Senior Software Engineer (San Francisco, CA)

Job Description

We are a stealth mode company focusing on developing video content for a highly-specialized vertical. The founding team is comprised of several media and technology executives, including veterans of Google and YouTube. We have built professional studios in downtown Manhattan and producing content each day. Our bright San Francisco based engineering team, many of whom are Stanford and MIT alums are building our core product, an online social video site that will feature our content.

Working for an early stage company, you will have the opportunity to develop a large scale website from the ground up that we anticipate will provide service to users throughout the world. We are aiming to launch this fall. Your responsibilities will be to help design and develop a highly scalable Ruby on Rails based web site, with a strong focus on front-end implementation and user interface design. Online video and web 2.0 functionality are the most important pieces of the website; so experience with Flash video, especially on the client side is a huge plus.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop a highly-scalable website, with a strong focus on online video and social networking
• Write and ship great code that's maintainable and elegant
• Work with other superstar engineers to deliver a high-quality product on-time
• Use your entrepreneurial drive and passion to take our team to the next level

• Smart, driven to get things done, take pride in the quality of code that you write
• Motived, self-starter that can accurately set goals and deadlines -- this is very important
• Proven experience and track record of web development on sites that consumers use; you know things like AJAX, Javascript, performance-tuning, etc. like the back of your hand
• Must be able to learn new languages and frameworks extremely fast - we use Ruby on Rails (prior experience in Ruby on Rails is a big plus, but any strong developer will be considered)
• Experience with Flash video is a plus, but not a requirement (media streaming, encoding, client-side ActionScript)
• Familiarity with programming on mobile devices and operating systems a plus
• Outstanding design skills so that you can take specs and requirements and write production-ready code
• Excellent communication skills to work well with other talented engineers
• Excitement to be an early employee at a company with tremendous growth potential; we work hard, but have fun doing it
• B.S. or advanced degree in Computer Science or related Engineering

• We offer competitive cash compensation and aggressive equity packages; we want you to succeed with the company.
• Great health care benefits packages

B.S. or advanced degree in Computer Science or related Engineering

If you are excited about working with an early stage company, this is a great opportunity to grow and succeed with us as we expand. We will offer competitive compensation packages, including options and standard benefits. If you are interested, please submit your resume to colleen@howcast.com and we can discuss the opportunity and next steps.

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