Events Coordinator

Location: Berlin (Remote)

Are you a natural planner who loves organizing memorable experiences? Do you get excited about pulling off incredible events and ensuring every detail is covered? Xata is looking for an energetic, detail-oriented Events Coordinator to join our operations team. You will help us plan amazing offsites around Europe, coordinate our conference sponsorships, manage all travel and logistics for our team, and keep our team engaged with fun activities!

Xata is a female-founded, fully remote Series A tech startup that has raised $35 million to date. We’re on a mission to radically simplify how developers work with data through our Postgres database platform. Our team is distributed across Europe and the East Coast of the U.S., but this position will be remote from Berlin. You'll join our dynamic operations team, collaborating closely with Founder & CEO Monica Sarbu and our marketing team to bring Xata events to life and help make Xata an exceptional place to work. Be part of a healthy culture that fosters innovation, empowers individuals, and genuinely cares about its team members.

What you’ll do:

• Plan and execute epic company offsites– As a fully remote team, we gather twice a year for Xata offsites across Europe. You’ll be in charge of everything from scouting unique locations to managing logistics and ensuring each event is a memorable experience. We’ve explored Spain, Greece, Italy, and Portugal, and next up is Iceland in March 2025!
• Coordinate sponsorships of major conferences – Xata loves to show up in style! You’ll make sure our presence at industry events is top-tier, from the coordination of sponsorship details to managing team travel you’ll ensure everything runs smoothly.
• Manage travel and logistics for our team – whether it’s booking flights, hotels, or conference tickets, you’ll be the go-to person for ensuring smooth travel experiences for our team.
• Oversee company swag – from T-shirts to hats, you'll manage and distribute the coolest company swag that our team and customers loves to rock.
• Boost employee engagement by organizing fun events – from virtual happy hours to team-building activities, you’ll help keep our team connected and having a great time.
  
  

Who you are:

• An organizational wizard – you love making to-do lists, tackling logistics, and staying on top of all the little details.
• A people person – you enjoy working with people and have great communication skills (both written and verbal).
• Creative and resourceful – you bring fresh ideas, think outside the box, and can quickly adjust when challenges pop up.
• Passionate about creating memorable experiences – you love crafting fun, engaging events that bring people together and leave a lasting impact.
• Enthusiastic – you’re always thinking about how to bring some fun and energy to everything you do!
  
  

Bonus points if:

• You’ve dabbled in event planning, even if it’s just organizing a university event, your friend’s birthday bash or a small meetup.
• You have experience working remotely and managing logistics for a dispersed team.
• You’re creative and passionate about creating great experiences for others.
  
  

Why you should join Xata:

• Kick off your career at a passionate, diverse and growing tech start-up! We’ve raised $35 million to date and are a team of 26 people from around the world.
• Help organize some of the best company events around, travelling to the coolest locations across Europe.
• You'll have autonomy and impact. You will lead projects and bring ideas to the table.
• Xata is female-founded and the first developer platform to have an all-female board of directors.
• Flexibility.
• We’re a diverse team from many backgrounds and over 40% female.
• Competitive salary and stock options.
• 30 days of paid vacation, excluding public holidays.
• Home office set-up budget + co-working space stipend.
• We support continuous learning with budgets for conferences, courses and books.
• 2 company offsites per year, with partners and kids welcome as well.
• Ample opportunity and support for career development and impact, there are no boundaries to your growth here at Xata.
  
  

Our investors:

Xata is well-financed by amazing investors, including Guillermo Rauch (founder of Vercel), Shay Banon (co-founder and CEO of Elastic), Neha Narkhede (founder of Confluent), Elad Gil, Christian Bach, and Mathias Biilmann (founders of Netlify), and many others.

We raised a $30 million Series A from top investors (Index Ventures and Redpoint), having the first ever 100% female board for such a technical company..

We care about diversity in tech:

If you come from an underrepresented background in tech, we strongly encourage you to apply. We strongly believe that our success is driven by the talented and diverse team brought together from a variety of backgrounds, cultures and countries. We are always challenging ourselves to build an inclusive culture that allows us to build innovative and successful products.

Our founder, Monica Sarbu, has also founded a non-profit organisation called Tupu that helps tech companies support diversity in tech through mentorship.

We're eager to hear from you and if you decide to apply, we're rooting for you!