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Want to work at Boston's most happening startup? Check the openings we have below and send an email to jobs at going dot com with your resume. If you don't see something that's up your alley, check back soon. We post new jobs here as they become available.

Software Engineer

Scope and Responsibilities:

  • Develop new site functionality according to spec
  • Work collaboratively with product and design team to ensure we create an exciting product
  • Create well-architected, maintainable code
  • Take ownership of your core functional area
  • Design database tables to support the front end
  • Optimize poorly performing parts of the application
  • Fix bugs and support QA activities

Requirements:

  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent degree
  • 2+ years of experience in developing database driven web applications preferred
  • Strong software engineering skills; know when to hack and when to refactor
  • Ability to quickly implement a functional spec to deployable code
  • Experience with PHP, MySQL, CSS, AJAX
  • Working knowledge of Linux, development tools (vim/emacs, grep, sed, etc.)
  • Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing requirements

Pluses:

  • Knowledge of various web services/APIs
  • Experience building scalable web applications
  • Experience with Linux system administration

Reports to:

Engineering Manager

Compensation:

Competitive compensation, excellent benefits, stock options

Location:

Boston - Headquarters

Backend Engineer

Can you design entire databases? Do you explain EXPLAIN SELECT to your fellow engineers? Can you write website code that uses the backend efficiently? Do you have an overwhelming need to see the whole system working flawlessly?

Scope and Responsibilities:

  • Own the application database; schema changes, query performance, tuning, etc.
  • Build scalable application-level interfaces to the database and other system components such as caching
  • Profile relevant application code, identify and fix performance issues
  • Identify problematic queries and implement creative solutions that preserve functionality

Requirements:

  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent degree
  • 3+ years building scalable database driven web applications
  • Detailed understanding of relational databases and experience with query optimization.
  • Proven ability to learn quickly
  • Working knowledge of Linux, development tools (vim/emacs, grep, sed, etc.)

Pluses:

  • Strong experience with MySQL, related storage engines, tools, etc.
  • Strength in developing and analyzing algorithms
  • Ability to look at performance holistically, not just at the query level

Reports to:

Engineering Manager

Compensation:

Competitive compensation, excellent benefits, stock options

Location:

Boston - Headquarters

To apply, send your resume to jobs at going dot com.