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Our Mission

We live to help winery employees win, empowering them to serve customers at the highest level of hospitality using the latest technology. 

Innovation Lives Here

We create and support software that didn’t exist

Starting in 1999, we were in The Cloud way before The Cloud was cool.  We are used to being innovators, creating software with requests from our clients.  We also do industry firsts, like in 2004 when we invented the alcohol industry’s first web-based Point of Sale (POS) system.  Back then, everyone laughed.  Now, they’re doing something else.​

See our innovations below, and know that 20+ years in, we are only getting started.

1999
General Online store v1
(Industry First: same domain for online brand equity)
2001
Wine club & email broadcaster v1
2004
POS v1 (Industry First: 100% web-based Point of Sale)
2006
POS v2, Allocation store v1
2007
POS v3, General & Allocation Online store v2
(Industry First: continuous presence cart)
2009
POS v4, SC Integration, Campaign Mgr v2
(delay/recurring send capability with merge fields)
2010
Reservations Manager v1
(Industry First: integrated reservations grid for tours and tastings)
2010
Enterprise (industry first: system serving multiple brand websites from one database for cross/upsell)
2011
Campaign Mgr v3, Custom Club,
(Industry First: User Choice club capability)
2012
Reservations Manager v2, BI Reporting, eXchange
2013
Dedup Tool (Industry First: integrated comprehensive tool to de-dupe data imports from various systems)
2014
POS v5, Wineshipping Dashboard
(Industry First: dashboard of it's kind with Wineshipping)
2015
100% Tokenization, EMV & P2PE, Vast Application Security Rework
(breach remediation)
2016
PCI Compliant v3.2 Validated
(Industry First: only SaaS vendor to be PCI VALIDATED)
2017
Dynamic Search (Industry First: search 160+ datapoints to segment customers for email & reports)
2018
Wine Club ReMix, Designer Widgets underway
2019
Tip Line for POS with reporting; Enterprise (multi-brand) enhancements;
2020
eCommerce Sidekick with Auto-Suggest (Industry First), Multi-location inventory improvements; Abandoned Cart Search & Actionability;
2021
Push Pay, Multi-Ship, State Limiter, Reservations Manager v3
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Leadership

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PAUL THIENES: Founder & CEO

It all started in the Midwest. Paul grew up loving nature and data in Minnesota. A Computer Science degree from Hamline University and a Masters in Business from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul started a corporate career at MCI Telecommunications.
 
Paul found his way to the Napa Valley during the dotcom boom of the late 90’s and created a first-of-its-kind, web-based cash register solution for the wine industry in 2004. He founded eCellar 20 years ago in Calistoga and has been innovating data solutions for wineries ever since. He loves an excellent Pinot Noir served with cheese and a beautiful view. When he’s not busy with data and his clients, he enjoys traveling, playing piano and skiing with his 2 kids. 
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Careers

Full Stack Web Developer

Join our expanding senior development team in the Napa Valley wine country, right from your home!  You will work with our existing development team to evolve our SaaS platform, eCellar, currently used by 80+ of the best wine brands on the West Coast.
 
We are looking for a full stack developer to help us enhance our existing web-based applications.
 
To qualify, you will already have:
  • 3+ years of experience designing, building and maintaining multiple full stack web applications.
  • A thorough understanding of how to work with JSON-based API’s.
  • Experience with SQL database design, procedures and data structures.
  • A proven ability to analyze user requirements, design and code full featured user interfaces.
  • Complete knowledge of modern CSS, HTML and client-side JavaScript.
  • A proven ability to be self-organized and driven.
 
If you also have experience in these areas, this would be a big plus for us:
  • JavaScript-based SPA development and design.
  • Strong Node.js skills (for backend development).
  • Experience with Kubernetes and associated service design patterns.
  • Skills with Continuous Integration and Deployment frameworks.
  • Experience with Cold Fusion (we have some left in some apps).
  • Day to day use of Git.
 
From us, you will get:
  • Day to day experience developing technology for B2C wine industry clients.
  • The ability to work with a small, experienced and driven team.
  • The ability to work remotely.
  • Other great things….
 
We’re a small team. Clear communication is essential via Slack, email, video conferencing, and Company-sponsored onsite visits to the Napa Valley. Being part of our team, you will have a lot of latitude to help us make some awesome things.
If you are looking for that next-level in developing something epic for a great industry, send an email to jobs@ecellar1.com. Please include a short description about why you’re applying to work with us, along with a link or attached PDF of your resume.

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