Location: University City moving to West Conshy in April
http://jobs.packlate.com
Stellar Web Developer for Fast-Moving, Funded Start Up in the Travel Space
PackLate.com (Philadelphia, PA)
Want to work at a Silicon Valley style start up that happens to be in Philly? Want to join a team that lives and breathes lean start up and agile best practices, pushes to production 3 – 5x / day, and A/B tests everything? How about a company that completed its seed round of funding (Genacast Ventures, First Round Capital, ETF Venture Funds) and is already learning and iterating in market? Well, PackLate.com may be just what you’re looking for! Profiled in The Wall Street Journal, LifeHacker, TechCrunch, The Washington Post, Budget Travel, New York Times, and Technically Philly, PackLate.com is looking to expand its core team in Philly.
You will be involved in everything — brainstorming, product development, design, coding, deployment, and operations. We’re looking for developers to help us build our next-generation last minute travel marketplace.
Please note: If you are not willing to work hard, kick ass, and build an awesome product and company, PLEASE DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS POSITION!
Your responsibilities will include (but are not be limited to):
* Designing and developing engaging features for both our consumer facing website and our back-end support for property managers.
o You will be responsible for designing the look and feel and determining flow for the site.
o We need you to understand and be an advocate for our customers.
* Working on software that implements game mechanics and out of box user acquisition tactics including viral loops and social graph integration.
* Taking on additional responsibilities where your passions are aligned with our business.
Requirements
* Experience building web applications. HTTP/HTML/CSS/JavaScript/AJAX
* UI/UX experience.
* Some graphic design skills. If we need an image whipped up, we will be looking at you to do it.
* Experience with a Ruby on Rails AND/OR experience with PHP/Django and a willingness to learn Ruby/Rails.
o We are looking for someone who cannot only design the pages, but actually get them shipped to production.
o You do not need to be a Rails guru, but you will be expected to pick up how to build pages in Rails
* Experience with relational databases (MySQL).
o Again, you don’t need to be a guru, but you should have an idea of how a relational database works
* Smart, productive, and willing to learn and grow
Nice To Haves (Not Required, but Definitely Helpful)
* Experience with Java, Python, or PHP.
* Knowledge and experience in game mechanics, viral loops, and social graph integration.
* Experience in the travel industry
Compensation
* Market rate salary for a Philly startup
* Stock options (and they are at a great strike price right now!
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* Health care benefits
* A great work environment and an awesome team to build with and learn from
To Apply
* Send an email to jobs@packlate.com with your resume and a brief note explaining why you are interested in working at packlate.com and why you think you’d be a good fit.
* No Recruiters Please!
* Only applicants authorized to work in the United States will be considered.
Contact: jobs@packlate.com















