job openings

Meebo is seeking an empirically-minded groundbreaker to join its ranks. We love instrumentation, A/B testing, and take delight in uncovering the unexpected. We’re seeking our next team member who will build a world-class product-oriented data system that will serve as the compass for nearly all strategic company decisions. This individual should have a deep desire to work with very large data sets to guide product decisions and to strengthen the end-user voice within Meebo.

What does a Software Engineer, Machine Learning do at Meebo?

• Develops highly scalable classification systems
• Scales and optimizes current data infrastructure
• Apply machine learning methods to highly distributed, parallel computing architecture (e.g. distributed clusters)
• Turns cutting-edge machine learning techniques into applications that reach millions of users
• Peer code reviews and debugs interesting problems
• Explores new technologies (Amazon EMR, Hadoop/Pig)
• Designs innovative systems to meet an ever growing user base
• Identify interesting trends in huge data sets

The candidate must have:

• 3-5+ years of software development experience on Linux/Unix
• Proven expertise in machine learning and large-scale data mining for analytics.
• Experience with filesystems, server architectures, and distributed systems.
• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science (or equivalent)
• Ability to communicate design decisions, code walk-throughs, bugs, (and what to have for lunch) thoroughly, clearly, and concisely
• Ability to adapt, take critical feedback, and execute quickly on tasks
• Experience developing in a Unix environment
• Phenomenal debugging principles and perseverance (plus familiarity with debugging tools like gdb, strace, pstack, etc.)

Big pluses:

• Previous experience with networking technologies
• Database fundamentals (mysql)
• Experience and interest in high performance, scalable systems
• Familiarity with scripting (python, php, bash, etc.)
• Experience with version control (SVN)
• Solid production-level C/C++ experience
• Experience with S-PLUS/R, Matlab/Octave, or other mathematical languages

Contact us!

Submit your application now to become a part of the Meebo family!