We are seeking an experienced Bubble.io plugin developer to create a powerful, fully interactive scheduling and mapping solution for our platform. Our goal is to centralize appointment management, streamline availability tracking, and optimize travel routes all within a highly visual, user friendly interface. If you’re excited about pushing the limits of what Bubble.io can do, we want to hear from you.
Overview
We’ve attached several screenshots that illustrate exactly what we need: from daily, weekly, and monthly calendar views to interactive route maps. The plugin should combine advanced calendar functionality (including color coded appointment statuses, side sheet details, and dynamic metrics) with real time availability and travel time checks. Below are some key highlights and screenshots to give you a thorough understanding of what’s required.
1. Calendar Views & Appointment Cards
- Monthly & Weekly Layouts
- Each time slot displays a “card” for appointments.
- Cards show basic info (e.g., customer name, start/end times, status) and a “+X more” label for additional appointments that don’t fit in a single slot.
- Color coded intensities reflect how many appointments occupy a given slot (e.g., lighter for fewer, darker for many).
- Daily Layout & Status Indicators
- Includes a more granular, hour by hour view of appointments.
- Appointments carry status labels (e.g., Not started, Ongoing, Completed, Bumped, Cancelled, Skipped) displayed as tags or color coded bars.
- Longer appointments visually extend further down the schedule grid.
- Side Sheet & Metrics
- Clicking on a time block or appointment opens a side sheet with detailed metrics.
- Displays total hours, total appointments, or other stats for that time slot (e.g., daily/weekly hours, total revenue).
- Allows quick edits, status changes, or further insight into the job’s details.
2. Availability & Travel Time Management
- Cleaner/Staff Availability
- A dedicated Availability tab shows each cleaner with total hours worked vs. available hours (e.g., 7.5 hrs / 8 hrs).
- You can hover over the timeline to see how tasks are distributed throughout the day.
- Travel Time Visualization
- Routes between consecutive appointments are marked with colored connectors (green if there’s enough travel time; red if it’s tight or insufficient).
- Hovering or clicking on these connectors reveals a popup detailing travel time, distance, and a warning if time is not enough.
- This helps in quickly spotting scheduling conflicts or impossibilities without leaving the calendar view.
3. Interactive Map & Route Assignments
- Map Overview
- Displays pinned jobs across a geographic area, with green pins for assigned tasks and red pins for unassigned.
- Users can see real time metrics at the top (e.g., total hours, unassigned jobs, total revenue).
- Job Assignment & Best Matches
- Clicking on an unassigned pin opens a side sheet with “best matches.”
- Best matches display potential staff members, along with how assigning the job would affect their efficiency, revenue, and payroll.
- Allows direct assignment or exploration of alternative staff to balance workload and travel time.
- Route Overview
- Shows how a staff member’s day is mapped out, with time estimates between appointments.
- Updates dynamic metrics (e.g., “current efficiency” vs. “new efficiency”) when reassigning an appointment.
Responsibilities
- Plugin Architecture & Data Modeling
- Design a Bubble.io plugin that can be integrated seamlessly into our app.
- Ensure the plugin can handle complex data structures for appointments, staff, locations, and travel times.
- Optimize for performance (fast rendering even with large volumes of data).
- Calendar Module Development
- Build robust daily, weekly, and monthly calendars with color coded appointment cards and clickable time slots.
- Implement call to actions to open side sheet popups displaying appointment details, metrics, and quick actions (e.g., status changes, additional notes).
- Availability & Travel Time Visualization
- Include a dedicated Availability tab where staff members’ working hours, assigned tasks, and travel times are displayed.
- Show real time alerts or color codes (green, red) to denote feasible vs. conflicting travel gaps.
- Map & Routing Features
- Integrate Google map API to pin assigned/unassigned jobs across a region.
- Provide best match suggestions for unassigned jobs, calculating efficiency, travel, and financial changes in real time.
- Display route options, distances, and ETAs between appointments to prevent overlapping schedules.
- Enhanced User Experience & UI/UX
- Follow the detailed design cues from the provided screenshots, use intuitive color coding, tooltips, and layered information.
- Implement flexible time slots (30 minutes, 1 hour, etc.) depending on user preferences.
- Make the interface interactive, with hover states and clickable elements that open side sheets and modals.
- Collaboration & Feedback
- Work closely with our product team to refine the plugin’s features and address edge cases.
- Provide consistent progress updates, gather feedback, and iterate quickly to ensure the final plugin meets our needs.
Required Skills
- Proven Bubble.io Expertise
- You’ve built or contributed to Bubble plugins before and understand custom plugin architecture, data endpoints, and best practices.
- Mapping & Geolocation
- Comfortable with APIs (e.g., Google Maps, Mapbox) for displaying pins, routes, and real time travel data.
- Calendar & Scheduling Logic
- Experience building or integrating calendar based solutions (weekly, monthly views, color coded statuses).
- UI/UX Sensibilities
- Keen eye for detail. You can replicate design elements from wireframes/screenshots accurately.
- Familiarity with user friendly interactions (tooltips, modals, drag and drop scheduling, etc. is a plus).
- Strong Communication
- Ability to clearly communicate progress and challenges, work with feedback, and deliver a polished product on schedule.
