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WHAT IS THISNEXT.COM?

ThisNext is the social shopping site where people explore, discover and rave about the hottest products.

Reaching millions of visitors each month, ThisNext has become the place to find and experience the best, most unique products on the Web. ThisNext is funded by Anthem Venture Partners and Clearstone Ventures Partners and is redefining online commerce as a genuine social shopping experience.

We take our work very seriously and have fun doing so. If you want to work hard, be incredibly productive, and have fun working with a small group of highly energetic people, this is the place for you. This is a truly unique opportunity for someone who has a strong desire to help define and make an impact on the future of social online shopping.

Our office is located right smack in the middle of 3rd St. Promenade in Santa Monica just one block from the beach!

WHAT DOES THISNEXT.COM BUILD?

ThisNext is builds a publishing platform that takes product-themed user generated content and organizes/publishes it for two audiences. The audiences are:

1. Consumers: A consumer facing social shopping site (www.thisnext.com)

2. Googlebot: A predictive, continuously optimized content management system that drives organic search and maximizes yield.


JOB DESCRIPTION: WEB DEVELOPER (PERL)

Technology Requirements

In order to be a member of the web development team, the successful candidate will be:
• Experienced in software development using the PERL Mason framework
• Well-versed in software development in a linux environment using apache, PERL, MySQL
• Basic knowledge in HTML, CSS, Javascript (AJAX), Flash
• Experienced in setting up, managing, and troubleshooting linux based development and production environments
• Experienced with scaling and troubleshooting code
• Able to quickly learn an existing codebase
• Comfortable modifying and building on top of another developer’s code (without requiring that all code be rewritten)
• Well-versed in scaling web properties, with strong HTTP scalability knowledge
• Experienced in working together in a closely knit team environment

In order to move forward, the successful candidate will be:
• Innovative, with proven experience in solving hard problems with unclear solutions
• Able to work with minimal supervision

Likely positive signs:
• Candidate has strong hands-on experiencing writing code for a large scale web sites (millions of visitors per month)
• Candidate has extensive experience using the PERL Mason framework
• Candidate understands technical architecture and the use of memcache, CDNs, and load balancers

Management requirements

The successful candidate:
• Will be comfortable handling a balance of long term and very short term initiatives simultaneously
• Will be comfortable in a very results driven environment with competing priorities
• Will have a strong sense of ownership of the existing code
• Will have extensive start-up experience and a scrappy disposition

To apply

To apply for this position, submit a resume and cover letter via email. No recruiters please.

• Location: Santa Monica
• Compensation: Negotiable DOE
• Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
• Please, no phone calls about this job!
• Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.