for those who live locally — 18 Ormeau Avenue, Belfast
- 35 days paid annual leave (Senior Software Engineer JD verbatim)
- Senior Software Engineer competitive salary starting from £75k DoE
- Share options — own a piece of what Stora is building
- Company pension plan
- Private health insurance for you and your direct family members
- WFH budget — laptop of your choice and budget to set up your ideal home work environment
- L&D support — professional growth investment
- Flexible working hours — align your schedule with your life
- Company-wide social events plus annual team meet-ups
- Transparent public product roadmap — see what you'd be building before you apply
- Stora Summit — annual self-storage industry conference (recent edition London, 18 June)