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Vurb

Build backend services

CompanyVurb
Websitevurb.com
RoleBuild backend services
Typefull-time
Role taxonomyBackend
SpecialtiesBackend
LocationSan Francisco, CA
Salary
Apply viaApplication linkhttp://vurb.com/careers · jobs@vurb.com
Hiring notesSponsors visas.
TechJavaScriptReactNode.jsGoAWSML/AI
Parsed locationsSan Francisco, CA
Posted byblo
PostedApr 2, 2016
SourceView on Hacker News ↗

Original posting

Vurb | San Francisco, CA | http://vurb.com | Full Time (H1B OK) Featured on NYT as one of 12 "must-have" travel apps Vurb combines mobile search, apps, and messaging - partnering with services like Yelp, Foursquare, Rotten Tomatoes, etc. Rather than jumping between different apps to find something, we're bringing your apps and your friends together in one place - an app you'll use every day. Won TC Disrupt - http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/20/vurbchat/ INVESTORS: Max Levchin, Drew Houston, Naval Ravikant, CrunchFund, Redpoint, Tencent + others. APPLY IF: You are looking for a rapidly growing small team and the opportunity to take on significant responsibility and ship quickly. Examples of challenging problems that you could help us solve include: - Manage and index millions of objects around places, events, movies, etc with blazing fast read-write access - Develop search relevance and content discovery infrastructure on millions of objects - Build backend services (e.g., "mini-apps) which integrate with APIs across interesting verticals like places, movies, and shopping - Work on user-facing web and mobile apps that deliver an amazing experience! LOOKING FOR: * Full-stack Engineer - generalist opportunities across the stack: backend, frontend. Go, JavaScript, node.js, react.js, AWS * Search / Data Scientist / Data Engineer - search, classification, ranking, ML, graphs, data crawling/processing. Advanced CS degree required. INTERESTED? http://vurb.com/careers | jobs@vurb.com