Lead Engineer - Payment Systems Zoosk
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Do you enjoy leading small teams, where you can keep your hands in the code? Would you like to work on systems that process thousands of customer payments a day?
If so, Zoosk is looking for an experienced Lead Engineer who will be responsible for the software systems that drive our payment processing and financial reconciliation. You will manage a small team of software engineers and work closely with the product team to execute on a feature roadmap. You will build the infrastructure capabilities necessary to support our explosive growth.
The Role:
Lead the development and maintenance of software systems that process Zoosk financial transactions for millions of users
Collaborate with the product team to define clear software deliverables and establish milestones for projects
Integrate your code with third-party APIs
Manage a small team of software engineers in the execution of these responsibilities
It Would Be Geat If You:
Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or something related
Can code in PHP or Java
Understand relational databases, preferably MySQL with large data sets
Worked for several years building web-based, data-driven software systems, with some time in a leadership role
Know a bit about payment processing and accounting practices
About Zoosk:
Zoosk is the romantic social network that helps members create and share their romantic journeys, with millions of members from around the globe enjoying the service each month. Zoosk provides members at different stages of their romantic journey with a fun and social set of tools such as Romantic Moments, Couple Profiles, and the Personals application. Members can easily access Zoosk?s services from its website, its Facebook app, mobile devices, and a downloadable desktop application. Zoosk is available in 25 languages and has members in more than 70 countries. Founded in 2007 by Shayan Zadeh and Alex Mehr, Zoosk, Inc. is based in San Francisco and backed by Canaan Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, and ATA Ventures.
| Location: |
San Francisco, CA 94111
United States
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Zoosk is one of the largest online dating services in the world, with over 50 million users, close to 20 million daily page views, from "Zooskers" in 60 countries With 100 thousand new profiles added daily, we are the single fastest growing dating service on the web and our supersonic performance was recently celebrated in the Wall Street Journal's inaugural top 50 "Next Big Thing" List (March 09, 2010).
While we originally took advantage of viral opportunities on social networks, Zoosk has evolved into an easy, fun and safe online dating experience that today connects singles from the we

Profitable



20 - 50M Raised
Investors: ATA Ventures,
Canaan Partners All Jobs: at Zoosk
| Web Site: | www.zoosk.com |
| Headquarters: | San Francisco, CA 94111
United States
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| Employees: | 41-100 |
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| Year Founded: | 2008 |
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| Industry: | Software |
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| Company Profile: | Working At Zoosk
Zoosk is the fastest growing social dating destination. Our applications on social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, and Bebo have more than 50 million users with close to over 20 million daily page views from users in 60 countries Simply put, Zoosk is online dating that doesn't suck. Our users, mostly young professional, enjoy a fun and playful experience while they meet new people in their local areas.
Zoosk is a VC backed startup and our office is located in downtown San Francisco. We are always looking for open minded, energetic, and driven individuals that love the challenge of turning an established industry upside-down. We build world class social web products and in the process we make sure to have plenty of fun. If you want to work with exceptional people on toughest engineering problems every day, you want to join Zoosk.
Some Benefits of Joining Zoosk
- Sexy MacPro or MacBookPro stations to work in style
- Free beverages and snacks, to keep you fired up
- Free dinner every night
- Medical, dental and vision plans
- Life Insurance and 401K savings plan |
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