{"id":5190,"date":"2011-02-08T21:28:25","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T17:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=5190"},"modified":"2011-02-09T15:22:17","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T19:22:17","slug":"jobs-software-engineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2011\/02\/08\/jobs-software-engineer\/","title":{"rendered":"jobs: software engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jobview.monster.com\/Software-Engineer-Job-Pittsburgh-PA-95266518.aspx\">http:\/\/jobview.monster.com\/Software-Engineer-Job-Pittsburgh-PA-95266518.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Software Engineer<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Job<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Excited about social networking? Want to design a fun new way you can interact with your friends? Eager to help build a brand new service from the bottom up? Join our funded startup, a fun and friendly work environment where you can be involved in every aspect of the business, have a lot of impact and build something your friends will rave about.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About us:<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>GGideaLab, a Carnegie Mellon University spin-off, is founded on the principle that social networking can be more purposeful, resulting in a significantly improved user experience and a more profitable business model. Today\u2019s systems do little beyond connecting a user with their current friends, or with acquaintances (friends of friends). Furthermore, existing companies have had limited success monetizing even the most popular sites. By combining a novel user interface with new scalable machine learning, GGideaLab is developing a system which fundamentally alters the way people connect with each other, the world around them, and how they search the web.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirements:<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>We currently have multiple open positions in search of outstanding candidates with a variety of technical backgrounds, including software engineering, UI design, web design, machine learning, natural language processing and software systems. Technical skills for a successful candidate include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BS, MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related fields<\/li>\n<li>Extensive programming experience is Javascript, AJAX, PHP, Java and\/or C\/C++<\/li>\n<li>Experience with web design, HTML, CSS, SQL a plus<\/li>\n<li>Experience with Facebook or Twitter apps a plus<\/li>\n<li>Experience with mobile programming (iPhone or Android) a plus<\/li>\n<li>Experience building browser extensions a plus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Strong analytical ability<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/jobview.monster.com\/Software-Engineer-Job-Pittsburgh-PA-95266518.aspx Software Engineer About the Job Excited about social networking? Want to design a fun new way you can interact with your friends? Eager to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job","category-listserv","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}