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Flynn

Open-source PaaS for deploying apps

Technical Services Graduate

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/21/2026
No salary listed
Entry
Bachelor's
Dublin, Ireland
In PersonSite-based work on live projects across Ireland, the UK and Europe.
Architecture & Civil EngineeringBuilding Services Engineering

About the job

Requirements
  • A recent or upcoming graduate with a third-level qualification in Building Services Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
  • Previous site experience is helpful but not essential.
  • Good communication skills, attention to detail, and a commitment to safety, quality, and teamwork.
  • A proactive approach to learning, development, and building positive working relationships.
Responsibilities
  • Assist with coordinating mechanical, electrical, public health, and structural works across live projects.
  • Support the review and tracking of drawings, technical submittals, samples, approvals, and project documentation.
  • Help project teams keep information, approvals, and site activity aligned.
  • Participate in project, technical services, and health and safety meetings as required.
  • Support installation progress, testing, commissioning, handover, and project close-out activities.
  • Build working relationships with colleagues, subcontractors, and project teams.
  • Take direction, ask questions, and contribute to successful project delivery.
Desired Qualifications
  • Previous site experience is helpful but not essential.

About the company

Flynn is an open-source Platform as a Service (PaaS) that lets developers deploy, scale, and manage applications and databases on their own infrastructure. Built with Go and container-based technology, it provides a self-hosted alternative to Heroku with Git-based automated deployments and built-in PostgreSQL and MySQL databases plus automatic load balancing. It can run on a single server or across multiple nodes for high availability, giving users control over hosting and resources. Its goal is to offer a simple, scalable way to run apps on self-hosted infrastructure, delivering a familiar Heroku-like workflow with on-premises flexibility.

Company Size

N/A

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$1.4M

Headquarters

Newark, New Jersey

Founded

2013

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What believers are saying

  • Archived code still documents a complete Heroku-style stack for legacy operators.
  • Self-hosting enthusiasts still reuse Flynn ideas for private PaaS experiments.
  • Open-source history preserves a migration path for teams retiring old Flynn clusters.

What critics are saying

  • GitHub archived Flynn on September 4, 2021; development stopped entirely.
  • Public infrastructure shut down, and the project receives no security updates.
  • Kubernetes, Render, and Railway absorbed Flynn's market; revival looks impossible.

What makes Flynn unique

  • Go-native, self-hostable PaaS with Git push deployment and built-in databases.
  • Ran on one server or clustered nodes, unlike Heroku's fixed managed model.
  • Open-source architecture let teams own infrastructure, data, and operational control.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance