Brilliant Java Engineer
Apply NowCompany: Branchout
Location: San Francisco, CA 94112
Description:
COMPANYOVERVIEW
BranchOut,is the largest professional networking service on Facebook. BranchOutallows users to leverage their extended Facebook friend network to identifyinside connections for incredible opportunities such as finding a job,recruiting great talent, getting warm introductions for sales leads, orexpanding the power of their professional network. BranchOut alsooperates as the largest job board on Facebook with over 3 million jobs and20,000 internships. BranchOut is backed by Accel Partners, Norwest VenturePartners, Floodgate and several of the most prominent angel investors inSilicon Valley.
DESCRIPTION
TheBranchOut team is a small group where everyone is part of the creative process.The ideal candidate is creative yet pragmatic, comfortable multitasking yetable to focus on a problem with laser-like intensity, and (above all) a fastlearner. Our codebase is written in Java, but we're not really lookingfor heavy J2EE expertise. A few years experience with high-trafficweb-development patterns is much more important, regardless of the stack. Youmay, however, be asked to provide a code sample in Java.
RESPONSIBILITIES
REQUIREMENTS
COMPENSATION/BENEFITS/PERKS
BranchOut,is the largest professional networking service on Facebook. BranchOutallows users to leverage their extended Facebook friend network to identifyinside connections for incredible opportunities such as finding a job,recruiting great talent, getting warm introductions for sales leads, orexpanding the power of their professional network. BranchOut alsooperates as the largest job board on Facebook with over 3 million jobs and20,000 internships. BranchOut is backed by Accel Partners, Norwest VenturePartners, Floodgate and several of the most prominent angel investors inSilicon Valley.
DESCRIPTION
TheBranchOut team is a small group where everyone is part of the creative process.The ideal candidate is creative yet pragmatic, comfortable multitasking yetable to focus on a problem with laser-like intensity, and (above all) a fastlearner. Our codebase is written in Java, but we're not really lookingfor heavy J2EE expertise. A few years experience with high-trafficweb-development patterns is much more important, regardless of the stack. Youmay, however, be asked to provide a code sample in Java.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Integrating features with various third-party APIs, including Facebook Graph API
- Designing custom search functionality with Lucene
- Working closely with product design and front end UI to perfect user experience and reduce friction
- Brainstorming new features and product directions (if you work at BranchOut, your input is valued, no matter what your job title is)
- Improving in-house analytics tools and merging performance metrics from a variety of sources
- Develop overall strategies and implement scaling solutions
REQUIREMENTS
- Java, J2EE Expertise.
- 5+ years development experience, preferably working with high-traffic web-development
- patterns or on the Facebook platform.
- BS degree in computer science or related field
COMPENSATION/BENEFITS/PERKS
- Competitive base
- 100% benefits coverage for all employees
- Work with smart people
- Build an amazing product
- Strong equity packages
- Killer new offices, SOMA, great views
- Stocked fridge
- Kegarator (the good stuff)