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October 04, 2006
Why Pluggd: "We're a PR Machine"
Seattle-based Pluggd is built a search engine for podcasts and by most reviews its a fine one. But is there money be be made there today? Certainly not. They are leading with the great PR they get but applicants would be wise to dig into the numbers.
+ Send apps to jobs@pluggd.com
Pluggd is an early-stage start-up developing innovative consumer services involving digital media, search, and social media. We're a small group of fun, talented, and dedicated people. We've received seed financing from prominent angels, but haven't closed our Series A from venture capitalist (this means your options are going to be priced very low and will have incredible upside). We launched out initial web site 90 days ago and hit 110,000 unique visitors for the month of September.
We've recently taken the world by storm after announcing our ground breaking HearHere service at the exclusive DEMO conference (where Java, Palm, and TiVo were previously invited to launch their products). If you want to work on something that is covered by top-tier blogs like TechCrunch, makes the front page of Digg.com on numerous occasions, and makes CNET, Forbes, Wahington Post, Business 2.0, and others take notice, then drop us a line.
Check us out for yourself at:
1) Press Coverage - http://www.pluggd.com/about/press
2) Play with HearHere yourself - http://www.pluggd.com/demo/
3) See the DEMO presentation video - http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demo2006fall/79916.php
4) Can you digg it? http://digg.com/tech_news/Pluggd_to_make_podcasts_chunkier_searchable
5) Play around with our existing site at http://www.pluggd.com.
As a Software Development Engineer, you will work independently and with other software engineers, program/product managers, and designers to create, develop and deploy applications, front-end API's and middle-tier services. You will work in a heterogeneous environment of languages and technologies where the flexibility and ability to deliver solid solutions are paramount.
STOP
* If you always wanted to work for a start-up but are expecting us to pick up your Pro Club membership, then stay at a big company. If you want free soda, pizza, good times, and options at the ground floor, then keep reading.
Requirements:
* 1-5 years of industry experience
* Passion for developing the highest quality software, pushing the limits of existing web technologies, exceeding user expectations, and extreme detail orientation
* Server-side scripting (e.g. PHP, Ruby on Rails, JSP, ASP)
* Solid algorithm foundation (e.g. link lists, queues, hashes, searching)
* Java, C++, and/or C#
* XHTML/JavaScript/DOM/CSS
* Ability to work independently and in a team environment
* Full Software Development Life Cycle experience
* BA/BS degree in Computer Science from top-notch program
Desired:
* Experience with Agile methodologies like SCRUM or XP
* Experience writing globalization-ready code
* Knowledge of and passion for digital media technologies (e.g. Streaming, MP3, WMA, Quicktime, etc.)
* Knowledge of and passion for social media, micro-chunking, remixing media, vlogging, podcasting, etc.
* Experience with one or more of the following Information Retrieval, Search, Machine Learning, Speech Recognition, Neural Networks, or Bayesian Networks
* Masters and/or PhD in Computer Science
Posted by BT at October 4, 2006 06:10 AM
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