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Senior Software Engineer - Ad Server Goodreads
Opportunity to drive the design, development and deployment of our application server in a cutting edge, Ruby on Rails development group.We are a top 10 social networking site and experiencing tremendous growth.
Core backend code for application server delivering billions of ad impressions a month
Ad targeting systems, ad optimization, and analytics
Refactor, design and deploy the next generation self-service ad platform
Build and monitor test automation for campaigns
Design, build and maintain the Internal toolset
Collaborate with the sales team to maximize revenue
Requirements:
Back-end server design, development and deployment
Experience designing for big data and scalability
ActiveRecord and Rack for Ruby on Rails, or similar
JavaScript and HTML
BSCS or equivalent
Authorization to work for any employer in the U.S.
We Prefer People Who are Passionate About:
Reading
Thinking creatively
Building your own website, start-up, mobile app - we love entrepreneurs!
Our Environment:
Supportive, friendly and fun
See your work used by millions
Fast paced release cycle
Apply open source, cutting edge technology with continual learning opportunities
Work with bright, talented colleagues
Great location: Downtown San Francisco (Near Market and 1st Streets and near BART)
About Goodreads:
Successful start-up with a team of 30
We are the 10th largest social networking site
We are the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations
We have 11 million members who have added more than 380 million books to their shelves
Our mission is to help people find and share books they love. Along the way, we plan to improve the process of reading and learning throughout the world
You can submit the following additional information now or later in our interview process:
Code sample
Paragraph or two about why you want to work for Goodreads
Your solution to our design challenge: http://www.goodreads.com/about/designchallenge
| Location: | San Francisco, CA United States |
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Goodreads
All Jobs: at Goodreads| Web Site: | www.goodreads.com |
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| Headquarters: | 49 Stevenson San Francisco, CA 94105 United States |
| Employees: | 41-100 |
| 2007 | |
| Industry: | Consumer Products and Services |
| Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations. Founded in 2007, Goodreads is where readers find and share books they love. The site has 16 million members who have added more than 530 million books to their shelves and written more than 23 million reviews. Loved by avid and casual readers alike, Goodreads members can discover new books by seeing what their friends are reading or by using the Goodreads Book Recommendation Engine; share ratings and recommendations; track what they have read, and list what they want to read. Goodreads is also a place where more than 68,000 authors connect with readers. Goodreads is a subsidiary of (AMZN) Amazon.com, Inc. |
