Web Application Engineer at
TripIt in
San Francisco, CA
Job Description
Want to be one of the first 20 employees in a company already nationally praised for technological innovations by as the likes of the Wall Street Journal, CNN and Joel on Software? TripIt was founded by 2nd generation start-up leaders who know how the game is played and, more importantly, how it’s won. This is an opportunity to be on the ground floor of a well-funded, privately-held company that values creative, collaborative thinking.
Web Application Engineer
Description
Want to create an application like no other? Our team of highly experienced and super creative engineers has built an application unlike any that have come before it in the online travel space. It is now time for TripIt to take it to the next level, and to do that we need you. You are the type of engineer that is driven by the challenge of solving unique and often hard, technical problems in a compressed timeframe while keeping in mind the requirements of the business and
the user experience. You will report directly to the co-founder and VP of Engineering and work alongside TripIt's Chief Architect.
the user experience. You will report directly to the co-founder and VP of Engineering and work alongside TripIt's Chief Architect.
Responsibilities
The Web Application Engineer will assist in the development t of TripIt's core web application. You are passionate about developing new technologies and have a good sense of product design, experience in web application development (we use PHP for the backend), solid development habits (e.g. unit testing, technical design documentation, etc...), solid experience with frontend web technologies (HTML, CSS, and Javascript), and are not afraid to dive into new and unfamiliar technologies.
Required Skills / Experience
- At least 3-4 years of prior software development experience
- Strong understanding of web and web-related technologies
- Server-side application development in PHP, Python, Perl, or Ruby
- Client-side application development in HTML, CSS, and Javascript
- Solid knowledge of SQL and development of database-backed web applications
- Familiarity with one or more relational databases (e.g. MySQL, Postgres, or Oracle)
- Solid development habits and practices
- Experience developing technical design documentation and participating in a technical design and code peer review process
- Natural problem-solver and troubleshooter
- Comfortable working in a GNU Linux/Unix environment
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
About Us
We combine innovative new technologies with a fun product – travel. TripIt is a personal travel assistant that automatically organizes all your travel plans -- no matter where you booked. Just forward travel confirmation emails to tripit to...
- Quickly organize your vacation and business travel - no matter where you book
- Automatically get itineraries with all your plans, weather, maps, restaurants and more
- Easily access your itineraries via paper, email, personal calendar or mobile device
- Share your trips and see where you overlap with friends and colleagues
We offer the fun, casual atmosphere of a start-up with large company benefits in a hip, San Francisco location. We are venture backed and are moving quickly to tackle the largest e-commerce category on the Internet -- travel. If you are a high impact person who wants to have real influence on the future of the company and the travel industry, we want to talk to you.
