Job Description

ARTERNAL CRM (Customer Relationship Management) is an up-and-coming player in the technology of the contemporary art scene! We’re looking for talented a talented developer to help add in new features on our web app. On this team, you’ll have tremendous impact on the product. You will be building out core features of the product and implementing future projects on the roadmap.

As a fresh startup, we are using all the latest technologies and tools available, so we are not looking for a specific skill set with x years of experience. We are seeking an intelligent individual willing to work hard, learn and help us get things done. We are looking for someone who understands startups and wants to be part of small but fast growing company.

Qualifications

Responsibilities:

Short-term: Familiarize with our tech stack

Get familiar with our current tech stack and implement new features in the frontend
Analyze current performance, discover bottlenecks and help improve client side performance

Long term:

Be a leader on the frontend side of the product
Plan and execute features according to future trends and customer requests
Work with the design team to help build out the UI/UX

Our Frontend Tech Stack:

Vue.js
CoffeeScript
ES6
Webpack
Pug
Stylus
Graphql

Requirements:

Experience with some frontend javascript libraries. Eg. Angular, React, Vue.
Functional programming concepts

Additional Information

Why Arternal:

Arternal is a fun and exciting start-up that empowers our employees to make a huge impact.
This is for people who love the fast-paced growth of a startup. Join us for the ride of scaling the business out to millions of users.
Arternal carries opportunities for fast career advancement. As one of the first few employees of Arternal, you’ll have the chance to grow into a very senior position as we expand our team.
We are a global company with customers in North America, Europe and Asia. Our development team is headquartered in Toronto, but we have a sales office in New York and Los Angeles. We hold multiple team retreats throughout the year for company wide gatherings and art fairs. So hopefully you enjoy traveling!

About the company

ARTERNAL is a cloud-based platform for the art industry that helps art dealers, galleries, and collectors manage relationships, inventory, and sales, as well as organize art fairs. It combines CRM, inventory control, and sales tools with features like online viewing rooms to generate leads, all accessible from anywhere thanks to AWS cloud hosting. Users pay a monthly or annual subscription to access the suite of tools, which automate administrative tasks so clients can focus on client relationships. Unlike tools that specialize in only one area, ARTERNAL offers an integrated solution for multiple parts of the art business, including lead generation and event management. The goal is to streamline operations, improve client engagement, and grow sales for art professionals by providing a single, scalable platform.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$500K

Headquarters

Toronto, Canada

Founded

2015

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

August 2025 changelog shows sustained product velocity across mobile, invoices, and inventory.
Affirm financing can lift average order values and accelerate collector conversions.
August 20, 2026 press page and September 15 changelog show active marketing and shipping cadence.

What critics are saying

Art galleries remain a tiny, fragmented niche; TAM limits growth despite workflow depth.
Affirm checkout ties sales economics to a third party and lender approvals.
June 2026 AI-native messaging invites generic CRM and agentic competitors into core workflows.

What makes Arternal unique

ARTERNAL unifies CRM, inventory, invoicing, and online viewing rooms in one workflow.
September 6, 2023 Affirm integration adds BNPL directly inside gallery sales.
June 11, 2026 whitepaper frames ARTERNAL as an AI-native gallery operating system.

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Sep 6th, 2023

Will the Latest Version of 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Fly in the High-End Art World?

That's because Arternal, a customer relationship management (CRM) and inventory management platform that works with galleries and related art businesses, has announced a partnership with Affirm.

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