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Wello - San Francisco

CompanyWello - San Francisco
Websitewello.co
LocationWello - San Francisco https://www.sortbox.co/z/4k
Salary
Apply viaApplication linkhttps://www.sortbox.co/z/4k
Hiring notes
TechDjangoMySQL
Parsed locationsWello - San Francisco https://www.sortbox.co/z/4k
Posted bymarkhelo
PostedJan 1, 2013
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Original posting

Wello - San Francisco (https://www.sortbox.co/z/4k) Wello is looking to hire a software engineer with a passion for designing beautiful web applications. Using 2-way video technology, Wello enables users to workout from the comfort of their home or office with a live, professional trainer. As the third engineer of a highly motivated team, you will be responsible for delivering product features that will delight customers. You will have a huge influence in shaping our product as an early member of the team. If you are someone that loves to build software and work in small teams, we’d love to tell you more about the opportunity. What makes Wello special: Our vision is to build a recognized health and wellness platform for learning and doing We are a small and hungry team We care deeply about great design We are funded, generating revenue and successfully launched. Learn more about us at http://www.wello.co/about/ Responsibilities: Develop new features (backend, data analysis) while working side by side with the rest of the team As an early employee, be a generalist and shape the company and its culture Prototype experimental features quickly Test your own code and deploy to production quickly and often Requirements: A passion for building intuitive software that delight users 3-5 years of prior experience building consumer software Practical knowledge of building scalable web applications Knowledge of design patterns Drive to take initiative and ownership (Passion for health and fitness solutions trumps any specific requirement). Plus: General knowledge of Django and MySQL Knowledge of a good A/B testing framework Experience building small mobile applications on the side A Little about the Leadership Team: Co- founder Ann Scott Plante worked at Bain & Company. BA Dartmouth, MBA Stanford. Fellow co-­founder, Leslie Silverglide, previously founded and sold Mixt Greens, a quick-­service restaurant group. BA Johns Hopkins, MSc Oxford, MBA Stanford. Amol Kher, Wello’s CTO, led teams at Netflix, Google and Microsoft. Hands-­on Technical Advisor, Marc Haverland, led MapQuest’s technical team as well as that of MXLogic (acquired by MacAfee).