Our Impact
Youth sports have a tremendous effect on society. It leads to better results in school, making friends for life and creates a foundation for a long healthy lifestyle. Youth sports today involve 1,5 billion people across the globe, and Hejaโs mission is to give them the place to meet, grow and develop - together as coaches, parents and players.
With a strong product focus and an extremely talented team we've already grown Heja to over 1,7 million users around the globe.
Join us in our journey to unite the world of youth sports.
Read our Impact Study
Our team
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Perks and Benefits
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๐ Stock Option Plan
We want everyone in our team to be part of our journey and therefore offer a stock option plan for all full-time employees.
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๐ดโโ๏ธ Health & Wellness
$400 per year for things like working out and massage
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๐ Education Budget & Personal Development
We invest time and money into your personal development. Every employee gets a yearly allowance to spend on education and learning. For example, many of us have studied the world-class growth programs by Reforge.
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โฑ๏ธ Flexible Public Holidays
What matters to you? We believe everyone should be able to celebrate what's close to their heart. That's why you can swap public holidays off, according to your values and beliefs ๐.
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๐ Freedom & Work-life balance
Join early or work late, you choose. Prefer the office, remote work or a mix? It's up to you. We trust you and believe it's your responsibility to make sure that you are efficient and stay connected to the team. We work hard but also cherish work-life balance.
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๐ฆ Pension & Insurance
We provide an insurance and pension plan for all employees. For US employees we provide a generous plan for Health, Dental, and Vision insurance as well as a competitive 401k match.
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๐ป Equipment
We provide a phone of your choosing together with a generous phone plan and hardware setup.
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๐๐ผโโ๏ธ Company Trips
Monthly meetups with the team and one longer getaway trip per year together (prev. Spain, Italy, Greece).
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๐ก Our Offices
From Sweden ๐ธ๐ช to the U.S. ๐บ๐ธ, with an eye for details and a lot of love, we've made our office our second home. A place to enjoy, find inspiration, and have fun together.
Our Story
With a background of founded laget.se, the largest youth sports platform in the Nordics, we (Johan and Mikael) founded Heja in 2017 to create the world's largest youth sports platform.
We've been playing sports since we were five, coding since we were 13 and building companies together since we were 17. We have a massive passion for building products that actually make a difference for people while at the same time building companies that stand true to their values. We believe that success is all about the people and building our team with talented, highly ambitious and relentlessly curious people.
Heja is backed by some of the biggest investors in Sweden, growing rapidly and is already used by over 200 000 teams in 50+ countries. Join us and our amazing team on the ambitious, challenging but crazy fun journey to unite the world of youth sports.
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About Heja
We are firm believers in the positive impact sports can play in the lives of kids and youths, for generations to come.
It should be fun and a place where people unite. Sports are universal and translate into every part of the world; where cultures meet and anyone can be part of a team.
Thatโs the beauty of it, donโt you think? ๐
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