SideReel is hiring

SideReel, an early stage technology startup based out of San Francisco, CA, is hiring. We're poised to own a huge market niche - and executing flawlessly is critical. If you're looking to join a great team, learn a ton, work hard, and be a critical part of our success - drop us a line.

Our current open positions follow. If you are interested in working with us and don't see a position that fits your skillset, feel free to send us your resume and a cover letter describing what you're great at and why we should hire you and we'll let you know if a position becomes available. Thanks!

Agile Java Software Developers

Tired of cleaning up other people's messes? Want to do something right from the start? Join us!

We're looking for a passionate and experienced Java Engineers to join our team building a community driven search engine focused on helping people find entertainment online and offline. You'll be working to build a product encompassing elements of search engines, user communities, trend analysis, and more. You'll be working with the product manager, designer and existing engineers using a test-driven approach including elements of Extreme Programming with local tweaks. We're focused on rapid product iterations, frequent prototyping, and a fanatical belief in user feedback and testing early and often. Joining now means that you'll have tremendous influence over the technology, features, and drive of the product.

We'd like you to:
  • * Be interested in solving technical problems creatively and well
  • * Love working with and in teams.
  • * Be excited about Agile software development with Java especially Test Driven Development.
  • * Have substantial experience building web applications.
Please respond with at least 2 of the 4 following pieces of information:
  • * What previous projects are you particularly proud of?
  • * What interests you about working for an early start-up?
  • * What are your favorite agile development practices, and how have they helped you?
  • * What excites you about software development in general?
Please also answer at least one of these technical questions:
  • * Wikipedias search is slow. How would you make it faster?
  • * In a test-driven fashion, implement the interesting parts of java.util.List. After every green bar, save a snapshot of both tests and main code and send them to us.
  • * SQL databases are a very popular way to persist data. What are the pros and cons of other persistence models?
  • * Given a magic wand, what would you change about Java?

About Us:

We include executives from several successful startups and represent each of the core disciplines needed to start a new venture: engineering, technical operations and product management. We're looking for talented folks of like mind and drive to join us. It's fun, challenging, incredibly educational and rife with opportunity - everything a startup should be. We're an community driven site focused on helping users find great entertainment online. Check it out.

To apply:

Please email us at jobs@sidereel.com with a copy of your resume and answers to the above questions.