We’re Hiring!
We’re hiring a world-class team to build the best information discovery service. Working at AVOS will give you an opportunity to take on some of the Web’s most interesting, challenging problems in a fast-paced, exciting environment.
We seek individuals as passionate as we are about using technology as a disruptive, positive force to change the world. Feel free to check out the job listings below and reach out to us at jobs@avos.com.
Web Developer
You will be a key member of the team building and refining features for delicious.com, the leading social bookmarking service for saving, sharing, and discovering web links.
Overview:
- Title: Web Developer
- Location: San Mateo, CA
- Reports To: VP of Engineering
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop highly intuitive interface components that provide a high degree of utility without sacrificing simplicity
- Develop innovative features and solutions that enhance and extend our core product
- Establish yourself as our technology leader for browser based user interfaces
- Launch early and often, iterating to take a great product to an even better place!
Qualifications:
- 4+ years experience in software development, with in-depth focus on developing web applications
- Expertise with web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JSON, and Javascript
- Up-to-date experience with latest technologies including HTML5 and CSS3
- Experience with a scripting language such as Python (preferred), Ruby, Perl, etc.
- Experience working in a Linux-based production environment
- Strong web design acumen and focus on user experience
- BS or MS in computer science or equivalent experience
- Excellent communication skills for both external and internal interactions
- Proactive self-starter who takes ownership and works well independently and as part of a team
To Apply:
- Email: jobs@avos.com
- Subject line: Web Developer
- Attach: your resume
- Cover letter: 2 paragraphs long
- Why you want to be an AVOS Web Developer
- Your qualifications & experience
System Architect
You will be a key leader of a team building and refining features for delicious.com, the leading social bookmarking service for saving, sharing, and discovering web links.
Overview:
- Title: System Architect
- Location: San Mateo, CA
- Reports To: VP of Engineering
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop components that provide a high degree of utility without sacrificing simplicity
- Provide direction to developers to optimize productivity and code quality
- Develop innovative features and solutions that enhance and extend our core product
- Establish yourself as our technology leader for software engineering
- Launch early and often, iterating to take a great product to an even better place!
Qualifications:
- 7+ years experience in software development, with in-depth focus on developing web applications
- Expertise with web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JSON, and Javascript/JQuery
- Expertise with Python programming
- Experience with Java, and C/C++ programming
- Expertise with relational databases
- Experience with scaling web applications, including defining caching architectures, query optimization, and horizontal scaling of applications.
- Up-to-date experience with latest technologies including HTML5 and CSS3
- Experience working in a Linux-based production environment
- Strong web design acumen and focus on user experience
- BS or MS in computer science or equivalent experience
- Excellent communication skills for both external and internal interactions
- Proactive self-starter who takes ownership and works well independently and as part of a team
To Apply:
- Email: jobs@avos.com
- Subject line: System Architect
- Attach: your resume
- Cover letter: 2 paragraphs long
- Why you want to be an AVOS System Architect
- Your qualifications & experience
Web Browser Extension Developer
You will be a key member of the team building and refining browser extensions for delicious.com, the leading social bookmarking service for saving, sharing, and discovering web links. These extensions are a major part of the delicious user experience.
Overview:
- Title: Web Browser Extension Developer
- Location: San Mateo, CA
- Reports To: VP of Engineering
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop highly intuitive interface components that provide a high degree of utility without sacrificing simplicity
- Develop innovative features and solutions that enhance and extend our core product
- Establish yourself as our technology leader for browser extensions and plugins
- Launch early and often, iterating to take a great product to an even better place!
Qualifications:
- 4+ years experience in software development, with in-depth focus on developing web browser extensions and plugins
- Expertise with web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JSON, and Javascript
- Expertise with C/C++ programming
- Experience with XPCOM for Mozilla/Firefox Browsers, COM/ActiveX for IE, and the Netscape Plugin API
- Up-to-date experience with latest technologies including HTML5 and CSS3
- Experience working in a Linux-based production environment
- Strong design acumen and focus on user experience
- BS or MS in computer science or equivalent experience
- Excellent communication skills for both external and internal interactions
- Proactive self-starter who takes ownership and works well independently and as part of a team
To Apply:
- Email: jobs@avos.com
- Subject line: Web Browser Extension Developer
- Attach: your resume
- Cover letter: 2 paragraphs long
- Why you want to be an AVOS Web Browser Extension Developer
- Your qualifications & experience
Senior Software Engineer
You will be a key member of the team building and refining core web application components for delicious.com, the leading social bookmarking service for saving, sharing, and discovering web links. These extensions are a major part of the delicious user experience.
Overview:
- Title: Application Developer
- Location: San Mateo, CA
- Reports To: VP of Engineering
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop components that provide a high degree of utility without sacrificing simplicity
- Develop innovative features and solutions that enhance and extend our core product
- Establish yourself as our technology leader for web application development
- Launch early and often, iterating to take a great product to an even better place!
Qualifications:
- 4+ years experience in software development, with in-depth focus on developing web applications
- Expertise with web technologies such as HTML, CSS, JSON, and Javascript
- Expertise with Python programming
- Experience with Java, and C/C++ programming
- Up-to-date experience with latest technologies including HTML5 and CSS3
- Experience working in a Linux-based production environment
- Strong design acumen and focus on user experience
- BS or MS in computer science or equivalent experience
- Excellent communication skills for both external and internal interactions
- Proactive self-starter who takes ownership and works well independently and as part of a team
To Apply:
- Email: jobs@avos.com
- Subject line: Senior Software Engineer
- Attach: your resume
- Cover letter: 2 paragraphs long
- Why you want to be an AVOS Senior Software Engineer
- Your qualifications & experience
Interns (AVOS Internauts)
We’re always looking to bring aboard college students or recent graduates passionate about social media, web engineering, business & marketing, and the best web content. AVOS internships are structured as real learning opportunities with experiences offered across multiple company activities.
Overview
- Title: Internaut
- Location: San Mateo, CA
- Reports To: Community Manager
- Hours: 10-20 Hrs/Week
- Duration: Fall Semester, Spring Semester, Summer
Responsibilities
- Discover and curate great web content
- Test product and provide feedback to engineering team
- Compile and analyze site usage statistics
- Engage community to solicit feedback
- Help design, build, & test new features (engineering students)
- Assistant in various community management activities
Qualifications
- Passionate about web content with deep knowledge in one or more content verticals (music, film, sports, news, politics, food, technology, health, super heroes & comics, geek culture, etc.)
- Active user of and interest in social media (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
- High energy, very responsible person able to work independently
- College educated or attending top college
- Also looking for talented web engineering students seeking valuable start-up experience
To Apply:
- Email: jobs@avos.com
- Subject line: Internaut
- Attach: your resume
- Email body
- 1 paragraph about why you want to be an AVOS Internaut and what you hope to learn
- Describe 3 content areas you’re most passionate about
- Include links to your blog, Twitter, Tumblr, forum you moderate, etc.
